By Reuters Staff WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said on Sunday she thinks a deal can be reached with the White House on a coronavirus relief package and that talks were continuing. “We are having our conversations. And when I have a conversation with the administration, it […]
Stock markets in Asia suffered on Tuesday from the fallout from UK and US investors worried about a rise in coronavirus cases. Australia, Hong Kong, China and South Korea stock markets were all down. Investors were also rattled by dimming hopes for more financial support for the US economy. However, European markets opened slightly higher […]
AGRICULTURE The ban on onion exports has proven that farmers, mostly small and marginal, will continue to hold the burden of reining food inflation. Siraj Hussain and Jugal Mohapatra AGRICULTURE On June 5, 2020, just after the COVID-19-induced all-India lockdown was being eased, the government promulgated The Essential Commodities (Amendment Ordinance, 2020). This move was lauded […]
Microsoft has said that its offer to buy the US operations of hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok has been rejected, paving the way for Oracle to make a last-minute bid. US President Donald Trump gave a 15 September deadline for the Chinese-owned app to sell or shut down. The Trump administration claims TikTok and other […]
BBC. TikTok has only been part of our lives for two years, but it’s already had a massive impact on the music business. Now the app has told Radio 1 Newsbeat that agents and managers are asking it for advice on how to get their artists featured. And it’s not just about viral dances anymore. […]
By Chuck Mikolajczak, Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq slid and the S&P 500 closed little changed on Friday as early gains in technology and growth names faded, with each of the three major Wall Street averages posting their second straight weekly decline. After hitting a record high of $61.86, shares of Oracle Corp ORCL.N turned […]
After India’s PUBG ban, China ‘wants to assuage the situation so that the Indian market accepts Chinese goods and apps’. By Akshita Jain Amid strained ties between the two countries, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe has reportedly sought a meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Indian Express quoted sources […]
By ANDREW DALTONyesterday LOS ANGELES (AP) — A special airing of “Black Panther” in the wake of the death of star Chadwick Boseman was a bright spot for the broadcast networks in a ratings week otherwise utterly dominated by Fox News Channel’s coverage of the Republican National Convention. ABC’s last-minute scheduling Sunday night of the […]
India’s economy contracted by a whopping 23.9% in the first quarter of the 2021 financial year, in what is the latest sign of the toll that the COVID-19 lockdown has taken on economic activity. Mitali Mukherjee BUSINESS ECONOMY VIDEO India’s economy contracted by a whopping 23.9% in the first quarter of the 2021 financial year, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is willing to sign a $1.3 trillion coronavirus relief bill, a top aide said on Friday, but Democratic House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the sum was not enough to meet the needs of the American people. Trump said later that Pelosi was only interested in bailing out […]
