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Store to door in 8 mins, but online grocery shoppers don’t care about speed. It’s price, quality

Quick-delivery apps may need to alter business models to compete with conventional ones, it says. 61 per cent of online customers are willing to wait 3-24 hours for their groceries.

Asia stocks hit 4-month high on reopening of Chinese economy

By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian shares rose on Thursday on investor hopes for China's emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic, while the dollar stayed under pressure even as the U.S. Federal

Oil prices rebound after opening the year with steep losses

By Stephanie Kelly (Reuters) - Oil prices rebounded on Thursday after opening the year down more than 9%, the worst yearly start in over three decades, as investors took advantage of the decline to

Hawkish Fed rhetoric fails to lift dollar; Aussie jumps

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar struggled to advance on Thursday even though Federal Reserve policymakers reiterated their commitment last month to fighting inflation, while the Aussie

Oil falls more than 5% on global economy worry, China COVID cases

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil fell by more than $4 a barrel on Wednesday, posting the steepest percentage loss in the first two trading days of any year for over 3 decades, as investors

Stocks, bonds jump as investors shrug off hawkish Fed minutes

By Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stocks and bonds closed higher on Wednesday on cautious optimism about the new year after a brutal 2022, although U.S. stocks eased off session highs after

Oil falls by more than 5% on global economy worry, China COVID cases

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil fell by more than $4 a barrel on Wednesday, with Brent suffering its biggest percentage loss in the first two trading days of the year since 1991, as demand

Dollar holds losses as Fed minutes fail to surprise

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held at lower levels on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting offered no surprises or new information about the

Gold hovers near mid-June highs after Fed minutes

By Seher Dareen (Reuters) - Gold held near seven-month highs reached on Wednesday after the minutes of the Federal Reserve's last meeting showed all its policymakers remained committed to fighting

Oil prices fall nearly 5% on worry over global economy

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil fell nearly 5% on Wednesday after slumping in the previous session, weighed down by demand concerns stemming from the state of the global economy and rising

On Camera

Why Modi-Shah have failed to develop mass leaders in states the way Vajpayee-Advani did

BJP had leaders like Modi, Chouhan, Raje, Raman Singh, BSY, and Dhumal who kept the party’s flame burning. Those promoted by Modi-Shah in the last 10 years fail to inspire confidence.

How businesses can become more resilient to the physical impacts of climate change

Extreme weather events have impacted 50% of corporate respondents to a recent survey. This underlines the importance of significant action now to increase climate resilience.

‘Nightmare at Chennai Marina’: 4 dead, 96 hospitalised after pandemonium at packed IAF air show

Lakhs of people were stranded at beach in heat as crowd control measures apparently failed. At least 14 lakh people were in attendance though police had expected around 10 lakh.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?