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Urging insurers to play a greater role in bad times, the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai) chairman asked them to be innovative both in terms of products and business operations.

Singapore's residual fuel oil inventories fell 9% to a fourmonth low in the week to Aug. 26 as net import volumes halved from the previous week, official data showed on Thursday.

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 3 per cent, followed by HDFC twins, SBI, M&M, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, ITC and Asian Paints. On the other hand, Bajaj Auto, Bajaj Finance, HUL and NTPC were among the laggards.

Technology companies powered stocks higher on Wall Street Wednesday, driving the S&P 500 to another record high.

The energy industry is bracing for catastrophic storm surges and winds as Hurricane Laura cuts a dangerous path toward the coastlines of Texas and Louisiana.

Facebook is pushing back on new Apple privacy rules for its mobile devices and putting app developers in the middle.

Palantir Technologies on Tuesday filed to go public through a direct listing, as the data analytics company known for working with the Central Intelligence Agency and other government groups prepares for one of the biggest market debuts of the year.

Asian stock were set for a choppy session on Wednesday, following a mixed Wall Street lead as markets cheered signs of progress in U.S.Sino trade negotiations but remained cautious about the broader economic outlook.

An Alaska state lawmaker who was involved in a July midair collision that killed seven people was piloting his plane even though his medical flight certification was denied eight years ago because of vision problems, a federal agency reported Tuesday.

Crude oil prices rose on Tuesday, headed toward a fivemonth high as U.S. producers shut most output in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of Hurricane Laura even as rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe capped gains.

For 2021, Moody's has projected the Indian economy to grow 6.9%. The economy grew at the slowest pace in 11 years at 4.2% in 2019-20.

Turning to production activity, Indian agriculture is undergoing a distinct transformation notwithstanding headwinds, it said.

The Great Recession demolished jobs across the U.S., and it eventually came for mine, too. After graduating in 2009, I worked four months as an entry-level executive assistant at a nonprofit before being laid off.

Malaysia's flagship budget airline AirAsia Group Bhd flipped to a loss in the second quarter, it said on Tuesday, charting a fourth straight quarterly loss as revenue took a hit from the coronavirus pandemic.

The gas and nuclear industries have ramped up lobbying to secure lastditch changes to European rules defining which investments are sustainable, fearing that exclusion from a new "green" list could deprive them of billions of dollars of funding.

Crude oil prices were mixed on Tuesday as traders weighed massive production cuts in the U.S. Gulf Coast from Tropical Storms Marco and Laura against rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe.