TikTok: Staff in China can access UK, EU user data
London/UNI: Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok has told users that some of its workers in China have access to the data of accounts in the UK and European Union EU.
Chinese yuan hits record low against USD
Beijing/UNI: China's yuan has hit fresh record lows against the surging US dollar.
Goldman Sachs, Barclays among 16 Wall Street firms fined $1.8bn
Washington/IBNS: Some of Wall Street's biggest companies have been fined a total of $1.8bn by US financial watchdogs after it was discovered that the staff discussed deals and trades on their personal devices and apps.
US markets sink on unexpectedly high inflation
Washington/UNI: Inflation in the United States remained unexpectedly high in August, hitting Wall Street like never before in more than two years.
Piyush Goyal launches India-US Startup SETU
New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal launched the US Startup SETU - Supporting Entrepreneurs in Transformation and Upskilling programme in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
US, Taiwanese companies apply for manufacturing semiconductors in India, says Minister
New Delhi: Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said companies from the US, Taiwan and certain European nations have shown interest in setting up semiconductor manufacturing units in India.
Israel, US sign cyber-financial agreement, cement economic cooperation
Jerusalem/UNI: Israel and the United States signed the first agreement for cyber-financial cooperation, the Israeli Ministry of Finance said in a statement.
Fed on way to bigger action as inflation soars in US
Washington: Amid soaring inflation, the US Federal Reserve is likely to hike key policy rates to help mitigate price increases that are showing no signs of cooling, media reports said.
US becomes India's top trading partner, surpasses China
New Delhi: The USA has surpassed China to become India's top trading partner in 2021-22, indicating a strengthening of bilateral ties between the two nations.
India, US sign investment incentive agreement in Tokyo
New Delhi/IBNS: The governments of India and of the United States signed an Investment Incentive Agreement (IIA) on Monday in Japan's Tokyo.
Netflix lays off 150 US-based jobs
Washington/UNI: Netflix has laid off about 150 employees a month after it announced loss of subscribers for the first time in a decade.
US consumer price inflation dipped slightly in April, increasing 8.3 percent against April 2021, according to government data released Wednesday, AFP reported.
New Delhi/San Francisco/UNI: Addressing investors and business leaders in Silicon Valley, California as part of her official visit to the US, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said that she is open to receive suggestions, understand pain points and offer necessary redressal wherever possible.
FM Sitharaman woos investors in US, urges them to become part of India's growth story
New Delhi/San Francisco/UNI: On an official visit to the US, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday attended a roundtable meeting with business leaders and investors in San Francisco and invited them to become part of India's growth story.
New Delhi: The US and Australia have called out India for considering Moscow's proposal for rupee-ruble-denominated payments using its own mechanism that would sidestep sanctions, including Russia's exclusion from global money transfer network SWIFT, imposed by America and its allies.