Crack in the case: 280,000 eggs vanish from top US producer — then a bizarre ransom note shocks investigatorsThe Great Egg Heist has left authorities and egg lovers baffled after 280,000 eggs—worth nearly $100,000—were stolen from a Cal-Maine Foods...
20 Jun, 2025, 09.49 PM IST
Pahalgam terror attack triggers airline surge pricing: Why India needs regulation to curb crisis profiteeringFollowing the Pahalgam attack, Srinagar flight prices surged. This raised concerns about unfair pricing. The DGCA intervened, but many trav...
25 Apr, 2025, 11.15 PM IST
'Did Biden do news conferences like this?': Trump calls friend Kid Rock ‘Bob’ during rapper’s bizarre appearanceRapper Kid Rock was present with US President Donald Trump when he signed an executive order in the Oval Office. The president signed an ex...
02 Apr, 2025, 07.21 PM IST
Los Angeles rental hits $40,000 a month as fires roil housing marketLos Angeles' housing crisis has worsened due to the recent wildfires, which destroyed over 12,000 homes and displaced many residents. Renta...
15 Jan, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
California wildfires: Los Angeles fire evacuees face price gougingFive days after the massive fire that devastated Pacific Palisades, displaced residents struggle to find housing as landlords exploit the c...
13 Jan, 2025, 02.12 PM IST
Kamala Harris vows end to Gaza war, lower healthcare costs, protect reproductive freedom at Michigan rallyDemocratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris pledged to end the war in Gaza, secure Israel's safety, and ensure the Palestinian people's...
04 Nov, 2024, 07.24 AM IST
Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump Presidential Debate: What you can expect?US Presidential Debate 2024: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are preparing for Tuesday's presidential debate with contrasting strategies. Ha...
10 Sep, 2024, 10.58 AM IST
Kamala Harris to propose $50,000 tax deduction for new small businessesVice President Kamala Harris is set to propose a significant tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses, a substantial increas...
04 Sep, 2024, 07.25 AM IST
Apple reverses course and clears way for Epic Games to set up rival iPhone app store in EuropeApple has allowed Epic Games to set up an alternative store for iPhone apps in Europe due to regulatory pressure. Apple had rejected Epic's...
09 Mar, 2024, 09.54 AM IST
Non-Basmati white rice shortages hit stores across US; purchase restrictions, hoarding and price gouging compound woes of consumersFallout of the rice ban is being felt in the big-box warehouses in the US as well. Sapna Foods in Maryland, which usually caters to more th...
26 Jul, 2023, 01.39 PM IST
Why it's time to remove merger and acquisition roadblocksNCLT was set up specifically to hear corporate law matters. However, it has only added to increasing the complexity and duration of approva...
01 Jun, 2023, 11.33 PM IST
Prices of oxygen concentrators, oximeters, nebulisers jump by up to 100% despite capPrices of oxygen concentrators, oximeters and nebulisers have surged 50-100% over the past ten days, with a huge demand-supply mismatch ami...
28 Apr, 2021, 01.33 PM IST
View: Free market is great but not when a patient’s survival depends on itAlthough government hospitals have redeemed themselves to some extent in this pandemic by taking on most of the burden of care, they are st...
27 Sep, 2020, 10.17 AM IST
Indian-American grocery store owner in Silicon Valley charged with price gougingBased on evidence provided by customer receipts, the investigation confirmed that the pricing of several food items exceeded the 10-per cen...
09 May, 2020, 08.09 AM IST
As America's $2 trillion starts to flow, oversight of virus cash lagsTrump has nominated one of his White House lawyers, former inspector general Brian Miller, to a new Treasury inspector general position cre...
17 Apr, 2020, 11.22 AM IST
- Of virtue and choice
The standard case for unfettered markets rests on two claims: one about welfare, the other about freedom.
30 Apr, 2013, 04.37 AM IST
- Natco Pharma bags licence to sell Bayer's cancer drug Nexavar
The government has allowed a local drugmaker Natco Pharma to make and sell a patented cancer drug at a fraction of the price charged by Ger...
13 Mar, 2012, 02.19 AM IST