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Bed Bugs Shied Away With Less Pandemic Travel. They’re Not Gone
They latch onto clothes and luggage in search of human blood. But less travel during the Covid-19 pandemic has helped…
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GDP Grows in Q3 FY21, But Postulated Q4 FY21 GDP Decline A Statistical Aberration: SBI Research
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London’s West End Turns Dead End as Shoppers Leave Oxford Street
(Bloomberg) — Kate Moss brought London’s Oxford Street to a standstill in 2007 when the supermodel posed at Topshop’s flagship…
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Biden’s Hopes for Rare Earth Independence at Least a Decade Away
(Bloomberg) — Joe Biden’s ambition to make the U.S. less dependent on other nations for rare earths and minerals critical…
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Mumbai Airport To Resume Domestic Flight Operations From T-1 From March 10
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport will resume domestic flight operations from Terminal-1 from the second week of March, the private…
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Local Hazards Grow as Americans Churn Out More Garbage
(Bloomberg) — As U.S. cities struggle to rein in garbage while propping up pricey recycling efforts, more companies are profiting…
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The Next Big Leap In India’s e-Governance
In Homeland Security Mobile-based emergency services and disaster management are the key areas of focus in e-Governance, which also involves…
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Companies Act Amendment Will Facilitate Direct Overseas Listing
Companies that are considered ‘listed’ only by virtue of having issued specified debt instruments can breathe easy on the compliance…
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British Airways Parent Posts $9 Billion Loss, Offers No Outlook
(Bloomberg) — British Airways parent IAG SA posted a 7.43 billion-euro ($9 billion) operating loss in 2020 and said it…
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When Does a Commodities Boom Turn Into a Supercycle?
(Bloomberg) — A surge in commodity prices has Wall Street banks gearing up for the arrival of what may be…
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Capex To Drive Industry Bank Credit,But See Risks Too: Nirmal Bang
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Cement’s Demand Surprises; Earnings Upgrade To Continue: ICICI Securities
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RailTel Lists At 16% Premium On Market Debut
Shares of RailTel Corporation of India—the second state-run company under Indian Railways to go public this year—gained on market debut…
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Why RBI Stopped PNB From Investing In Its Housing Finance Unit
The Reserve Bank of India stopped public-sector lender Punjab National Bank from participating in a fund raise by its housing…
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AT&T Cuts the Cord Before More Customers Do
(Bloomberg Opinion) — If AT&T Inc. starts to look like it’s standing a bit taller, that’s the result of it…
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California Deaths Hit 50,000; NYC School Cases Low: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said the federal government will distribute Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine as fast as the company…
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Airbnb Revenue Beats Estimates, Showing Demand Amid Covid Surge
(Bloomberg) — Airbnb Inc. reported revenue in the fourth quarter that blitzed analysts’ estimates, benefiting as people traveled over the…
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Bharat Bandh: Traders, Transporters To Strike Against Rising Fuel Prices, GST And E-Way Bill Changes
Traders and transporters have called for a nationwide strike, or chakka jam, on Friday to protest against rising fuel prices…
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Sephora Plans Dozens of U.S. Stores in Bet on Physical Retail
(Bloomberg) — LVMH’s Sephora beauty chain said it will open more than 60 stand-alone U.S. stores this year in addition…
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Trading Halt: SEBI Assures Underlying Causes, Including Institutional Deficiencies, Will Be Addressed
A day after technical glitches halted trading at NSE for around four hours, market regulator SEBI on Thursday affirmed it…
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Fed’s Digital Dollar Would Look Nothing Like Bitcoin
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen recently mentioned the idea of creating a so-called digital dollar — a new…
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Not Worried About Rating Agencies, Says Nirmala Sitharaman
India’s borrowing plans in the next fiscal won’t crowd out the private sector as there will be predictability and enough…
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LIC’s ‘Yogakshemam Vahamyaham’ Philosophy Delivers Customer Delight And Powers Nation Building
Thanks to this deep customer focus, LIC went from strength to strength despite the COVID-19 pandemic that severely affected businesses…
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Inside Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience Ranking
(Bloomberg) — Everyone is fighting the same coronavirus, but about a year into the pandemic, quality of life and control…
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Auto OEM Monthly Preview – Tractor, PVs Continue To Shine; Domestic Two-Wheeler In Slow Lane: Dolat Capital
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Hotel Sector Check: Corporate Demand Recovery, A Key Trigger, Says Motilal Oswal
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Deal for Key Metal in EV Revolution Brought Bonanza for Newcomer
A transfer of lucrative cobalt and copper assets by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s state mining company enabled a little-known…
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BofA Securities Expects Aditya Birla Capital’s Profit To Double Over Two Years
Shares of Aditya Birla Capital Ltd. surged after BofA Securities initiated coverage on the financial services provider with a ‘buy’…
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Asia Starts Vaccination Programs; J&J Gets Big Win: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Vaccination programs are rolling out across Asia this week, from Hong Kong to South Korea. Johnson & Johnson’s…
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Global Reflation Fears: Does India Need To Worry?
With governments and central banks continuing to add stimulus to support their respective economies, global markets have started to worry…
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Coronavirus India Updates: Active Cases Fall Below 1.47 Lakh; Government Teases Vaccine Phase Two
Senior Citizens, 45-Plus With Comorbidities Can Get Covid-19 Vaccine From March 1 Everyone above 60 years of age and those…
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Nvidia Gives Bullish Forecast on Gaming, Data Center Demand
(Bloomberg) — Nvidia Corp. gave a bullish forecast on robust demand for chips used by video gamers and data center…
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Texas Deep Freeze Could Cost $90 Billion in Losses, Modeler Says
(Bloomberg) — Texas’s deep freeze and power outages last week could cost as much as $90 billion in losses, and…
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South Africa to Bailout Land Bank After Debt Default
(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s National Treasury allocated 7 billion rand ($481 million) to recapitalize the country’s distressed state-owned agricultural lender…
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Why NSE Has Not Been Able To Restart Trading Yet
It’s been over two hours since India’s largest bourse stopped all trading in cash and derivative segments and it’s not…
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Digital Economy To Outpace GDP Growth: ICICI Securities
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Government Investments Fall 14% YoY In Q3 FY21: Motilal Oswal
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Luxury Ride-Hailing App Pivots to Middle East as Lockdowns Bite
(Bloomberg) — A luxury ride-hailing app operating in Moscow, London and Paris is expanding into the Middle East as a…
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What’s Driving Jefferies’ Interest In India’s Asset Managers
Shares of HDFC Asset Management Co. and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd. gained after Jefferies initiated coverage on the…
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Analysts’ Take On India Inc.’s Q3 Results And Market Outlook
Analysts from BofA Securities and Nomura see near-term risks for Indian equities that may lead to a consolidation in the…
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Rising Commodity Prices A Risk For 46% Of Nifty Market Cap: BofA Securities
Rising commodity prices amid a growing investor appetite for everything from oil to corn pose a risk for India’s stock…
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When the Fantasy of Better Battery Science Doesn’t Match Reality
They may be waiting a while: The technical challenges of making better batteries (and therefore, electric vehicles) are enormous and…
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Beat Poet, ‘Howl’ Publisher, Dies at 101
(Bloomberg) — Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and bookstore owner whose publication of Allen Ginsberg’s poem “Howl” in 1956 led to…
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Toolkit Case: Delhi Court Grants Bail To Disha Ravi
A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to climate activist Disha Ravi, arrested on allegations of sedition for sharing a…
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India Largest Supplier Of Workers On Digital Platforms: ILO
India is the largest supplier of workers globally across online platform jobs and saw its share rise in recent years,…
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Her Husband Got Covid-19. She’s Suing His Employer.
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Suppose your spouse gets Covid-19 at work — and you get it from your spouse. Can you sue your…
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Can Democrats Avoid Another Midterm Debacle?
We’re a little more than a year away from the first round of primary elections in the runup to the 2022…
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Government’s Proposal To Shut Down IPAB And The Way Forward
The news that the Intellectual Property Appellate Board would be scrapped filled me with joy. We are told that tribunals…
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‘Portfolio Warming’ Is the New Climate Anxiety for Fund Managers
(Bloomberg) — All good money managers expect to outperform their benchmark, and by one such metric the French insurer and…
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Q3 Earnings Review And Strategy – Stepping Up The Accelerator: Prabhudas Lilladher
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