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Separate platforms and subscriptions that provide lifestyle true utility, from those that only offer content. (HT file photo)
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Tech Tonic: Reassessing the subscription bundle

This week, Amazon in India is frantically sending out cheerful emails to customers, informing them of upcoming changes to existing Prime subscriptions. That, in Amazon’s…

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Sensex and Nifty have been hit hard due to the global energy crisis caused by the US-Iran war. (REUTERS File)
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Sensex, Nifty open in the red as US-Iran war rages on, hopes of peace dim

Indian benchmark equity indices opened lower on Tuesday, extending their recent losing streak amid persistent concerns over the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, rising…

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India’s factory output grows 4.9% in April

India’s new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series will track items such as Monazite and credit and debit cards with magnetic strips, drop products such…

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The data showed that manufacturers stepped up purchases, new orders and output at a faster pace than in April. (File)
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Manufacturing sector growth hits 3-month high in May

Growth in activity across India’s manufacturing sector in May came in stronger than what was suggested by Flash PMI numbers released earlier, final numbers for…

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The Union finance ministry released the data on June 1. (File)
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May GST collections up 3% to ₹1.94 lakh crore

The gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue in May rose 3.2% year-on-year to ₹1.94 lakh crore from ₹1.88 lakh crore in the same month…

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A cargo ship docked at a port with loaded containers. (AFP)
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Oman FTA shields key Indian sectors

India has protected its market from imports of over 2,780 tariff lines, including gold and silver bullions, jewellery, dairy, tea, coffee and tobacco, under its…

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Franchising has quietly made countless Americans rich

WHEN GREG FLYNN graduated from Stanford Business School in 1994, with the dotcom boom in full swing, his friends chose the obvious career path. But…

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The Razr Fold is the world’s first foldable with Corning’s Gorilla Glass Ceramic 3 protection (Vishal Mathur / HT Photo)
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At first ask, Motorola Razr Fold intends to change the foldable hierarchy

The very fact that Motorola took its time to enter the book fold style foldable phone category is a positive sign. Clearly (and as the…

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The benchmarks had traded in positive territory for much of the session. (REUTERS File)
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Sensex crashes 1,000 points, Nifty slumps 359 amid sharp sell-off after 3 pm

Indian benchmark indices witnessed a dramatic sell-off in the final hour of trade on Friday, with the BSE Sensex plunging 1,092.06 points to settle at…

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Kevan Parekh, Apple’s Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. (Vishal Mathur | HT photo)
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We will invest across the board: Kevan Parekh outlines Apple’s ambition in India

When Kevan Parekh took over from Luca Maestri in January of 2025 for all things accounting and financial planning at Apple, he knew exactly where…

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