In the first seven months of this year, local governments have issued only 45.5% of their 3.9 trillion yuan special debt quota

The move comes as competition tightens in India's $28-billion entertainment market and an $8.5-billion merger of the Indian media assets of Reliance and Walt Disney faces close scrutiny from regulators

The money will be used to plug external financial gaps, the country's central bank chief says

The permission was given as rail communication to Kamalapur ICD has remained suspended

Two years ago, Mark Schneider could do nothing wrong; now he seems to get it all wrong

Morgan Stanley has lowered its global oil demand growth forecast for 2024, mainly due to China’s slower economic growth, increased electric vehicle usage there, and a rise in the number of trucks in China powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The Republic of Korea is now enjoying surplus rice production and one of the major factors that enabled the East Asian nation to become self-sufficient in this regard was farm mechanisation.

Previous president AKM Salim Osman resigned due to health issues

British energy bills are set to start rising again this autumn, the sector regulator announced on Friday, sparking fears that fuel poverty will worsen amid an ongoing cost of living crisis.

Bank of Japan governor Kazuo Ueda indicated Friday that officials could hike interest rates again if inflation and the economy performed as expected, weeks after turmoil caused by a surprise increase earlier this month.

Kamala Harris’s price gouging policy has been criticized by economists and analysts, who say it is an uncompetitive proposal that could end up hurting, and not helping, US consumers.

India overtook China as the world’s biggest importer of Russian oil in July as Chinese refiners bought less because of lower profit margins from producing fuels, a comparison of import data showed.

Chinese regulators will likely order business suspension for a big part of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ auditing unit in mainland China for six months, as part of punishment for its work on troubled property developer Evergrande, five sources said.

If the pressure on global markets from the tumult at the start of the month has abated, nobody told the dollar.

Beijing on Wednesday launched a probe into EU subsidies of some dairy products imported into China, the day after the bloc said it planned to impose five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

The new price is effective from today

If 2024 already looks like an annus horribilis for big tech in the EU, the months ahead could prove a winter of discontent as the bloc wields a fortified new legal armoury to bring online titans to heel.

Bangladesh’s dependence on the US for soybeans has been increasing, particularly after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, with local traders, millers and conglomerates diversifying their sourcing for uninterrupted supply of edible oil and animal feed.

Less than a year after Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam was appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in May 2020, the regulator started holding roadshows abroad to lure in foreign investors and boost the local market.

The European Commission said Tuesday it plans to slap five-year import duties of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars, unless Beijing can offer an alternative solution to the damaging trade row over state subsidies.