Markets 2020

Indian shares tracked global equities higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark indexes hitting record highs at the open, after soft U.S. retail sales data reinforced expectations of an early rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration.

The eco-friendly Solana blockchain, on the scale of most popular, has managed to defeat Ethereum in recent days. Solana was launched in 2020 by Solana Labs, which was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal in 2018.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) may come to the market soon. he tablet has been listed on several certification sites in the recent weeks. Now the moniker of the tablet has been spotted online.The purported tablet is expected to come with upgrades over the 2022 model, which was a refreshed version of the 2020 Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

Fortnite will again be available to iPhone users in Europe later this year, confirmed Epic Games. The announcement comes days after reports said Apple is making changes to iOS to allow sideloading apps and third-party app stores on iPhone to comply with DMA regulations. The deadline for the tech giant to make these changes is March 7.

Software firm MicroStrategy said on Wednesday it had bought bitcoin worth about $615.7 million in cash, amid growing expectations that the top US markets regulator will soon approve a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).

Honor, a former subsidiary of Huawei, might launch a new smartphone soon in India. Honor, took to X (formerly Twitter) to tease a new product launch in India. It states “Hello” to a new era of innovation. Stay tuned for more updates.” Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth also teased his association with the company.

EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...

iPhone 15 series could hit the markets only in October rather than September, claims analyst. A media report contradicts this suggestion and states that iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be available in limited units at launch in September due to screen manufacturing issues.

Theirry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Markets, will demand that Meta act against content targeting children, when he meets Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on June 23. The Facebook parent will also have to demonstrate its measures to comply with the Digital Services Act after August 25 — or face heavy penalties.

The Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court has set aside the 2020 Nagaland Government order banning commercial import and trading and sale of dog meat in markets and dine-in restaurants.

The Supreme Court has reprimanded the petitioner in the Hindenburg case for mixing up an investigation by the capital markets regulator SEBI in 2016 and 2020 with the current case.

The popularity of Japanese anime has created a goldmine for streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video. The global anime market was valued at $28.6 billion (about Rs. 2,34,825 crore) in 2022, according to Grand View Research, and is forecast to double in value by 2030. Aya Umezu, CEO of Tokyo-based entertainment consulting fi...

Retail giant Walmart on Wednesday said India's unique ecosystem of suppliers will help the company in achieving its goal of exporting goods worth $10 billion (nearly Rs. 81, 950 crore) from the country annually by 2027. Addressing Indian suppliers and partners, Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon reaffirmed the roadmap for strengthening partne...

Microsoft has offered to charge different prices for its Office product with and without its Teams app to stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation and fine, two people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft has been seeking to address the EU competition enforcer's concerns since last year after Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slac...

Indian shares tracked global equities higher on Wednesday, with the benchmark indexes hitting record highs at the open, after soft U.S. retail sales data reinforced expectations of an early rate cut by the Federal Reserve.

India will again delay caps on market share for a popular digital payments method, two sources told Reuters, benefiting Google Pay and Walmart-backed PhonePe as the authorities prioritise growth over concerns about market concentration.

The eco-friendly Solana blockchain, on the scale of most popular, has managed to defeat Ethereum in recent days. Solana was launched in 2020 by Solana Labs, which was founded by Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal in 2018.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (2024) may come to the market soon. he tablet has been listed on several certification sites in the recent weeks. Now the moniker of the tablet has been spotted online.The purported tablet is expected to come with upgrades over the 2022 model, which was a refreshed version of the 2020 Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite.

Fortnite will again be available to iPhone users in Europe later this year, confirmed Epic Games. The announcement comes days after reports said Apple is making changes to iOS to allow sideloading apps and third-party app stores on iPhone to comply with DMA regulations. The deadline for the tech giant to make these changes is March 7.

Software firm MicroStrategy said on Wednesday it had bought bitcoin worth about $615.7 million in cash, amid growing expectations that the top US markets regulator will soon approve a spot bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).

Honor, a former subsidiary of Huawei, might launch a new smartphone soon in India. Honor, took to X (formerly Twitter) to tease a new product launch in India. It states “Hello” to a new era of innovation. Stay tuned for more updates.” Realme India CEO Madhav Sheth also teased his association with the company.

EU antitrust regulators opened an investigation into Microsoft's tying of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, saying that this could be anti-competitive. The move by the European Commission followed a complaint by Salesforce-owned Slack in 2020 and after the US tech giant's offer of remedies failed to address the EU competition en...

iPhone 15 series could hit the markets only in October rather than September, claims analyst. A media report contradicts this suggestion and states that iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be available in limited units at launch in September due to screen manufacturing issues.

Theirry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Markets, will demand that Meta act against content targeting children, when he meets Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on June 23. The Facebook parent will also have to demonstrate its measures to comply with the Digital Services Act after August 25 — or face heavy penalties.

The Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court has set aside the 2020 Nagaland Government order banning commercial import and trading and sale of dog meat in markets and dine-in restaurants.

The Supreme Court has reprimanded the petitioner in the Hindenburg case for mixing up an investigation by the capital markets regulator SEBI in 2016 and 2020 with the current case.

The popularity of Japanese anime has created a goldmine for streaming giants such as Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime Video. The global anime market was valued at $28.6 billion (about Rs. 2,34,825 crore) in 2022, according to Grand View Research, and is forecast to double in value by 2030. Aya Umezu, CEO of Tokyo-based entertainment consulting fi...

Retail giant Walmart on Wednesday said India's unique ecosystem of suppliers will help the company in achieving its goal of exporting goods worth $10 billion (nearly Rs. 81, 950 crore) from the country annually by 2027. Addressing Indian suppliers and partners, Walmart President and CEO Doug McMillon reaffirmed the roadmap for strengthening partne...

Microsoft has offered to charge different prices for its Office product with and without its Teams app to stave off a possible EU antitrust investigation and fine, two people familiar with the matter said. Microsoft has been seeking to address the EU competition enforcer's concerns since last year after Salesforce-owned workspace messaging app Slac...