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Monte dei Paschi shares fall 6% after lender launches surprise 13-billion-euro bid for Mediobanca
Italy's bailed-out Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Friday launched a 13.3 billion euro ($13.95 billion) all-share takeover offer for larger domestic peer Mediobanca.
24.01 / 09:55
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Southport riots: The case of mass stabbing that turned Britons against immigrants; triggered protests that turned violent
Axel Rudakubana, then 17, carried out the horrific attack on 30 July during a Taylor Swift-themed dance session, killing three children and injuring eight others.
24.01 / 09:03
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From Fragile Five to First Five: India's journey of fiscal consolidation
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fiscal discipline is a cornerstone of economic stability for any country, and India is no exception. In an era of escalating geopolitical uncertainties and changing trade dynamics, maintaining fiscal discipline has become increasingly critical to shield economies from external shocks and ensure confidence among global investors.
24.01 / 09:03
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India has good reason to help Trump erect a border wall
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is proud of its diaspora. People of Indian extraction tend to earn well over the average wage in most countries, and often fit seamlessly and unobtrusively into local power structures.
24.01 / 07:21
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The reform of tax policy has a big role in India’s Viksit Bharat journey
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As we embark on our journey to achieve the vision of ‘Viksit Bharat by 2047,’ there is little doubt that tax policy will play a key role in realizing it. This is not just from the perspective of funding higher levels of public expenditure that becoming a developed country will entail, but also in terms of the impact it will have on the investment and economic growth needed to help us achieve this vision.
24.01 / 06:55
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Syria's economic pains far from over despite Assad's ouster
Despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's ouster last month in a lightning insurgency, the country’s dire economic conditions haven't changed
24.01 / 06:53
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Mumbai and New Delhi rank among top 10 APAC cities for cross border real estate investment in 2025
Mumbai and New Delhi ranked among the top 10 most preferred markets for cross-border investment in the APAC region. Mumbai ranked 5th after Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City, while New Delhi was tied for the 8th spot along with Seoul, Osaka and Hanoi.
24.01 / 06:53
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BSNL eyes capacity expansion, takes 65,000 4G sites live, says Chairman
BSNL) has taken as many as 65,000 fourth-generation or 4G radio sites on-air and is looking to further increase coverage and capacity based on 2100 Mhz and 700 MHz band spectrum, to ensure robust signal penetration in challenging terrains and indoors.
24.01 / 06:11
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Beyond mobile manufacturing: Why the Budget needs to go high-tech
India can elevate its standing in global exports by branching out into high-tech manufacturing, which holds a lot of potential for growth. While India’s strengths have been more prominent in the traditional labour-intensive industries such as gems and jewellery, leather, and readymade garments, it is the export of high-tech products that can prove to be a real game changer for the economy.
24.01 / 05:41
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Politics or economics? Revived Canada pipeline talks is ‘wishful thinking’: Expert
To build or not to build: that’s the question facing Canadian politicians, oil and gas experts and industry leaders when it comes to domestic pipelines, as U.S. President Donald Trump continues to tout plans for American energy independence.
24.01 / 05:39
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Davos Diaries: Low on buzz but high on optimism; AI and tariffs in spotlight
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Days three and four of Davos were filled with more panel discussions, sessions, and conversations. In addition to Ukraine President Zelenskyy walking the Davos corridors, Day 3 was packed with several high-profile country representatives addressing the audience, including Malaysian Prime Minister M.
24.01 / 04:03
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How Vivek Singh of Procam transformed India’s running culture
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There were about seven weeks left for the Mumbai Marathon in 2008 when the city faced a synchronised terror attack. One of the sites of the attack was the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the start and finish of the race; another was the Trident Hotel in Nariman Point, the marathon’s official hospitality partner.
24.01 / 02:19
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Emerging economies facing "sudden stop" of capital flows, JPMorgan warns
Emerging markets could be seeing a dreaded "sudden stop" of capital flows as President Donald Trump's 'America First' policies pump up the U.S. economy and suck money away from poorer countries, investment bank JPMorgan warned on Thursday. Analysts fear sudden stops in capital flows because they starve economies of the money they need to grow or even just keep going.
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India Inc must stand by DEI: It’s both a social and business imperative
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Among Donald Trump’s first acts as US President was to put all government staff working on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on administrative leave before shutting down federal programmes. Even before Trump put his pen to this executive order, deeming DEI “dangerous, demeaning and immoral," a bunch of CXOs had declared their disdain, terming it “racist", “anti-American" and “illegal." With brave exceptions, America Inc seems to have turned against DEI in an instant, as if earlier efforts to address the under-representation of gender, ethnic and other identities were a farce.
24.01 / 01:41
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View: India has good reason to work with Trump on deportations
Narendra Modi has made a point of cultivating Indians abroad and sometimes gifts foreign leaders a bit of his star power for their own campaigns. He attended a joint rally in Texas during President Donald Trump’s first term, for example.
24.01 / 00:43
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APG, Marubeni, CPPIB, Mubadala eye Macquarie’ $200 million Vertelo fund raise
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dutch pension fund APG, Japan’s Marubeni Corp., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the UAE's Mubadala Investment Co. are among investors who have expressed interest in Macquarie Asset Management’s Indian fleet electrification platform Vertelo, two people aware of the development said.
24.01 / 00:43
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No pre-emptive tariff cuts on US imports; New Delhi prepares for talks with Trump administration
Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The Indian government is preparing a new blueprint to address key issues in imports of American apples, oil, electric vehicles, satellite communications, among others, as it gears up for trade talks with the US. These discussions aim to strengthen ties with the world’s most powerful country, now guided by the 'America First' policy espoused by its new president Donald Trump.
23.01 / 20:47
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Saudi foreign minister makes first official trip to Lebanon in a decade after years of strained ties
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has visited Lebanon for the first time in a decade following years of strained relations between the oil-rich kingdom and the tiny Mediterranean country
23.01 / 20:47
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Waitress dies from Turkish ski resort blaze, one of 78 lives lost as concerns over safety revive
Officials say a waitress who jumped out of a burning hotel at a popular ski resort has succumbed to her injuries
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