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Nintendo's Switch 2 lures fans to biggest gadget launch in years

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June 06, 2025

Nintendo fans from Tokyo to Manhattan stood in line for hours to be among the first to get a Switch 2, fueling one of the biggest global gadget debuts since the iPhone launches of yesteryear.

- YUKI FURUKAWA, CECILIA D'ANASTASIO & TAKASHI

Nintendo's Switch 2 lures fans to biggest gadget launch in years

Almost 20 hours before the console's sale, customers lined up at 4:30 am outside GameStop Corp's Union Square location in New York City, while another queue snaked in front of the Nintendo store uptown. In Tokyo, businessmen cleared their schedules to await the launch of the $450 game machine.

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SIP inflows top ₹3 trn in 2025

Inflows into mutual fund (MF) schemes via systematic investment plans (SIPs) have topped ₹3 trillion for the first time in a calendar year, as investors increasingly rely on the staggered investment route amid market volatility.

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1 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Business Standard

A mea culpa in national interest

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a mea culpa. I'd deal with the most recent this week

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5 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Business Standard

Chanakya and Sun Tzu

The great debate at the November Mumbai Lit Fest was on the proposition India and China must be friends.

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3 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Business Standard

8 months into FY26, states have spent only 38% of budgeted capex

States have spent just 38.3 per cent of their combined annual budgeted capital expenditure (capex) of ₹9.64 trillion in the first eight months of 2025-26, according to an analysis of monthly accounts for 21 states released by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.

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2 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Skip duration bets, stick to shorter and medium-duration funds

After a phase of policy easing and bond market rallies, debt mutual fund investors are heading into a different environment in 2026.

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2 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Castrol India: Well oiled to grow, but valuations may limit sharp upside

BP’s sale of 65 per cent in Castrol Group Holding (CGHL), which owns 51 per cent in Castrol India, to Stonepeak, an alternate investment firm, has led to traders focusing on Castrol India.

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3 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

The economy sailed through, but the waters are uncertain

The Indian economy has weathered the onslaught of adverse external developments, such as US President Donald Trump's tariffs, this year, but the immediate future could be bumpy.

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3 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Equities decline amid muted sentiment, lack of fresh triggers

Equities declined on Friday, amid relatively muted investor participation due to the slack year-end season and a lack of fresh triggers.

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2 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Food processing sector to grow 11-13% in FY26 and FY27

Increasing demand for value-added products such as butter, ghee, paneer, curd and ice cream will help the food processing sector in India log a growth rate of 11-13 per cent in 2025-26 (FY26) and FY27, up from 10 per cent in FY25.

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2 mins

December 27, 2025

Business Standard

Business Standard

Coforge to buy AI firm Encora for $2.35 billion

All-stock deal marks the biggest acquisition by an Indian IT firm in ER&D space

time to read

2 mins

December 27, 2025

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