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Saturday, October 5, 2024
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Wheat price surges to all-time high as Russian invasion cuts off supplies from Ukraine

Ukraine and Russia together account for over a quarter of global trade of wheat. The war has closed major ports in Ukraine, and severed logistics and transport links.

Russia threatens to cut natural gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream 1 in response to sanctions

In a televised speech Monday, Russia’s Deputy PM Alexander Novak said Moscow has the right to take actions that 'mirror' the penalties imposed on the country's economy.

Aiding a Ukrainian insurgency would be painful and costly for the West

Waging insurgency would be a frightful business for the Ukrainians doing the fighting, and supporting it would require the US and its allies to brace themselves for escalation.

Rupee sinks to lifetime-low as Ukraine crisis threatens to push India’s oil-import bill

Rupee declined as much as 1% to 76.96 per dollar, past its previous low of 76.90. It has now turned into Asia’s worst performer this year.

Oil shock risks becoming ‘nightmare’ for RBI, it could raise inflation forecast

The surge in edible and crude oil prices are bound to feed into headline inflation, which has already breached the upper tolerance limit of RBI's 2-6% target range.

Hero MotoCorp to launch first electric scooter under new ‘Vida’ brand in July

This is the first time Hero, the world's top two-wheeler maker, is switching to cleaner technology. Deliveries are set to begin later this year.

JPMorgan says Russia’s economy ‘headed for deep recession’, could face 1998-like crisis

Russian economy is reeling after foreign govts slapped sanctions on trade, finance & travel, froze the reserves of its central bank and cut many of its banks from the SWIFT system.

NSE invites applicants for CEO post before its much-delayed IPO

The new CEO will have to steer Canada Pension Plan Investment Board-backed NSE through to a listing, plans for which have been marred by probes into ex-officials for alleged violations.

Oil soars to highest level since 2008 as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine upends market

Buyers are continuing to avoid Russian crude as they navigate financial sanctions on Russia, and traders are betting prices will keep rising. OPEC+ is still sitting on the sidelines.

How to make sense of market forecasts in wartime

It's not the responsibility of Wall Street to come out with better forecasts. The responsibility is on the end users to spend a few hours digging into the research.

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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?