BUSINESS
JSW MG plans $441 million expansion to triple India capacity
The outlay is among the most significant capital expansion since billionaire Sajjan Jindal’s JSW Group joined forces with SAIC in 2024, signaling the joint venture’s ambition to become a leading NEV manufacturer in India. The
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Warner Bros. weighs reopening sale negotiations with Paramount
Members of the Warner Bros. board are discussing whether Paramount could offer a path to a superior deal
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Japan’s economy ekes out anemic growth as Takaichi eyes spending
Japan’s real gross domestic product grew 0.2% on an annualized basis in the three months through December, according to a Cabinet Office report Monday. That was weaker than economists’ median estimate of 1.6% growth.
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Asian stocks edge up after US CPI lifts mood
Shares opened higher in Japan, where gross domestic product eked out growth in the fourth quarter of 2025, reversing from a deep contraction in the previous period.
BUSINESS
A stock market doom loop is hitting everything that touches AI
One is that AI is poised to disrupt entire segments of the economy so dramatically that investors are dumping the stocks of any company seen at the slightest risk of being displaced by the technology.
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Macron to meet PM Modi as tech, defense ties deepen
Macron is among heads of state, policymakers and AI leaders across the world who will be at the summit, which starts on Monday in Delhi, according to a statement by India’s Ministry of External Affairs.
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Epstein’s girlfriend married a woman, showing how he gamed immigration
Epstein sponsored and paid fees for multiple women, according to emails, Skype messages and bank statements.
BUSINESS
Turkish broker with 2,400% stock surge reports huge profit jump
The Istanbul-based brokerage reported net income of 37.4 billion liras ($856 million) for the year, up from 531.7 million liras in 2024, according to an exchange filing late Friday.
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Italy likely to join Trump Board of Peace as observer: Meloni
The board is meeting in Washington on Feb. 19 and Italy was invited as an observer country, Meloni said in an interview with local media.
BUSINESS
Wall Street banks are paying their CEOs like it’s 2006 again
Such outsize paychecks for bank CEOs haven’t been seen since before the financial crisis.
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'Eva Dubin gave me your email': How Jeffrey Epstein got into hedge funds
Epstein would pour millions of dollars into the fund for years until his arrest and death in 2019, long after some other institutions had cut ties with him, according to a trove of documents released by the US Justice Department.
BUSINESS
Coinbase surges as dip buyers bet on crypto market bottom
The stock surged almost 17% to $164.32 on Friday, the biggest intraday increase since May 2025. Coinbase had stumbled around 8% yesterday, and is down about 45% in the past year.
BUSINESS
SpaceX said to weigh dual-class IPO shares to empower Musk
SpaceX is seeking to hold an IPO later this year, in a deal that could raise as much as $50 billion to fund AI data centers in space and a factory on the moon.
BUSINESS
Gold reclaims $5,000 as cooling inflation lifts Fed easing bets
Gold surged to a record above $5,595 in late January as a wave of speculative buying pushed the rally to a breaking point, before a rapid rout at the end of the month that pulled it back below $5,000 an ounce.
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OpenAI claims DeepSeek distilled US models to gain an edge
In the memo, sent Thursday to the House Select Committee on China, OpenAI said that DeepSeek had used so-called distillation techniques as part of “ongoing efforts to free-ride on the capabilities developed by OpenAI and other US frontier labs.”
BUSINESS
DP World CEO Bin Sulayem resigns amid fallout over Epstein files
DP World named Yuvraj Narayan as the new chief executive officer and Essa Kazim as chairman, it said in a statement on Friday.
BUSINESS
Morgan Stanley mulls $500 million India fund, shifts some assets
Morgan Stanley Investment Management invested in Omega in 2024 with a minority ownership and bought a controlling stake in RG Scientific that same year.
BUSINESS
Nvidia shares go cold even as Big Tech spending on AI balloons
Wall Street analyst estimates for Nvidia’s revenue and earnings in 2026 have barely budged since the tech giants revealed their mega-spending plans
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World Bank chief Ajay Banga says multilateralism has a role to play in tumultuous times
The World Bank estimates that 1.2 billion people will enter the job market over next decade in emerging economies, competing for the 400 million new jobs expected to be available
BUSINESS
Trump trade team working to narrow scope of metals tariffs
The US Trade Representative’s Office is scrambling to resolve complications spawned last year by the Commerce Department’s efforts to rush out President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda
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InsuranceDekho owner is said to plan $400 million India IPO
The Gurugram-based insurance aggregator has held recent discussions with investment banks about a potential listing and is expected to appoint advisers in the coming weeks
BUSINESS
IBM to triple US entry-level hiring for roles seen as replaceable by AI
While the company declined to disclose specific hiring figures, it said the expansion will be 'across the board,' affecting a wide range of departments
BUSINESS
Aluminum drops after report US will scale back import tariffs
Aluminum fell 1.3% to $3,058.50 a ton on the London Metal Exchange as of 1:45 p.m. in Shanghai
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Tencent’s AI lag fuels $173 billion stock rout as rivals thrive
Shares of Tencent Holdings Ltd. have slumped nearly 11% in Hong Kong this year, trailing a broader tech gauge
