New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Internet giant Google and global community for tech entrepreneurs TechHub on Wednesday announced their global partnership that will benefit startups from India for the first time. The partnership with Google…
Vienna, Feb 24 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of thirteen crudes stood at $28.94 a barrel on Tuesday, compared with $29.48 the previous day, according to OPEC Secretariat calculations. The OPEC Reference Basket of…
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) Chinese shares staged a remarkable rally on Wednesday, recovering from the early losses brought about by small-cap stocks. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surged 0.88 percent to close at 2,928.9 points…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Caution-selling ahead of the upcoming railway budget and derivatives expiry depressed the Indian equity markets on Wednesday. Consequently, the barometer 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the BSE provisionally closed the day’s…
Beijing, Feb 24 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi released its new smartphone Mi5 on Wednesday, after a year of attempting to maintain its dominance in the world’s largest smartphone market with budget devices. The Mi5,…
By Abhishek Waghmare IndiaÂs gold imports surged 85 percent in January 2016, indicating how, as stock markets decline and some economic indicators worsen in the run up to Finance Minister Arun JaitleyÂs third budget, Indians…
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Infrastructure conglomerate GMR Group on Wednesday said the Maldives airport arbitration tribunal has ruled in favour of the group in the Axis Bank debt case. “By its award dated 23rd…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) A group of activists gathered here outside Apple’s flagship store to protest against the FBI’s attempt to install software with backdoors in all of Apple’s iPhones. With posters saying “Don’t…
Havana, Feb 24 (IANS) The US Treasury Department has fined a French firm for doing business in US equipment with Cuba in violation of the United State trade embargo against the Caribbean island nation. CGG…
Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) Japan shares ended the morning session lower on Wednesday on a firmer yen and the decline in oil prices. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average declined 103.74 points, or 0.65 percent, from…
By Anil K. Rajvanshi Last month, the major agenda item at the World Economic Forum in Davos was the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR). Since FIR is already under way in some of the advanced economies…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 23,332.94 points touched a…
Tokyo, Feb 24 (IANS) Tokyo shares opened the trading on Wednesday lower as sentiment here was weighed down by the yen’s appreciation and the oil prices’ retreat. At 9.15 a.m. (local time), the 225-issue Nikkei…
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada’s main stock market in Toronto dipped into negative territory after crude oil prices fell back over Saudi plans on no production cuts. The Toronto Stock Exchange’s benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Oil prices decreased after Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali Al-Naimi said there will not be any production cuts in the country. The West Texas Intermediate for April delivery moved down…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US stocks suffered big losses as Wall Street digested mixed economic reports amid declining oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 188.88 points, or 1.14 percent, to 16,431.78 on…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) The US dollar increased against most major currencies amid mixed economic data from the country and rising concerns that Britain may leave the European Union (EU). In late New York…
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US stocks pulled back in the morning session as Wall Street digested mixed economic reports amid declining oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 159.98 points, or 0.96 percent,…
Madrid, Feb 24 (IANS) The Spanish stock market index Ibex-35 fell 1.42 percent to close at 8,267.60 points, down from 8,387 points of the previous session. ArcelorMittal shares led falls losing 4.24 percent, followed by…
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (IANS) New Chinese technology entrant LeEco said it has teamed up with mid-day meal providing NGO Akshaya Patra to feed two children for each on its phones sold on Thursday (February 25)….