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BHP said to have offered £40 bn in aborted Anglo bid
BHP Group had offered around £40 billion ($53 billion) in its now-aborted attempt to acquire Anglo American Plc, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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December 02, 2025
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PMI: Tariffs crimp Indian manufacturing biz confidence
Challenging situation US-tariff led uncertainties pushed PMI’s New Exports Orders index to a 13-month low in November, hurting Indian firms’ optimism.
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December 02, 2025
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Why Aakash’s fundraise is now a proxy fight over Byju’s ownership
Beset Aakash Educational Services Ltd (AESL) thought a $250-crore rights issue would be its big reset after senior exits and a swing to losses in FY23.
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December 02, 2025
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Maruti fumes at rivals on small car emissions debate
To make its case, the carmaker cited global norms on structured relief for compact cars
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December 02, 2025
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Switzerland votes decisively against inheritance tax
THE YOUNG Socialists, the youth wing of Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party, do not have any MPs in parliament, but they know how to make a stir.
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December 02, 2025
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Realty bankruptcy reform to debut in later IBC overhaul
The IBC (Amendments) Bill, 2025—currently under review by a Lok Sabha select committee headed by BJP MP Baijayant Panda—proposes a creditor-led, largely out-of-court insolvency process for quicker corporate turnaround, faster tribunal admissions, a new framework for group and cross-border bankruptcies, and separate provisions to resolve implementation disputes.
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December 02, 2025
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Digital KYC remains a nightmare for most people with disabilities
Even today, e-KYC checks keep people with disabilities out of the financial system despite regulatory safeguards
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December 02, 2025
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Ola woes grow, bets on battery
Ola Electric Mobility Ltd had its own set of problems, and the goods and servicestax (GST) rate cut from 28% to 18% on ICE two-wheelers has only made matters worse.
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December 02, 2025
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E-tailers bank on creator content to draw shoppers
Broader selection of products and quicker delivery are no longer adequate to attract buyers
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December 02, 2025
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What's the ideal policy response to China's tidal wave of exports?
Import barriers don't work but policymakers must still address its impact on domestic innovation, jobs and national security
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December 02, 2025
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Automakers report brisk sales in Nov, demand remains robust
With demand continuing to be strong post the festive season, leading automakers, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra, saw robust sales growth in November as compared to a year ago.
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December 02, 2025
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'Sebi to revamp master circular for stock exchanges'
The markets regulator is planning to revise the master circular for stock exchanges within the “next few months”, said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
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Piramal to raise $1.67 bn locally
Piramal Finance aims to raise around ₹15,000 crore ($1.67 billion) in the December-March period, focusing mostly on local borrowing, a company official said.
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December 02, 2025
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UK lawmaker Tulip Siddiq sentenced in Bangladesh graft case
Bangladesh court sentenced British lawmaker and former minister Tulip Siddiq in absentia to two years in jail on Monday in a corruption case involving the alleged illegal allocation of a plot of land, prosecutors said.
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December 02, 2025
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Growth spurt doesn’t worry economists
India’s economic growth numbers have undoubtedly surprised economists and analysts, but not enough to trigger doubts about the quality of the data.
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December 02, 2025
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With health in mind, Indians are rethinking their 'kadais'
New research and rising awareness are driving households to switch to safer options like cast iron and tri-ply cookware
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December 02, 2025
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Govt seeks ₹41,455 cr in additional spending
The government on Monday sought Parliament's approval for a net extra spending of ₹41,455 crore in the current financial year to meet administrative and subsidy obligations.
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December 02, 2025
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DeepSeek debuts AI models to rival Google and OpenAI
China’s DeepSeek unveiled two new versions of an experimental artificial-intelligence model it released weeks ago, adding fresh capabilities the startup said would help with combining reasoning and executing certain actions autonomously.
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December 02, 2025
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IL&FS allowed to revise terms in HQ sale to Chronos
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has upheld Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd's (IL&FS) contractual right to revise the transaction value in the sale of its iconic headquarters, The IL&FS Financial Centre (TIFC), in Mumbai's premier office hub Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).
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December 02, 2025
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How to exercise safely when your city's AQI is bad
Experts caution against high intensity workouts and share practical advice
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December 02, 2025
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How Venezuelan gangs and African jihadists are flooding Europe with cocaine
Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities.
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December 02, 2025
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Meesho’s IPO: Can massive reach translate into profits?
SoftBank-backed e-commerce firm Meesho comes to the public markets this week confident in a model that has rewritten India’s e-commerce rules—building a vast, low-price marketplace with one of the industry’s lowest average order values (AOVs), even as it continues to test that model’s limits.
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December 02, 2025
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India's industrial output slows to 14-month low in October
India’s industrial production grew 0.4% year-on-year in October, its slowest pace of expansion in 14 months, as manufacturing decelerated, and mining and electricity output contracted, provisional data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) showed on Monday.
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December 02, 2025
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Tobacco cess set to expire, enter health and national security cess
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman will introduce a bill in Lok Sabha on Monday to levy a new cess for public health and national security, replacing the GST compensation cess on tobacco, which will lapse when the Centre completes repayment of the loans raised to compensate states.
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December 01, 2025
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China used to be a cash cow for western companies. Now it’s a test lab.
For Western companies in China, a new reality has set in: The easy money is gone and competition is only getting fiercer.
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December 01, 2025
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BEHIND THE GLOSSY REPORT: THE MAKE BELIEVE ESG WORLD
Recently, the Sebi chairperson made a distinction that should make every company board squirm, Speaking at the “Gatekeepers of Governance’ summit, Tuhin Kanta Pandey separated “compliance” from “governance” in a way that was both elegant and damning.
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December 01, 2025
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Battery PLI may get new spark as rules set to ease
Scheme saw limited success; 50GWh capacity by Dec 2024 goal fell far short
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December 01, 2025
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Why MF vendors haven't grown as fast as MF assets
A rising tide does not lift all boats—an adage that mutual fund distributors will vouch for.
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December 01, 2025
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New safety, emission rules spell riches for parts firms
Anti-lock brakes? Sound alerts for EVs? Ever-changing emission norms? For India’s nimble auto parts makers, every new regulation to raise safety and lower pollution is opening up business avenues.
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December 01, 2025
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Smart GDP growth casts shadow over December rate cut
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is widely expected to keep the policy rate unchanged on 5 December, even as a sizable minority of economists argues that the space created by softening inflation and moderating nominal growth warrants another rate cut.
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