Major chain set to close hundreds of stores in US after going bankrupt for second time. Story in 10 pointsStruggling fabric and crafts seller Joann plans to close about 500 of its stores across the U.S. — or more than half of its current nationw...
17 Feb, 2025, 06.30 PM IST
Asia stocks steady as Credit Suisse buyout brings reliefThe Asia day offered an encouraging start, with Japanese yen cross-currency swaps, a measure of non-U.S. investor demand for dollars, shrin...
20 Mar, 2023, 07.47 AM IST
HSBC is betting big on India's $400 billion pile of wealthThe bank is planting its sights more firmly on the ultra-rich in India, where the wealth held by billionaires has crossed $400 billion from...
10 Feb, 2023, 06.44 AM IST
Former Pakistan Prez Gen Pervez Musharraf passes away in DubaiFormer President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf (Retd) passed away after a prolonged illness, at a hospital in Dubai, news agency AN...
05 Feb, 2023, 01.35 PM IST
Journalist suspensions widen rift between Twitter and mediaElon Musk's abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organi...
17 Dec, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
40th unicorn at the door; Dorsey blocked over Web3 trollingThe new year may be just a week away, but there might yet be time for one last startup to join the coveted club and make it 40 unicorns in ...
23 Dec, 2021, 07.19 PM IST
RBI Governor for continued policy support to nurture economic revival: MPC minutes"Given these uncertainties, continued policy support is warranted for a durable, broad-based and self-sustaining rebound, especially to nur...
22 Dec, 2021, 09.25 PM IST
'Our children will starve’, say Pakistan farmers as locusts breed“This is the worst locust attack we have seen since 1993,” said Falak Naz, director general of crop protection at Pakistan’s Ministry of Fo...
18 Mar, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
Become profitable, stop gimmicks. SoftBank’s Son gives 'very public lesson' to startup foundersWeWork isn’t SoftBank’s first intervention. Its investment in Uber Technologies Inc. included a deal to block controversial co-founder Trav...
27 Sep, 2019, 11.25 AM IST
Now buy insurance to protect yourself from cyber fraudsCyber insurance policies offer protection against a range of online offences. You can now buy insurance to protect yourself from cyber frau...
18 Sep, 2018, 12.51 PM IST
Sexual violence holding back India's economy: More women at work can boost GDP by $770 bnIn the eight years since 2004, about 20 million women have vanished from India’s workforce.
29 May, 2018, 05.23 PM IST
Can iconic Tiger Balm makers be third-time lucky in India?After spending over two decades in wilderness, the Tiger Balm brand is finally out of the woods in India, asserts Haw Par Corp's executive ...
25 Feb, 2018, 06.26 AM IST
A billion-plus loiterersYou don’t need to be an Einstein to figure out that you probably don’t need four people behind a counter at a coffee shop.
21 Jan, 2016, 05.23 AM IST
Sushil Kumar Shinde faces BJP's ire over allegation of shielding Dawood manShinde didn’t act against Delhi Police officials of the Special Cell for allegedly framing a Kashmiri man, Liyaqat Ali Shah, in a terror ca...
15 Jan, 2014, 03.55 AM IST
Internet users may face more privacy threats as marketers aggressively collect informationSomeone is quietly profiling your every move online. If that sounds close to stalking, marketers have a more polite name for the practice: ...
26 Dec, 2013, 08.24 AM IST
- Fiat's arrival at Chrysler wheel changes auto landscape
The landscape of the global auto industry is set to be radically redrawn with the appointment on Thursday of Fiat corporate rescue maestro ...
07 May, 2009, 04.58 PM IST
- Russia's energy might worries US
The Russian bear has re-emerged from its cave with a new and powerful weapon, the West's dependence on Moscow's vast energy supplies.
12 Aug, 2008, 11.34 AM IST