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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

Foreigners cash out of key Asian emerging markets ahead of Federal Reserve meet

Overseas funds have sold a net $3.1 billion worth of shares in Taiwan, South Korea and India this week. That follows $4.9 billion of withdrawals last week, highest since August.

Covid endemicity isn’t a promise to safety. Experts tell you why

Endemicity refers to a state in which total number of infections is not dropping or growing — though an endemic disease can have big, predictable seasonal fluctuations.

India to look at Brazil, Russia for sunflower oil as invasion threat looms over Ukraine

Ukraine is India's biggest supplier of sunflower oil. Any escalation in Russia-Ukraine tension is likely to hit edible oil prices in the country as 70% of its requirement is imported.

David Fincher’s ‘Fight Club’ gets new ending in China, sparking social media storm

Unlike original storyline, the Chinese version treats the 1999 movie's Project Mayhem undertaking as a thwarted & misguided attempt at criminality, giving authorities a win at the end.

More expensive cars help Maruti Suzuki beat profit forecasts, but emission rules could hit sales

The automaker raised prices of some models last year to help offset higher input costs. But that didn't deter buyers as company says there is 'no lack of demand'.

India among Asian destinations for investors fleeing Chinese real estate debt crisis

Both Goldman Sachs & CreditSights consider Indian companies attractive. While the first recommends high-yield renewables, the latter considers financial firms to well shielded here.

China warns foreign envoys attending Beijing Olympics opening of 21 days of possible quarantine

If positive cases are found in an audience area, the close contacts will go through a 21-day centralised medical observation, according to a notice sent to diplomatic missions.

US keeps 8,500 troops on alert to back NATO forces, as Russia camps near Ukraine borders

Although the troops aren’t being sent to Ukraine, the US said it was 'very clear the Russians have no intention right now of de-escalating' and it would be prudent to prepare.

Why Federal Reserve will no longer have pandemic-era investors’ backs

Inflation is top of mind for all leaders in Washington and US President Joe Biden, whose approval ratings are sliding, appears less inclined to count on hope as a strategy.

More men than women are leaving US labour force & results are terrible for families, economy

One probable theory is technology and globalisation destroyed routine jobs which employed men. Another is that better leisure options, like video games, reduced the desire to work

On Camera

Virat, Anushka, Bumrah selling sarias & cement, dentists, vets, Bihar walls painted in ‘rurbanisation’

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.