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Oil Falls After Saudi Cuts Prices, China Slows Imports
Oil prices fell on Monday as Saudi Arabia made the deepest monthly price cuts for supply to Asia in five months and uncertainty over China's oil demand cloud oil markets' recovery.
The Fund Managers, The Sleuths And The Mystery Of The Missing ESG
If fund managers are serious about clean investments, they need to get their hands dirty.
India’s GDP Data Alarming, Govt Needs to be Frightened Out of Complacency: Raghuram Rajan
In a post on LinkedIn, Raghuram Rajan suggested that India’s economy is far worse than two of the most Covid-affected advanced countries — the US and Italy.
Asian Markets Mixed After Wall Street Slides
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday after Wall Street turned in its biggest weekly decline in more than two months.
Shares Of China's SMIC Plunge In Hong Kong, Shanghai On U.S. Blacklist Fears
Shares in China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp (SMIC) tumbled on Monday in response to reports of potential sanctions against the company from Washington.
U.S. Labor Market Slowing As Fiscal Stimulus Boost Ebbs
U.S. job growth slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy's recovery from the COVID19 recession.
Oil Slips Below $44, Heads For Weekly Drop On Demand Concerns
Oil slipped below $44 a barrel on Friday and was on course for its biggest weekly decline since June as weak demand figures added to concern over a slow recovery from the COVID19 pandemic.
Seamlessly Processed Margin Pledges; New Process To Stabilise Next Week: Depositories, Clearing Cos
Depositories and clearing corporations on Friday said significant amount of margin pledges and repledges have seamlessly been processed since the new mechanism kicked in and they expect the process to stabilise in the coming week. The new mechanism o...
Norway's Orkla Foods Acquires Majority Stake In Kochi-based Eastern Condiments
Osloheadquartered Orkla Foods said on Friday it has entered into an agreement to acquire 67.8 per cent of the shares in Kochibased Eastern Condiments Private Limited. With this move, the Norwegian consumer goods supplier will double its sales in India,...
CITIC Securities Set For Role In Ant Group's Up To $30 Billion IPO - Sources
China's largest brokerage CITIC Securities is set to get an underwriter's role for the Shanghai tranche of financial technology firm Ant Group's up to $30 billion duallisting, four people with knowledge of the matter said.
India's Metal Sector Severely Hit By COVID-19; To See Slow Recovery: Report
India's metal sector has suffered a significant blow on account of operational difficulties and poor demand due to COVID19 and a slow recovery back to prepandemic level of production is expected in the coming quarters, Fitch Solutions has said in a report...
Oil Falls 1% On Lacklustre Demand, Set For Biggest Weekly Drop Since June
Brent crude fell 44 cents to $43.63 a barrel by 0325 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate was at $40.94 a barrel, down 43 cents and set for its first weekly drop in five weeks.
Oil Set To Post Weekly Drop On Lacklustre Demand
Oil prices slipped on Friday, on track for a weekly loss, as investors' focus shifted to lacklustre demand and ample fuel supplies, offsetting support from a weak dollar.
Global Stocks Fall On Tech Weakness, Dollar Gains
A gauge of global stocks turned lower on Thursday as U.S. markets opened and were weighed down by weakness in the technology sector, while the dollar continued its bounce from more than twoyear lows.
France Targets Green Investment, Jobs With Huge Stimulus Plan
France aims to spend 100 billion euros to pull its economy out of one of Europe's worst slumps, under a fastmoving recovery plan that revives President Emmanuel Macron's probusiness reforms with a greener tinge.
Supreme Court Adjourns Hearing in Loan Moratorium Case Till September 10
The bench said that accounts which were not declared as non-performing assets till August 31 this year, shall not be declared NPA till further orders.