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Mesh Cube | Istock | Getty Images The stock market has been quick to punish software firms and other perceived losers from the artificial intelligence boom in recent weeks, but credit markets are likely to be the next place where AI disruption risk shows up, according to UBS analyst Matthew Mish. Tens of billions of…

NEW DELHI: The India-US trade arrangement will expand cotton demand rather than hurt domestic growers, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday, while asserting Indian farmers stand to gain from rising textile exports.“This will also not hurt our cotton producers… I can see before my eyes a huge requirement for more cotton and…

Image for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Union Budget on Sunday (February 1, 2026) announced key proposals for helping women in higher education and entrepreneurship, which include the construction of girls’ hostels in each district and the setting up of community owned ‘SHE Marts’. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget…

Despite all the fanfare and furore in Parliament, it may be premature to celebrate or criticise the India-United States Bilateral Trade Agreement, simply because it has not yet been forged. Yet, last week’s announcement of a “Framework for an Interim Agreement on reciprocal trade” (where the agreement itself is expected to be announced in the…

Indian billionaire businessman and founder and chairman of the Adani Group, Gautam Adani. File | Photo Credit: Reuters The Adani Group announced its entry into the nuclear power sector on Thursday (February 12, 2026), via a regulatory filing. This is the first instance of a major power company in India doing so, following the passage…

Canada’s decision to reduce barriers for Chinese electric vehicles is one piece of a larger pivot away from a reliance on the United States.  The Canadian government is aiming to develop joint ventures with Chinese and Korean firms and trying to revive its manufacturing base with tax breaks as it faces a strained relationship with…

Venezuela’s interim President Delcy Rodríguez and U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright speak with the media after attending a meeting, marking the highest-level U.S. visit focused on energy policy to the OPEC nation in nearly three decades, as Washington conducts its first on-the-ground assessment of the oil industry it aims to help rebuild, in Caracas, Venezuela,…

Real estate stocks have become the latest victim of the artificial-intelligence threat. Commercial real estate brokers are selling off for a second straight day. CBRE closed nearly 9% lower on Thursday, after tumbling more than 12% earlier in the session. Jones Lang LaSalle closed down 7.6% and Hudson Pacific Properties shed nearly 4%. In addition,…

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Job growth was stronger than expected to start 2026, providing some relief to concerns about the state of the U.S. labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 130,000 for January, above the Dow Jones consensus estimate for 55,000, according to seasonally adjusted figures the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The total also was an improvement…