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12.02 / 08:01

markets Action security Align wellness Trade country A US-led critical minerals alliance presents India with opportunities as well as challenges

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Critical Minerals Ministerial Meeting convened in Washington D.C. last week underscored the extent to which resource security has become central to contemporary geopolitics.

12.02 / 08:01

UPS BLOCK Netflix Kroger Bill President Warner Bros Courts Will California try to block Hollywood’s next megadeal?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CONSIDER IT a cautionary tale. In 2022 Kroger announced that it would buy Albertsons, a rival grocer, for nearly $25bn.

11.02 / 06:57

COST wellness President country rights Mint Explainer: Will the latest round of US-Iran talks succeed?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As Iran and the United States return to the negotiating table over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, the geopolitical stakes have shifted. While Iran enters these discussions, which began on 6 January, on much weaker footing than in the past, US President Donald Trump arrives emboldened by the recent success of the Venezuela operation.

11.02 / 06:27

markets COST Provident security Trade Headlines Mint Explainer | India vs Bangladesh: Who really wins in the US textile tariff reset?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the US resets tariff terms with key Asian suppliers, India and Bangladesh are emerging with sharply different textile outcomes. On paper, Bangladesh appears to have secured the bigger win.

10.02 / 13:15

IPO Twitter Action SpaceX reports Department Elon Musk’s go-to banker is back in action for the SpaceX IPO

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Michael Grimes, the longtime Morgan Stanley rainmaker, spent years laying the groundwork for his bank to land a role leading the initial public offering of Elon Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX. But by the time Musk finally decided to take SpaceX public, Grimes was working in the Commerce Department, having followed the billionaire to Washington, D.C.

09.02 / 08:51

UPS FIVE Airlines security Boeing Trade Three reasons why India-US trade deal stands on shaky ground

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has secured lower tariffs from the US with the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement, but details shared last week, especially by Washington and President Donald Trump, have raised questions about the deal’s sustainability. Three issues sit at the core: Can India realistically buy $500 billion worth of US goods over five years? Has it committed to halting oil imports from Russia? And does the deal shield India from future tariff hikes or trade restrictions? Each of these questions highlights the gap between the deal’s promises and the practical challenges ahead.

08.02 / 14:09

markets FIVE Williams security Discover President Justice These presidents found out how trying to control the Fed chair can backfire

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump chose a Federal Reserve chair, Kevin Warsh, he thinks he can count on to lower interest rates. History suggests three different ways presidents have come to regret that bet.

08.02 / 12:17

markets UPS Binance Strategy Trade President Bitcoin One generation runs the country. The next cashed in on crypto

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the depths of Donald Trump’s interregnum, his eldest two sons huddled in a Mar-a-Lago conference room with boyhood pal Zach Witkoff to conjure up a new money machine.

06.02 / 02:57

UPS Citi wellness Justice Department strain Courts Justice Department struggles under weight of immigration crackdown

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When a lawyer representing the Justice Department told a judge in open court this week that she was exhausted and “this job sucks," she said out loud what many federal prosecutors have been privately feeling for months. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown—and the push to arrest many of the demonstrators protesting against it—is straining U.S.

06.02 / 00:41

markets UPS security Trade show track Headlines Anand Rathi Wealth’s Feroze Azeez on what US tariff rollback means for Indian markets

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The announcement of an US-India trade deal, under which Washington would roll back the steep reciprocal tariffs, has eased months of trade-related uncertainty, with equity markets and the rupee both showing signs of renewed confidence. To decode what this shift means for investors, Feroz Azeez, joint chief executive of Anand Rathi Wealth, speaks with Mint to cut through the macro noise and explain how the development could shape portfolios.

05.02 / 11:13

Career Action President performer Equality Interviews Trump administration to make it easier to fire 50,000 federal workers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is planning to make it easier to discipline—and potentially fire—career officials in senior positions across the government, a move that would affect roughly 50,000 federal workers. The U.S.

04.02 / 01:51

Strategy economy Trade President Experts country Relationships India’s middle-power strategy won it a reprieve from Trump’s sky-high tariffs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney declared at Davos that middle powers should deepen their economic ties to navigate the era of great-power politics, India was already showing how it was done. After President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on India’s exports to the U.S., among the highest in the world last year, New Delhi powered ahead on trade deals with other economies, strengthening its hand in negotiations with the U.S.

04.02 / 01:21

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Today, the Indian equity markets witnessed a historic session, with benchmark indices staging their strongest single-day rally in recent memory.

03.02 / 14:37

markets UPS Manufacturing Trade President country US tariff cut sparks hopes of job revival in India’s textile hubs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru | Mumbai: Relief will start trickling into India’s export hubs, where months of weak orders and job losses had followed the steep tariff hike by the US, the country's largest export market. Washington's move to cut tariffs on Indian goods is set to ease the pressure on labour-intensive exporters, such as textiles and gems and jewellery.

03.02 / 12:27

markets COST UPS Trade show country Near-zero to 50% to 18%: The tariff shock reshaping India-US trade

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Until President Donald Trump’s return to the White House on 20 January 2025, US tariffs were largely a non-issue for Indian exporters. That low-tariff environment ended in April 2025, when Washington imposed sweeping reciprocal duties, sending the US trade-weighted average tariff into double digits for the first time in decades.

03.02 / 12:27

markets Digital Strategy Research Trade Bitcoin The crypto-hoarding strategy is unraveling

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The strategy that rewarded companies for hoarding cryptocurrencies is now punishing them. Bitcoin, ether and other digital tokens are in a slump, and the shares of companies that followed Michael Saylor’s company, now known as Strategy, in stockpiling crypto are sliding, too.

03.02 / 01:05

Immunic President country information Department Equality International A who’s WHO of groups to quit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. formally ended its membership in the World Health Organization last month, a move President Trump set in motion immediately on taking office.

29.01 / 07:45

Provident security Strategy Align President country Uncle Sam’s view of the Indo-Pacific: Why India must invest heavily in naval power projection

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. America’s National Defense Strategy (NDS) was released earlier this month. It came in the backdrop of the US National Security Strategy (NSS) and two key developments: America’s capture of Venezuela’s former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife in January and US President Donald Trump’ demand that Denmark surrender the autonomous island of Greenland to the US, for which this Arctic isle is said to hold national-security significance.

29.01 / 01:47

Strategy President War social Arsenal Talking or fighting, all of Iran’s options are bad

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s ultimatum to Iran to negotiate away its nuclear program or face a possible attack leaves Tehran with a daunting dilemma: Either path risks putting the already weakened regime in a more precarious position. “Hopefully Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal—NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS—one that is good for all parties.

29.01 / 01:37

security President shooting reports Department Investigations Trump and his team have a well-worn crisis playbook. It backfired in Minnesota.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—President Trump rose to power in real estate, reality television and politics following a simple creed in moments of crisis: Cede no ground, never admit mistakes and attack.

29.01 / 01:37

markets FIVE economy President Justice Department Investigations Fed holds rates steady for first time since July

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve entered a new holding pattern on interest rates Wednesday and offered little clarity on when cuts might resume after contentious reductions at officials’ three previous meetings. The decision to hold the benchmark federal-funds rate steady in a range between 3.5% and 3.75% was approved on a 10-2 vote.

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