Latest news on Business, Finance and Economics:
- For a predominantly clean system, India must move forward incrementally and make natural gas the “next stop” in its energy journey
- Centre must address the Covid-19 vaccine shortage
- Sedition law must go: Supreme Court reviewing its constitutionality; limiting scope hasn’t worked
- Beating Malaria: A new vaccine candidate meets the effectiveness target set by WHO for combating the disease
- Japan’s ambitious carbon target sparks bureaucratic panic
- The ‘flailing state’ revisited: States and city govts handled Covid pandemic better than Centre
- No turning back for these ‘slashies’ who gave up stable jobs to take on multiple careers
- Earnings season: Revenues robust, margins strong, costs lower
- Britannia Industries rating – Neutral: Q4 numbers were below expectations
- Bajaj Finance rating – Buy: Balance sheet is back in good shape
- Apollo close to buying Verizon media assets including Yahoo
- Stock futures rise slightly ahead of first trading day of May
- We’re the mini-Netflix of edtech, creating short courses instead of TV shows and films: Shreyasi Singh, Founder & CEO, Harappa Education
- We envision becoming a social unicorn: PARFI
- Infra finance NBFCs: Bucking sectoral trend in FY21
Latest news from the US
- Ethereum breaks past $3,000 – Yahoo Finance – Yahoo Entertainment
- Asia off to slow start ahead of U.S. data deluge – Reuters – Reuters
- Key Takeaways From Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting – Bloomberg Markets and Finance – Google News
- Ethereum hits $3,000 for the first time, now larger than Bank of America – Cointelegraph – Cointelegraph
- Intel CEO says chip shortage to last ‘couple of years’ – The Detroit News – The Detroit News
- Apollo nears deal to buy Verizon’s media assets – source – Reuters – Reuters
- Hawaii reports 113 new coronavirus cases as the statewide tally rises to 32,580 – Honolulu Star-Advertiser – Honolulu Star-Advertiser
- Pool chemicals could be hard to come by this summer – WFMZ Allentown – WFMZ Allentown
- Tesla’s Berlin gigafactory to be delayed another 6 months: report – MarketWatch – MarketWatch
- Only 13 new COVID cases diagnosed in 24-hours, lowest in 14 months – The Times of Israel – The Times of Israel
Latest news from the EU
- Asia needs to push back against the lurch to self-reliance – Eastasiaforum.org
- Biden’s Climate Proposals: Tiptoeing Across the Starting Line – CounterPunch
- Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DLAKF) CEO Carsten Spohr on Q1 2021 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
- Naturgy Energy Group, S.A. (GASNF) Q1 2021 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
- Signify N.V. (PHPPY) CEO Eric Rondolat on Q1 2021 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
- How important is your smartphone’s warranty to you? – XDA Developers
- Orbia Advance Corporation SAB de CV (MXCHF) CEO Sameer Bharadwaj on Q1 2021 Results – Earnings Call Transcript – Seeking Alpha
- What Business Thinks of Biden’s Plans on Infrastructure, Taxes – The Wall Street Journal – The Wall Street Journal
- Around The World, Governments Are Readying To Regulate Big Tech – Forbes
- 10 Sunday AM Reads – Ritholtz.com