Crude oil prices surge past $100 a barrel. Iraq, Kuwait and UAE cut oil output as storage tanks fill amid reduced ability to export crude. The numbers scrolling across the screen at Aliyah’s gas station on Chicago’s South Side told a story that needed no translation. Regular: $3.45. Premium: $3.89. Diesel: $4.60. The digits glowed […]
Trump aide says Indians acted smart on Russian oil US lets India buy Russian oil already at sea The U.S. granted India a temporary 30-day waiver allowing Indian refiners to purchase Russian oil that was already loaded on ships, aiming to ease global supply pressures during the Iran conflict. The news crackled across phone screens
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Swiss manufacturing firm to set up GCC in Hyderabad. New GCC to create high-value jobs, boost Hyderabad’s global biotech role. The glass-and-steel towers of Hyderabad’s financial district gleam under the afternoon sun, their mirrored surfaces reflecting a city that has transformed itself, decade by decade, from a historic pearl trading center into the beating heart
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Oil climbs past $83 as tensions rattle markets. India relies heavily on Hormuz for oil imports. The phone in Rajesh Kumar’s small petrol pump on the outskirts of Delhi rang at 6:47 on Thursday morning. It was his supplier, and the news was delivered in the flat, weary tone of a man who had been
Trump warns buyers after fiery tariff verdict rant. The ruling says he can ask, not charge—frustrating for a man who sees deals everywhere. The “terrible” things he wants to do are really just about money. It’s not about national security or some grand strategy. It’s the feeling of being taken advantage of, of watching other
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Amazon surpasses Walmart as world’s top revenue company Amazon’s revenue surge stems largely from its dominant position in global cloud computing services market From Bezos’ Garage to Beating Walmart: Amazon Claims Revenue Crown Remember when Amazon was just a scrappy online bookstore shipping novels from Jeff Bezos’ garage in 1994? Flash forward to 2026, and
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Macron meets Modi as fighter deal nears. Macron and Modi’s Big Jet Deal in India Imagine two world leaders, Emmanuel Macron and Narendra Modi, shaking hands in bustling Mumbai, the air thick with the scent of street food and ambition. French President Macron touched down in India on a three-day whirlwind, his eyes set on
India’s US tariff edge over Bangladesh disappears Bangladesh’s US trade deal rattles India amid strained ties. Fresh off inking pacts with the US, Bangladesh lands a textile tariff win that’s got Indian exporters sweating, just as New Delhi-Dhaka relations hit a rough patch. Deals in SpotlightImagine the timing: Days after India seals its own trade
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Voting starts in Bangladesh’s crucial parliamentary elections Nearly 800,000 registered expatriate Bangladeshis will vote for the first time via IT-based postal ballots. Voting kicked off this morning in Bangladesh’s high-stakes parliamentary elections—the first since Sheikh Hasina’s dramatic ouster amid massive nationwide protests in August 2024. Picture the scene: long queues forming at dawn across 299
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U.S. cuts Bangladesh tariffs to 19 percent Bangladesh garments using US cotton and fibres will get zero duty under the deal, says Commerce Secretary Mahbubur Rahman Bangladesh has secured a lower tariff rate under a new trade agreement with the United States. The deal was announced on Monday, February 9, 2026. Under the agreement, the
