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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Reliance is stepping in to supply diesel-starved Europe as Ukraine war boosts Jamnagar facility

RIL’s Jamnagar facility is lifting crude processing & deferring planned maintenance to take advantage of surging diesel demand. It’s already sending shipments to Europe.

New iPhone SE is uninspiring, Apple has strayed from its standard

The SE will be a letdown for customers who have been waiting for a while for an updated affordable iPhone. It’s clear that Apple isn’t prioritising customers at the lower end of the market.

Investors say cash ‘only safe haven’ in India as markets recoil from oil shock

Rupee is down to a record low, dragging stocks and bonds. And with few signs the commodity boom will end soon, investors are bracing for more possible losses.

Asia could face higher inflation and slower growth amid soaring oil prices

Asia as a net importer is vulnerable to oil price spike due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But with more than 40% global exports stemming from the region, rising prices will ripple globally.

Gold nears 19-month high as ban on Russian oil & concerns over inflation, growth boost demand

Bullion has gained 12% in 2022 and is closing in on a record as investors seek a store of value amid the threat of an inflationary shock to the global economy.

Biden says US will ban ‘all imports of Russian oil, gas & energy’ to pressure Putin to stop war

Announcing the ban in an address from the White House Tuesday, President Biden said 'US will not be part of subsidising Putin’s war'.

Surge in oil prices will test China’s bet to insulate its economy

With oil costs now 40% higher than they were two weeks ago, Chinese businesses are facing a profit squeeze and a fall in global demand for Chinese-made goods.

Shipping Corp says war in Ukraine needs to abate for stake sale to go through

In an interview, Shipping Corp CMD Harjeet Kaur Joshi says globally markets are facing impact of the Ukraine crisis, this isn't the opportune moment for proposed privatisation.

Coal India to make key ingredient for explosives to beat costs surge

Coal India Ltd., the world’s largest supplier of the fuel, will add production of a key ingredient used in explosives for mining as it...

Modi govt’s big infrastructure push is fueling builders’ bond sales

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan for India to build 25,000 kilometers of highway in the fiscal year starting next month is making the local...

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I met Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2005. He told me he was an admirer of MK Gandhi

Shuttle diplomacy at a high level is indicated, along the lines of the famous Kissingerian shuttles following the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.

#ByeByeAP to #LuluBackInAP: Naidu’s moves to make Andhra ‘business friendly’ & woo back investors

The Jagan Reddy govt has been accused of scuppering various investment deals. Under Naidu, the govt, is trying to make AP a top investment destination, officials and industrialists say.

IAF chief AP Singh red-flags Tejas delay, says China ahead in technology & production capacity

Air force chief says HAL needs to churn out 24 aircraft per year. It is important for IAF to have indigenous weapons systems to deal with any security challenges, he says.

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?