How Netflix won Hollywood's biggest prize

Netflix announced on Friday it had reached a deal to buy Warner Bros Discovery's for $72 billion
8 December 2025, 13:55 PM

Gold rises on dollar weakness

Spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $4,207.99 per ounce
8 December 2025, 06:47 AM

China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in US-bound exports

Exports climbed 5.9 percent year-on-year in November
8 December 2025, 06:34 AM

Inflation still strains US consumers

US consumer pricing and sentiment reports released Friday pointed to lingering questions about affordability as the calendar moves towards the peak of the festive season.
7 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Divided US Fed set for contentious interest rate meeting

Policymakers generally hold rates at a higher level to tamp down price increases
7 December 2025, 06:29 AM

Gold gains on fed rate cut optimism

Gold prices rose on Friday as mounting expectations of a US Federal Reserve rate cut next week buoyed sentiment, while silver soared to a record high.
6 December 2025, 18:00 PM

India central bank cuts rates

India’s central bank cut interest rates on Friday and signalled more could be on the way as low inflation provided room to help cushion the world’s fifth-largest economy against US President Donald Trump’s tariff blitz.
6 December 2025, 18:00 PM

From 'Icarus bug' to flawed panels: Airbus counts cost of relying on single model

The European giant was forced to slash delivery targets when defects surfaced in some of their fuselage panels
6 December 2025, 07:41 AM

Fresh data show US consumers still strained by inflation

The PCE price index rose to 2.8 percent on an annual basis in September
6 December 2025, 05:56 AM

Gold gains on Fed rate cut optimism

Spot gold was up 1% to $4,212.16 per ounce
6 December 2025, 05:52 AM

Oil gains

Oil prices firmed on Thursday after Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure signalled potential supply constraints, and stalled peace talks tempered expectations of a deal restoring Russian oil flows to global markets, though weak fundamentals kept gains limited.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Apple woes undercut India’s opening-up drive

Doing business in developing countries is never straightforward, but India needs to make life easier for foreign firms. Apple is tussling with telecoms officials and antitrust watchdogs in the country. The US company’s growing list of headaches undercuts New Delhi’s big push to open up the world’s fifth-largest economy to multinationals.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Poor hiring data points to US economic weakness

US private-sector hiring data released Wednesday painted a downcast picture of the job market in the world’s biggest economy, especially among small businesses.
4 December 2025, 18:00 PM

Leathertech Bangladesh 2025 begins in Dhaka

ASK Trade and Exhibitions is organising the three-day show with the support of the LFMEAB
4 December 2025, 11:55 AM

Gold slips as investors turn cautious ahead of Fed meeting

Spot gold was down 0.2 percent at $4,196.96 per ounce
4 December 2025, 06:22 AM

Full FoC import could backfire, say textile, accessory makers

Leaders of the sector meet with Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin on Tuesday
3 December 2025, 14:16 PM

More US soybean shipments to China due to load through mid-December

A seventh US soybean cargo was loaded over the past weekend
3 December 2025, 07:10 AM

Govt to buy another 2.20 lakh tonnes of US wheat

The purchase will be made under government-to-government arrangement
2 December 2025, 14:24 PM

US to zero out tariffs on UK pharma under trade deal

The agreement means Britain will be exempted from hefty US tariffs imposed on pharma imports
2 December 2025, 07:12 AM

Gold prices ease on firmer Treasury yields

Spot gold fell 0.4 percent to $4,216.13 per ounce
2 December 2025, 06:12 AM