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India’s broadband scale, a subtle CES pivot, and tech’s substance| Business News

Opening thoughts. You may have very valid views on this, but I believe the headline development as we head into the first edition of Wired…

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Shayne Coplan, chief executive officer of Polymarket. (Bloomberg)
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WSJ, Dow Jones tie up with Polymarket for supply of trading data| Business News

Polymarket will supply Dow Jones with trading data under a new partnership, the latest in a string of deals between exchanges and media organisations that…

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Construction activity is seen growing 7% in FY26, down from 9.4% in FY25. (File Photo)
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Govt sees India GDP growth rate at 7.4% for FY26 amid Trump tariff heat| Business News

The central government has pegged India’s GDP growth rate at 7.4% in FY26, underscoring the resilience of the Indian economy in the face of Trump…

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Trent, which operates Westside and Zudio, is facing mounting pressure from Reliance industries (Trends) and Aditya Birla Group (Pantaloons), which are expanding aggressively into affordable fashion. (HT)
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Trent loses $20-billion market cap since 2024 peak as ‘Zudio’ rally wears off| Business News

Trent Ltd., once a market darling that topped India’s Nifty 50 index in 2024, is stuck in a deepening rout that’s wiped out $20 billion…

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The HSBC India Composite PMI Output Index, which combines manufacturing and services activity, eased to 57.8 in December from 59.7 in November (HT File/Praful Gangurde)
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India’s services sector activity eases in Dec, shows PMI survey| Business News

NEW DELHI:Growth in India’s services sector moderated in December as softer expansion in new business weighed on output growth towards the end of 2025, according to…

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Union minister of commerce and industry Piyush Goyal (ANI)
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Piyush Goyal heads to Brussels for India-EU FTA talks| Business News

NEW DELHI: Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Brussels this week to provide “strategic guidance” to negotiators finalising the contours of a mutually beneficial…

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The Clicks Communicator takes us back to a time when the thumbs knew where each key lived in that three-dimensional space. (Official image)
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Tech Tonic | Why do we still crave a BlackBerry phone?

For many years, I’ve approached the annual CES viewing with more than a hint of pessimism. It used to be the show floor for a…

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The daily average price of various crude grades (popularly known as Indian basket) dipped to $59.29 a barrel on January 5. T (AFP)
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India’s crude import cost slips below $60 a barrel| Business News

NEW DELHI: India’s average crude oil import cost fell below $60 a barrel on Monday, among the lowest it has been in five years despite global geopolitical…

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SBI Funds IPO offered fees of about 0.01% of the issue size, which bankers called rock bottom, after some domestic advisers quoted only a token fee for the mandate. (Bloomberg)
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Just 0.01%? Citi, JPMorgan opt out of $1.4-billion SBI Funds IPO on low fees| Business News

Some of Wall Street’s biggest banks have opted out of advising on a planned $1.4 billion initial public offering of India’s SBI Funds Management Ltd….

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An intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) strengthened rupee past the 90/dollar mark on Wednesday, 7 January 2026. (Reuters)
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RBI seen resorting to heavy intervention again to support rupee against dollar| Business News

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has once again resorted to heavy intervention to strengthen the rupee past the 90/dollar mark after a dip at…

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