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Fast Fashion, Delivery Apps Like Blinkit, Swiggy Tap India's Next Billion Consumers
For all its promise of a billion-people market, the discretionary spending boom in the world’s most populous nation has been powered by “India 1,” only about 150 million affluent, English-speaking Indians in a handful of major cities. Now, with India’s economy headed toward becoming the world’s fourth largest, a new race is on to court th...
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Warren Buffett Retires Today And The 'Buffett Indicator' Is At Record High
Warren Buffett is retiring as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, and as he exits the stage after six decades, the spotlight turns not just on his successor Greg Abel, but also to one of his legacies. It's a market valuation tool that's now sounding the alarm.
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Trump, Tariffs And Turmoil: How Wall Street Survived 2025's Market Swings
The twists and turns of the US economy and the artificial-intelligence boom both played a role. But much of it could be traced to the White House.
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Half Of All Cars Sold In South Africa In 2025 Have Indian Roots: Report
Half of the cars sold in South Africa in 2025 have connections to India-- they are either manufactured by companies like Mahindra and Tata, or have components made in India, according to a report by market intelligence firm Lightstone.
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Nepal's Crackdown Against Cross-Border "Bride Buying" By Chinese Brokers
Nepalese authorities have intensified a crackdown against illegal cross-border matchmaking following revelations that brokers and online intermediaries marketed Nepali women as potential brides for Chinese nationals, a Chinese media report said.
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With $4.2 Trillion Market Value, Silver Tops Apple, Just Behind NVIDIA Now
Silver has surged to become one of the most valuable assets in the world, overtaking tech giants Apple Inc and Alphabet in market capitalisation and moving closer to surpassing NVIDIA Corporation to claim the second spot after gold.
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UK Boy, 12, Takes Control Of Car After Mother Collapses Behind The Wheel: "Little Hero"
Police officers were amazed by Zac's calmness and quick actions, and he has since been invited to the police headquarters to be presented with a certificate for his bravery.
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Why US Tech Giants Are Betting $67.5 Billion On India's AI, Data Centre Boom
US technology giants are investing huge amounts of money into India as the country positions itself at the centre of the global hub for data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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"Bad Deal": New Zealand Foreign Minister Slams India Trade Agreement
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has strongly criticised the newly announced India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it "neither free nor fair".
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Italy Fines Apple Nearly 100 Million Euros Over App Market Dominance Abuse
Italy's competition authority said Monday it had fined the US tech giant Apple 98 million euros ($115 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the mobile app market.
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Ex-Harvard Worker Gets 8 Years Jail For Selling Human Organs In Black Market
A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.
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5 Men Suspected Of Planning Christmas Market Attack Arrested In Germany
German authorities have arrested five men suspected of being Islamist terrorists planning an attack on a Christmas market in southern Bavaria, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement.
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Crypto Mogul Do Kwon Sentenced To 15 Years In $40 Billion Fraud
The 34-year-old's Terraform Labs created a cryptocurrency called TerraUSD that was marketed as a "stablecoin," a token that is pegged to stable assets such as the US dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations.
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Zohran Mamdani's Victory Effect: Manhattan Rents Hit Record High
Rents for Manhattan apartments surged to a record high in November, as Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election in large part due to affordability concerns.
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Video: Massive Fire Erupts At St Petersburg's Soviet-Era Market; 1 Killed
At least one person was reportedly killed, and two others were injured in a massive fire that spread through an indoor market in Russia's St Petersburg.
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Fast Fashion, Delivery Apps Like Blinkit, Swiggy Tap India's Next Billion Consumers
For all its promise of a billion-people market, the discretionary spending boom in the world’s most populous nation has been powered by “India 1,” only about 150 million affluent, English-speaking Indians in a handful of major cities. Now, with India’s economy headed toward becoming the world’s fourth largest, a new race is on to court th...
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Warren Buffett Retires Today And The 'Buffett Indicator' Is At Record High
Warren Buffett is retiring as Berkshire Hathaway CEO, and as he exits the stage after six decades, the spotlight turns not just on his successor Greg Abel, but also to one of his legacies. It's a market valuation tool that's now sounding the alarm.
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Trump, Tariffs And Turmoil: How Wall Street Survived 2025's Market Swings
The twists and turns of the US economy and the artificial-intelligence boom both played a role. But much of it could be traced to the White House.
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Half Of All Cars Sold In South Africa In 2025 Have Indian Roots: Report
Half of the cars sold in South Africa in 2025 have connections to India-- they are either manufactured by companies like Mahindra and Tata, or have components made in India, according to a report by market intelligence firm Lightstone.
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Nepal's Crackdown Against Cross-Border "Bride Buying" By Chinese Brokers
Nepalese authorities have intensified a crackdown against illegal cross-border matchmaking following revelations that brokers and online intermediaries marketed Nepali women as potential brides for Chinese nationals, a Chinese media report said.
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With $4.2 Trillion Market Value, Silver Tops Apple, Just Behind NVIDIA Now
Silver has surged to become one of the most valuable assets in the world, overtaking tech giants Apple Inc and Alphabet in market capitalisation and moving closer to surpassing NVIDIA Corporation to claim the second spot after gold.
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UK Boy, 12, Takes Control Of Car After Mother Collapses Behind The Wheel: "Little Hero"
Police officers were amazed by Zac's calmness and quick actions, and he has since been invited to the police headquarters to be presented with a certificate for his bravery.
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Why US Tech Giants Are Betting $67.5 Billion On India's AI, Data Centre Boom
US technology giants are investing huge amounts of money into India as the country positions itself at the centre of the global hub for data centres and artificial intelligence infrastructure.
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"Bad Deal": New Zealand Foreign Minister Slams India Trade Agreement
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters has strongly criticised the newly announced India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), calling it "neither free nor fair".
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Italy Fines Apple Nearly 100 Million Euros Over App Market Dominance Abuse
Italy's competition authority said Monday it had fined the US tech giant Apple 98 million euros ($115 million) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the mobile app market.
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Ex-Harvard Worker Gets 8 Years Jail For Selling Human Organs In Black Market
A former morgue manager at the prestigious Harvard Medical School was sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts donated for scientific research, the US Justice Department said.
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5 Men Suspected Of Planning Christmas Market Attack Arrested In Germany
German authorities have arrested five men suspected of being Islamist terrorists planning an attack on a Christmas market in southern Bavaria, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement.
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Crypto Mogul Do Kwon Sentenced To 15 Years In $40 Billion Fraud
The 34-year-old's Terraform Labs created a cryptocurrency called TerraUSD that was marketed as a "stablecoin," a token that is pegged to stable assets such as the US dollar to prevent drastic fluctuations.
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Zohran Mamdani's Victory Effect: Manhattan Rents Hit Record High
Rents for Manhattan apartments surged to a record high in November, as Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election in large part due to affordability concerns.
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Video: Massive Fire Erupts At St Petersburg's Soviet-Era Market; 1 Killed
At least one person was reportedly killed, and two others were injured in a massive fire that spread through an indoor market in Russia's St Petersburg.
