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Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell $1.60 to $39.77 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for November delivery fell $1.41 to $42.66 a barrel.

The exercise is aimed at triggering competition among states to improve business climate in order to attract domestic and global investors.

After parting ways with President Jerry Falwell Jr in the wake of personal scandals, Liberty University has hired a firm to investigate “all facets” of Falwell’s tenure, including the school’s financial and real estate operations.

Stocks are falling again on Wall Street in early trading Friday, adding to the market's losses after its biggest sell-off since June.

With an aim to speed up product innovation, the largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has started creating dedicated teams by taking executives from various business functions to execute different projects. There are nearly a dozen such 'agile pod tea...

Axis Bank was the top loser in the Sensex pack, shedding over 4 per cent, followed by Tata Steel, SBI, NTPC, Bharti Airtel, ITC and ICICI Bank.

Japan's tuna market, the world's largest, is taking an outsized hit from the coronavirus pandemic, pressuring restaurants and wholesalers at Tokyo's sprawling Toyosu fish market to adapt to survive.

Oil held around $44 a barrel on Friday and was heading for its biggest weekly decline since June, as weak demand figures added to concerns of a slow recovery from the COVID19 pandemic.

Indonesia's parliament will consider recommendations to overhaul how the country's central bank operates, raising market fears that Bank Indonesia will lose independence and its policymaking would be at risk from political interference.

Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's creditors voted on Friday in favour of the purchase of Australia's secondbiggest airline by U.S. private equity group Bain Capital, administrator Deloitte said, paving the way for a strategic overhaul.

Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd's creditors on Friday voted in favour of the purchase of Australia's secondbiggest airline by U.S. private equity group Bain Capital, according to a statement from the Transport Workers' Union.

His boss Carlos Ghosn escaped financial misconduct charges by fleeing the country, but another former Nissan executive is still awaiting trial in Japan: Greg Kelly.

Asia's stock markets slipped on Friday, following the steepest Wall Street selloff since June, while safer bonds and the dollar found support as investors sought shelter. MSCI's broadest index of AsiaPacific shares outside Japan fell 0.6%. Japan's Nik...

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The country's top scientist said the Economic Advisory Council has developed a report on mapping the entire R&D ecosystem in the country and it is being constantly updated in partnership with his office, the PSA said.

Europe kept record high world share indices creeping forward on Thursday, while European Central Bank efforts to tame the euro lifted the dollar and government bond markets higher.