RIL now 60th most-valued firm in the world;…

Mumbai: India’s most-valued company Reliance Industries (RIL) is now the 60th most-valued firm in the world, climbing 13 places from end of 2019. The company with a market capitalization of $ 150.78 billion has risen…

Dispatches from a Pandemic: Brazilian doctors fume as…

Brazilian doctors are fuming, joining growing ranks of furious compatriots, about President Jair Bolsonaro’s widely criticized mishandling of the country’s coronavirus crisis just as businesses begin to reopen despite rising deaths. “Yes, it’s Bolsonaro’s fault,”…

DOJ takes aim at law that shields tech…

Attorney General William Barr speaks in Washington, December 10, 2019.Al Drago | ReutersThe Department of Justice is taking aim at tech's liability shield with a new set of legislative proposals released Wednesday.The proposed reforms are…

Walmart buys tech from Carezone to help people…

A worker delivers groceries to a customer's vehicle outside a Walmart Inc. store in Amsterdam, New York, on Friday, May 15, 2020.Angus Mordant | Bloomberg via Getty ImagesWalmart is acquiring technology and intellectual property from…

Cash withdrawal from ATMs dips in April

Mumbai: Cash withdrawals from automated teller machines (ATMs) nearly halved to about Rs 1.27 lakh crore during April, mainly on account of the impact of the coronavirus-induced lockdown. The withdrawals were Rs 2.51 lakh crore…

Trump wants to delist Chinese companies from U.S.…

A new bill that targets Chinese companies listed on U.S. exchanges could not only "backfire" on American investors, but also hurt Wall Street â€” which will lobby against the legislation, a Harvard professor told CNBC on…

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft close at all-time…

Jeff Bezos, founder of AmazonKatherine Taylor | ReutersAmazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft closed at new all-time highs Tuesday, a day when the Nasdaq Composite Index hit a new record.Big Tech stocks have fared better than most during the coronavirus…