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Illegal gold inflows have jumped after the Indian government increased import taxes in July and prices surged to record highs in September.

The deal presented to Trump by trade advisers Thursday included a promise by the Chinese to buy more US agricultural goods, according to the people familiar with the matter.

The Federal Trade Commission is studying whether to seek a court order to block the Facebook’s effort to enable messaging among users of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger.

Vijay Mallya was arrested in London in April 2017 after 17 banks accused him of willfully defaulting on more than $1.3 billion in debt accumulated by Kingfisher Airlines, which shut down in 2012.

The Air Quality Index compiled by the state environment department reached as high as 2,552 in some eastern suburbs -- soaring past the “hazardous” threshold of 200.

ByteDance, the creator of TikTok, is testing a new music app in emerging markets as it tries to pull off another global sensation akin to its viral video-sharing service.

US Judge skeptical of a recommendation by the office that supervises defendants on bail to discontinue monitoring for the two men in light of their compliance with other conditions of their release.

As 2020 looms, BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest money manager, remains constructive on bullion as a hedge, while Goldman Sachs Group Inc and UBS Group AG see prices climbing to $1,600 an ounce -- a level last seen in 2013.

The son of a lumber baron has a history including bankruptcy, lawsuits and soured business deals. He has no headquarters, no banker to manage his money, and is currently living in a three-star motel in the Canadian prairies.

At CES technology conference 2020, Apple will host an event where the company will speak about consumer privacy instead of announcing a new hardware product.

More than 100,000 trips have been taken in robotaxis operated by Waymo, the self-driving car unit of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google. The service is also expanding to iPhone users with an iOS app

Samsung's upcoming Galaxy S11 will sport a 108-megapixel sensor for the main camera -- versus the iPhone 11’s 12 -- flanked by three more on the back of the device including an ultrawide-angle lens and 5x optical zoom,

There is also “significant distress in rural areas,” Rajan wrote in an opinion piece in India Today magazine. He said India is in a growth recession, defined as an economy growing at a slow pace and where unemployment is rising.

From 2000 to 2016, Ericsson conspired with others to violate the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act -- paying bribes, falsifying books and records and failing to implement reasonable internal accounting controls, the Justice Department said.

The president on Friday said he ordered a federal review of water efficiency standards in bathroom fixtures and complained that “people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once” in homes with low-flow appliances.

The Federal Aviation Administration said the parts in question were installed on the wings of Boeing 737 jets to allow devices known as slats to move back and forth.

Two years after the brutal murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who peeled back layer upon layer of rot at the highest levels of government, the tiny Mediterranean island of fewer than 500,000 people is still convulsing.

Imports in the world’s second-biggest consumer have been falling as jewellers have been cutting purchases on poor demand. Slowing growth and a more than 20% rally in prices this year are expected to push India’s domestic consumption to the weakest since 2016.

The S&P BSE Sensex Index surged 13 per cent from a low on September 19 as it rose to all-time highs. Foreigners purchased a net $5 billion, give or take, of the country’s shares so far this quarter, while domestic investors have remained buyers of equity funds.

An unknown number of the Mumbai-based lender’s 49 million customers have been locked out of its online banking platform for the past three days, prompting dozens to vent their anger on social media.