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Georgieva row reveals a murky truth about global financial institutions
Allegations that the head of the IMF manipulated a flagship World Bank ranking to boost China has thrown the organisations into turmoil — and revealed a murky truth about international financial institutions.The likes of the World…
I-T searches in NCR, Haryana, Bengal reveal large scale under-invoicing of imports | India News
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department has carried out search and seizure operations on an importer and trader of laptops, mobile phones and peripheral parts. The search operations commenced on October 10 and were carried out across the…
Academics cast harsh light on composition of S&P index
For some listed companies, gaining membership of a major stock index is akin to joining an exclusive club, recognition for years of hard work. But a trio of academics this week came up with a hypothesis on another way to get in: a…
The Pinterest whistleblower leading the charge against NDAs
Ifeoma Ozoma was irritated when social media site Pinterest expressed support for the Black Lives Matter movement last year as George Floyd’s murder sparked a US national reckoning on race.A month earlier she had quit her job in the…
Neat Burger raises money from SoftBank’s Misra at $70m valuation
Neat Burger, the Lewis Hamilton-backed vegan restaurant group, has completed a funding round led by SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra valuing the company at $70m and allowing it to push ahead with plans to triple in size.The plant-based…
Deadly Beirut gun battle signals rising tension over port probe
For Beirut residents already living through Lebanon’s worst economic crisis for more than three decades and rebuilding their city after last year’s devastating port blast, Thursday’s deadly gunfight was a warning of more trouble ahead. In…
Petrol, diesel prices hiked for third consecutive day
NEW DELHI: Petrol and diesel prices continued to rise across the country for the third consecutive day on Saturday. In Delhi, petrol and diesel prices were raised by Rs 0.35 to Rs 105.49 per litre and Rs 94.22 per litre respectively. For…
The truth about the Anglosphere
There are worse havens from history than the Pacific Palisades. We are meant to be stunned, even tickled, that Thomas Mann, Bertolt Brecht and other Weimar stars made their lives among the groomed pets and extortionate chocolatiers…
Biden admin, US companies welcomed economic reforms by India: Sitharaman
WASHINGTON: India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here said the Biden Administration and leaders from the corporate sector in the US have welcomed recent economic reforms introduced by her government. "The reforms that we've…