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The benchmark BSE sensex breached 47,000-mark for the first time ever on Friday, while NSE Nifty traded above 13,750-levels. The sensex touched an intra-day high of 47,026 and soon turned flat in early trade.

Senior British minister Michael Gove put the chances of securing a trade deal with the European Union at less than 50% on Thursday, striking a pessimistic tone just two weeks before Britain completes its departure from the bloc.

Adding a company to the benchmark S&P 500 stock index is typically a mundane exercise except when it comes to a company like Tesla.

The avuncular man in the TV ad has an urgentsounding message from his employer, the oil giant Chevron Corp.

The price of 24-carat gold today increased by Rs 10, from Rs 49,310 per 10 gram to Rs 49,320 per 10 gram. Meanwhile, silver price today reached Rs 65,610 per kilogram.

The government move effectively means that certain telecom equipment vendors from China may face fresh curbs, as the telecom sector will have a list of companies from where firms can safely buy products and services.

Gold prices inched higher to a oneweek top on Wednesday as the metal built on the previous session's gains on growing hopes for further U.S. stimulus and ahead of a closely watched Federal Reserve policy decision.

Facebook said Tuesday it will temporarily pause its ban on political advertising in the U.S. to allow ads for the Georgia runoff elections for the states two Senate seats.

Statutory inspection of the bank with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2019, conducted by RBI, revealed that the bank had not complied with the directions, the central bank said in a statement.

Natural disasters like wildfires which devastated parts of the United States and a record number of hurricanes in the Atlantic caused $76 billion in insured losses during 2020, Swiss Re said on Tuesday.

The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) on Friday urged the government to announce a stimulus package for the newspaper industry as it is facing an "unprecedented crisis" and lost around Rs 12,500 crore in the last eight months. In a statement, the INS said...

Asda, the British supermarket arm of Walmart, paid its parent a 1.15 billion pound ($1.52 billion) inter company dividend of surplus cash in March this year, according to Asda's annual report and accounts for 2019 published on Friday.

U.S. producer prices barely rose in November, supporting views that inflation would remain benign in the near term as a flare up in new COVID19 infections restrains the labor market and demand for services.

Zurich Insurance and Farmers Exchanges have agreed to buy MetLife's U.S. property and casualty business for $3.94 billion, the insurers said on Friday, after the COVID19 pandemic made motor and home insurers more profitable.

Britain is now more likely to leave the European Union's orbit on Dec. 31 without a trade deal than with an agreement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told the bloc's 27 national leaders on Friday, an EU official said.

World shares slipped on Friday as tricky Brexit negotiations and uncertainty over U.S. stimulus talks capped riskier bets even though COVID19 vaccines made progress, pushing sterling down and keeping the dollar weak.