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Nvidia says it plays fair in AI chip market
Nvidia on Tuesday defended its tactics in the hot market for chips to power artificial intelligence in the face of reports the US is probing whether it abused its clout
4 September 2024, 05:23 AM
Summery weather helps boost UK consumer spending, surveys show
British consumer spending increased modestly in annual terms during August, fuelled by spending on food and drink during summery weather, according to surveys on Tuesday that added to signs of steady economic growth in the second half of 2024
3 September 2024, 05:25 AM
China warns Japan of retaliation over potential new chip curbs
China has warned severe economic retaliation against Japan if it further restricts sales and servicing of chipmaking equipment to Chinese firms, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter
2 September 2024, 06:20 AM
Asian factories show tentative recovery as China improves
Asian factories, including China's manufacturing sector, showed signs of a tentative recovery in August and chip makers benefitted from firm demand, private surveys showed on Monday, but economic headwinds loom
2 September 2024, 06:06 AM
China manufacturing contracts for fourth straight month
Chinese manufacturing contracted for a fourth consecutive month in August, official data showed Saturday, a worse-than-expected result reflecting the world’s second-largest economy’s struggle to recover.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia payment hurdles with China partners intensify
Some Russian companies are facing growing delays and rising costs on payments with trading partners in China, leaving transactions worth tens of billions of yuan in limbo, Russian sources with direct knowledge of the issue told Reuters.
1 September 2024, 18:00 PM
OpenAI, Meta flex muscles as AI race heats up
OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, said that usage of its iconic chatbot had more than doubled since November to 200 million active monthly users
1 September 2024, 06:20 AM
Eurozone inflation falls to three-year low in August
Eurozone inflation fell to its lowest level in more than three years this month thanks to falling energy costs, official data showed on Friday, raising expectations of a European Central Bank interest-rate cut
1 September 2024, 05:53 AM
China manufacturing contracts for fourth straight month
Chinese manufacturing contracted for a fourth consecutive month in August, official data showed Saturday, a worse-than-expected result reflecting the world's second-largest economy's struggle to recover.
1 September 2024, 05:10 AM
Sri Lanka inflation drops to lowest point since crisis
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s annual inflation dipped sharply to 0.5 percent in August, the lowest year-on-year rate since the country declared bankruptcy in April 2022, official data showed Friday.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Apple in talks to invest in OpenAI
iPhone juggernaut Apple is in talks to invest in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT and the biggest name in generative artificial intelligence, a news report said Thursday.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM
India growth slows to 6.7% on lower consumer spending
India’s economic growth slowed to 6.7 percent on-year in the April-June quarter, official data showed Friday, as lower government outlays and lacklustre consumer spending weighed on the world’s fifth-largest economy.
31 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Moody's raises India's growth forecasts
The rating agency expects India's economy to expand 7.2% in 2024 from 6.8% previously
29 August 2024, 11:25 AM
How a single software update was able to cause IT chaos across the globe
The global IT outage on July 19 serves as a stark reminder of our vulnerability to technological failures
29 August 2024, 06:45 AM
As it reins in wasteful investment, China frets over growth
In the first seven months of this year, local governments have issued only 45.5% of their 3.9 trillion yuan special debt quota
29 August 2024, 06:18 AM
Apple eyes bigger slice of India's streaming market with Airtel deal
The move comes as competition tightens in India's $28-billion entertainment market and an $8.5-billion merger of the Indian media assets of Reliance and Walt Disney faces close scrutiny from regulators
28 August 2024, 06:48 AM
Pakistan eyes $4 billion from Middle Eastern banks
The money will be used to plug external financial gaps, the country's central bank chief says
27 August 2024, 11:31 AM
Importers can take delivery of 1,850 containers from Pangaon terminal: NBR
The permission was given as rail communication to Kamalapur ICD has remained suspended
26 August 2024, 12:41 PM
What went wrong for Nestle CEO Mark Schneider
Two years ago, Mark Schneider could do nothing wrong; now he seems to get it all wrong
26 August 2024, 11:59 AM
Bangladesh can learn from Korean experience in farm mechanisation
The Republic of Korea is now enjoying surplus rice production and one of the major factors that enabled the East Asian nation to become self-sufficient in this regard was farm mechanisation.
25 August 2024, 18:00 PM