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MSCI world index; Dow Industrials, S&P 500, Nasdaq at new highsAsian shares jumped to an 18-month high on Friday while gold and oil prices stayed buoyant in a holiday-shortened week, as investor optimism was boosted by hopes a…

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Attackers targeting online payment processing systems will grow. (Image: Reuters)Investment apps, digital financial data processing systems and upcoming cryptocurrencies are likely to be targeted by the ‘financially motivated cyber…

The debt-struck YES Bank is struggling with liquidity issues and is seeking to raise billion by issuing fresh equity and weighing a number of offers.Amid buzz that the SBI may come to the aid of YES Bank, chairman of India’s largest bank…

The acreage in the western state of Maharashtra will be higher than the 843,000 hectares (2.1 million acres) in 2019-20 as better soil moisture and availability of waterIndia may roil the global sugar market again as prospects for next…

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About 68 per cent of employees are partially or fully disengaged, leading to billions of dollars in productivity loss, it said.With the workforce transformed significantly over the last decade, a study has revealed that hiring is no more…

According to reports, the government is mulling a re-introduction of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, which may address such issues. (Reuters)Asia’s richest banker Uday Kotak says that common sense and and…

LNG terminals are planned through the east and west coastlines to drive gas import and consumption. (Reuters)Oil and gas regulator PNGRB has hired global consultancy ICF to carry out an assessment of India’s natural gas demand and the…

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