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26.01 / 11:33

markets UPS Porsche Cartier Rolex show The wait list for a Birkin or Rolex is getting shorter

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A handful of brands have what all luxury bosses want: a wait list to tide them over in quiet times. But resale values suggest that even rare goods such as Hermès Birkin bags and Rolex watches aren’t pulling in crowds like they used to.

25.01 / 13:35

markets UPS Platform Entertainment audience International Media firms look beyond the home screen, eye eyeballs offshore

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As revenue pressures mount at home, Indian media firms are finding their next growth opportunity abroad. Media and entertainment companies have been exploring global partnerships and strengthening their presence in several international markets over the past few months in a bid to gain from the higher paying propensity among diasporic Indians abroad.

25.01 / 06:07

UPS Manufacturing Research Stealth President country International Europe’s $1 trillion race to build back its defense industry

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s overtures about acquiring Greenland are now reviving questions among the U.S.’s NATO allies over whether Europe can make enough of its own weapons to fight independently of America. Defense analysts and lawmakers mainly conclude yes, but not just yet.

23.01 / 01:09

markets COST Waves Citizens Continental country innovations Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON JANUARY 20TH 2025 DeepSeek was an obscure hedge-fund-turned-tech-startup from Hangzhou. Within a week it had become the byword for a new wave of Chinese innovation, after launching an artificial-intelligence model as capable as Silicon Valley’s bleeding edge but much cheaper to build and run.

22.01 / 10:33

wellness IBM Destiny country social innovations orienteering Is geography history or destiny? How innovation can thrive across cultural differences

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ever wonder why Germans seek perfection, Japanese pursue miniaturization and waste reduction, Americans are fussy about services and Indians settle for improvisation and what’s good enough? Is it something to do with where you reside? With pervasive technologies, affordable means of communication, maturing labour and capital markets and instant information dissemination, one may think that geography has become history, that who you are trumps where you are. But is it that simple? Or is geography destiny? “Who we are cannot be separated from where we’re from," notes writer Malcolm Gladwell.

22.01 / 01:45

markets UPS economy President show Mint Quick Edit | Trump’s tariff self-goal: Americans have had to pay a heavy price

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A study by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy has corroborated what economists had been shouting out loud but US President Donald Trump chose not to hear: that tariffs are effectively a consumption tax on one’s own people. The Germany-based institute examined US imports worth about $4 trillion to conclude that as much as 96% of the $200 billion of additional revenue the US generated last year was yanked out from the pockets of US consumers—only 4% of the burden was borne by exporters.

21.01 / 07:01

markets COST UPS Manufacturing Volkswagen Tesla Porsche Chinese EVs blow past Tesla and tariffs en route to global reign

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Julian Scot-Smith was window shopping at a Porsche dealership with his wife in London’s fancy Mayfair district before Christmas, sizing up the SUVs. Then the couple peeked into another dealership around the corner.

21.01 / 02:23

UPS CEO economy President performer Destinations Mint Quick Edit | CEO confidence in India may have risen but corporate results need to catch up

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tariff-induced uncertainty notwithstanding, global CEOs seem to be taking a more upbeat view of India’s economy. This is apparent from PwC’s Annual Global CEO Survey.

20.01 / 15:19

UPS Target President War country Interviews Greenland rift makes NATO vulnerable to Russia, says senior German general

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BERLIN—The rift between the U.S. and Europe over Greenland is making the trans-Atlantic alliance vulnerable to a Russian attack on NATO territory, one of Germany’s highest ranking officers warned.

20.01 / 02:33

COST economy Research Trade President reports Schools Americans are the ones paying for tariffs, study finds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans, the report said.

20.01 / 02:33

CEO Bill Trade War country gatherings International WEF at Davos in a fractured world: Will the spirit of dialogue be exorcized or exercised?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The London-based Economist describes it as the “ultimate networking event"; The Guardian, a British daily, as the “last-chance saloon to save the old world order." The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international advocacy non-governmental organization and think-tank founded in 1971 by German engineer Klaus Schwab, and its annual gathering at Davos, Switzerland, was once billed as the biggest talk-show-cum-photo op in the post-Bretton Woods world.

20.01 / 02:33

markets COST UPS Provident Digital country shock Donald Trump’s Greenland tariffs are no great blow to Europe

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. EUROPEANS ARE no longer shocked by the threat of tariffs. They know President Donald Trump regards them as a fee for access to the American market, as leverage for American access to their own and as punishment for perceived slights.

19.01 / 09:59

markets UPS Fighting security Trade President War Europe’s ‘mice’ must find their inner tigers to roar back as Trump turns tariffs into weapons over Greenland

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Cold War satirical novel The Mouse That Roared imagined a tiny European statelet declaring war on the US in the hope of being lavished with American aid after its inevitable defeat. It’s a title that came to mind when European nations sent three dozen soldiers to Greenland in response to US President Donald Trump’s threats to wrest the island from Danish control.

19.01 / 07:55

markets Analysis Research Trade President country Relationships Precious metals climb as Trump plans tariff on European countries over Greenland

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Precious metals climbed Monday after President Trump threatened 10% tariffs on imports from eight European countries starting February. “Trump’s latest tariff announcement has escalated trade tensions into an entirely new dimension—one driven less by economic logic and more by political motive," two members of ING’s economic and financial analysis division said in a research note.

16.01 / 06:41

Digital Cooper Align Sustainability Research country innovations India-Germany: An economic relationship whose time has come as the world changes and challenges grow

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The official visit of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz to India on 12-13 January, his first to the Indo-Pacific since taking office, coincided with the 75th anniversary year of diplomatic ties, providing renewed momentum to the India-Germany Strategic Partnership.

15.01 / 03:49

UPS Citizens country blues travelers Destinations As India’s passport steadily ascends global power ranking charts, let’s do all we can to strengthen it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This year’s Henley Passport Index is out and India has some reason to cheer. The country’s passport now ranks 80th on this annual chart published by Henley & Partners, a London-based global citizenship and advisory firm, up from its 85th rank in 2025.

15.01 / 01:45

markets COST UPS pandemic President country politician It’s not just the Fed. Politics looms over central banks everywhere

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. THE IDEA that central banks should enjoy some independence is as old as central banking. “I want [it] to be sufficiently in the hands of the government, but not too much," mused Napoleon Bonaparte in 1806 of the recently created Bank of France.

14.01 / 01:33

UPS Provident FIVE Manufacturing Metro electronic reports Three stocks to watch as Budget 2026 may roll out ₹23,000 crore incentives for capital goods manufacturing

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government may roll out incentive packages worth up to ₹23,000 crore in the Union Budget 2026 to boost domestic manufacturing of high-value capital goods and reduce dependence on imports, according to an Economic Times report. The schemes are currently under preparation and could be announced in the upcoming budget.

08.01 / 10:41

COST UPS ETF Gap students Universities Updates Studying abroad in 2026: How currency swings are reshaping student finances

₹70 to a dollar. Today, it’s significantly higher.

06.01 / 02:05

markets Manufacturing Trade show electronic Updates How China’s silver export controls could turn into strategic concerns for India

artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and electronics to solar power equipment, medical devices and defence systems.China’s dominance in the silver market does not stem from mining strength but from its overwhelming control over refining. According to the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) list of accredited refiners for global over-the-counter trading, China hosts 27 silver refineries, followed by Japan with 13.

06.01 / 00:41

markets Target Booking Action trends Trade Updates Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's top picks for 6 January

Stock market recap: Indian equities ended lower on Monday, 5 January, despite positive global cues as investors booked profits in select heavyweights amid increased geopolitical tensions after the US military action in Venezuela, capturing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife.However, the US attacks on Venezuela did not deal any significant blow to global markets. In Asia, Japan's Nikkei and Korea's Kospi jumped over 3% each, while China's Shanghai Composite rose by over 1%.

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