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European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde stressed the importance of sound public finances when she addressed ministers in charge of budgets from around the world in Thailand.
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China’s top anti-graft authorities warned that officials who engage in corruption cannot expect a “safe landing,” regardless of their rank, past contributions or whether they’ve retired, according to a commentary from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and National Commission of Supervision.
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she plans to attend the APEC leaders summit hosted by China if parliament permits, confirming her willingness to visit amid a deep freeze of ties between the two Asian economies.
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Canadian billionaire Prem Watsa is betting that his Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s acquisition of IDBI Bank Ltd. will pay off given India’s growth prospects, the Economic Times reported.
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India has ordered state-owned fuel retailers to stop procuring ethanol made from sugar and key sugarcane-based feedstocks in move that may help keep a lid on prices of the sweetener.
Financial Times
Iran-backed rebels surround Taiz, one of Yemen’s largest cities, as conflict with Riyadh and its local allies escalates
Financial Times
The tribalism of football fans parallels modern politics like nothing else
Financial Times
Ructions point to what a true bursting of the bubble might do to financial markets
Financial Times
The economics of why we increasingly avoid the company of both other humans and books
Financial Times
As regional conflicts rage and revisionist powers challenge the established order, warnings of a new global conflagration are growing louder
Financial Times
Carriers fear customers may be unwilling to stomach more price rises if energy costs stoke further inflation
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China is encouraging cinemas to screen major sporting events, host sports activities and sell sports lottery tickets as part of a drive to link moviegoing with sports consumption, according to a notice from the National Film Administration and General Administration of Sport.
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Vietnam’s Prime Minister Le Minh Hung projected gross domestic product will expand at least 10% next year as he outlined the nation’s economic targets in a speech to parliament.
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The founder of India’s “Cockroach” protest movement is due to appear in court Saturday after being taken into police custody as a widening fight over the country’s voter rolls keeps New Delhi on edge.
Financial Times
US president gives Putin a reprieve on threatened energy measures after cutting deal with Moscow to release diesel
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For generations of Indians, Reliance Industries Ltd. was their introduction to the stock market. Founder Dhirubhai Ambani drew middle-income savers into shares, building a following that endured for decades.
Financial Times
Masayoshi Son looks to increase pace of his bets on robotics and AI
Financial Times
High borrowing costs complicate AI lab’s goal of achieving investment-grade status
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Chinese firms have emerged as the biggest losers of the faltering global AI trade, a setback for Beijing’s efforts to use stock markets to supercharge its ambition of technological supremacy.
NY Times Business
Commercials with Sydney Sweeney promoting a gambling platform and Megan Fox endorsing male enhancement have rankled fans, and even athletes. Who is in charge?