Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news dealsAustralia is gearing up to implement a groundbreaking levy on major tech giants. If platforms like Meta, Google, and TikTok fail to compens...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
We're counting on Big Tech to invent the future. That's a bad bet.The internet once promised widespread wealth. However, large tech platforms now capture most gains, mirroring past economic inequalities. T...
25 Oct, 2025, 12.20 AM IST
Revealing government secrets: How far will Trump and Congress go?House Republicans have announced a new 'Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets' to reveal information on historical assassin...
14 Feb, 2025, 04.23 PM IST
Australia asks tech giants to share revenue with local media outlets or cough up taxesThe Australian government plans to impose taxes on large tech companies like Meta and Google if they don't compensate local news outlets fo...
12 Dec, 2024, 04.57 PM IST
Explained: Why are Apple, Amazon, Google and Meta facing antitrust lawsuits and huge fines?The United States Justice Department is set to file a lawsuit against Apple for potentially breaching antitrust laws. Antitrust laws origin...
24 Jan, 2024, 11.38 AM IST
2022 Year in Review | Quick commerce returns to realityBut as the year progressed, quick commerce companies slowly returned to reality as investors turned bearish amid rising inflation, followed...
30 Dec, 2022, 06.43 PM IST
German, Australian competition watchdogs to follow CCI's steps on GoogleGermany's national competition regulatory agency Bundeskartellamt and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), have been ...
09 Nov, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
View: The dire need to frame rules for global big tech players to operate in IndiaFacebook investing in an augmented reality (AR) lab initiative of the New York Times with 12 hires, Apple investing to help the Wall Street...
01 Nov, 2020, 11.33 PM IST
Valuation-driven investing for investment success: 8 key tipsInvestor biases, including overconfidence, the tendency to ‘find’ evidence that confirms our views and undue focus on recent performance al...
05 Sep, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
Thinking of investing all your surpluses in your favourite mutual funds? Read thisMutual fund advisors and financial planners are asking investors to tread cautiously and avoid adventurous steps in the current market cond...
27 Mar, 2020, 09.34 AM IST
The backstory of the boy who delivers your food order at your doorstepThe daily effort to calm impatient customers and earn the maximum money has both physical and mental consequences.
16 Dec, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Heard of Cobra Effect? Be careful what you ask forThinking about first order effects is easy. Thinking about second order effects is hard.
28 Sep, 2017, 12.24 PM IST
The Next Big Climate-Change Battle Starts in India: Noah SmithBNEF predicts that even with solar racing ahead, carbon emissions will continue at or slightly above current levels for the next three deca...
24 Dec, 2016, 03.12 PM IST
Expect Rupee to trade around 59.50-60/$: Ananth Narayan, Standard Chartered Bank"It looks like dollar-rupee will be caught in a range, a comfortable range 59-59.5 to 61-61.5."
16 Jul, 2014, 01.21 PM IST
Align incentives in heath insuranceFor one public sector insurer, the claims ratio is 110%, implying that for every Rs 100 of premium income, the company has to pay Rs 110 as...
24 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- US inflation plunges, world crisis hits carmakers
Automakers worldwide warned of more perils from the global economic meltdown as the latest US data on Wednesday added to growing fears of h...
20 Nov, 2008, 12.55 AM IST
- US banks using government money for deals
US banks are using the federal bailout money to buy other banks instead of boosting their lending. BSE Weekly: Gainers, Losers | NSE Weekly...
01 Nov, 2008, 10.00 PM IST