May 22, 2018 07:47 AM IST
Musk had driven shares in Tesla as much as 4 percent higher with weekend tweets showing the Silicon Valley company was aiming initially to deliver higher-priced, more profitable fully-loaded editions of the Model 3.
May 22, 2018 07:46 AM IST
Zuckerberg will be in Europe to defend the company after alleged misuse of its data by Cambridge Analytica, a British political consultancy that worked on U.S. President Donald Trump's election campaign.
May 22, 2018 07:45 AM IST
Moon's White House visit was originally arranged as a meeting to fine-tune a joint strategy for dealing with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but has instead become more of a crisis session after Pyongyang last week threatened to pull out of the planned June 12 summit in Singapore.
May 21, 2018 08:03 PM IST
The US today threatened to apply "unprecedented" financial pressure on Iran along with other punitive measures if Tehran does not give up its reported goal of developing nuclear weapons and alleged destabilising behaviour in the region, including supporting terrorist groups.
May 21, 2018 01:21 PM IST
A veteran spy, Haspel won Senate confirmation last week after overcoming concerns about her role in the agency's use of harsh interrogation techniques after 9/11.
May 21, 2018 09:03 AM IST
Citing the China National Space Administration, Xinhua said the satellite was launched at 5:28 a.m. (2128 GMT Sunday) on a Long March-4C rocket from the Xichang launch centre in the southwest of the country.
May 21, 2018 08:00 AM IST
Lundberg says the increase is largely driven by higher crude oil costs and the phasing-in of summer-grade gasoline, which is used to prevent smog.
May 21, 2018 07:59 AM IST
Trump was apparently reacting to a pair of reports from the New York Times and the Washington Post this week that the FBI sent an informant to talk to Trump campaign advisers after the bureau found evidence the campaign had suspicious contacts with Russia in the early stages of the Russia investigation.
May 21, 2018 07:58 AM IST
After lengthy second round of talks in Washington, the two sides issued a joint statement early today vowing not to launch a trade war against each other.
May 21, 2018 07:57 AM IST
The 10-year residency visas will be granted to specialists in science, medicine and research, and to "exceptional students." The state-run WAM news agency says the plan aims to attract global investment and innovators.
May 21, 2018 07:50 AM IST
This blog will keep track of key global and local developments impacting business and markets through the day. Important local and global political developments will also find resonance here.
May 20, 2018 07:40 PM IST
Koo Bon-moo, 73, had been ill for a year, LG Group said in a statement.
May 20, 2018 06:23 PM IST
China claims Arunachal Pradesh as part of southern Tibet.
May 20, 2018 05:16 PM IST
Madeleine Albright argues that Trump is president because he convinced enough voters in the right states that he was a teller of blunt truths, a masterful negotiator, and an effective champion of American interests.
May 20, 2018 01:55 PM IST
After weeks of warm words and diplomatic backslapping, Pyongyang abruptly threatened to pull out of the planned summit next month because of US demands for "unilateral nuclear abandonment", according to the North's official KCNA news agency.
May 20, 2018 01:36 PM IST
"During our meeting, we agreed to work together and with other parties to expedite the process of forming a new Iraqi government," Abadi said at a joint press conference.
May 20, 2018 09:36 AM IST
Company executives have said its previous policies were loose and ambiguous, leaving decisions on whether people could sit in its stores or use the restroom up to store managers.
May 20, 2018 09:35 AM IST
Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi made the remarks during a Security Council debate here last week on 'upholding international law within the context of the maintenance of international peace and security.'
May 20, 2018 09:22 AM IST
The first lady, 48, had been recovering at Walter Reed medical center since Monday, when she underwent an embolization procedure to treat the kidney condition.
May 20, 2018 09:21 AM IST
Beijing and Washington agreed they would keep talking aboutmeasures under which China would import more energy andagricultural commodities from the United States to close the$335 billion annual U.S. goods and services trade deficit withChina.
May 20, 2018 09:20 AM IST
"Becoming the third chairman of LG at the age of 50 in 1995, Koo established key three businesses - electronics, chemicals and telecommunications - led a global company LG, and contributed to driving (South Korea's) industrial competitiveness and national economic development," LG said.
May 19, 2018 05:03 PM IST
The BRICS ministerial on Environment has agreed to include "Green Good Deeds", a societal movement to protect environment and promote good living, in its official agenda in the next ministerials of the grouping in Brazil and Russia, an official statement said today.
May 19, 2018 04:05 PM IST
Russia today unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station at a ceremony in the port of the far northern city of Murmansk where it will be loaded with nuclear fuel before heading to eastern Siberia.
May 19, 2018 02:16 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth's grandson Harry and Markle, who starred in the TV drama "Suits", will tie the knot at St George's Chapel at Windsor castle, the oldest and largest inhabited fortress in the world.
May 19, 2018 01:55 PM IST
India has stated that the decision will impact exports of these products to the US and it is not in compliance with global trade norms.
