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Google hasn’t announced Stadia in a vacuum; game streaming services have been in the works for years, with varying degrees of success. The technology to provide virtually lag-free, high-end graphics over miles of cables and Wi-Fi networks has only recently become robust enough. Thus, it comes as no surprise that …

MUMBAI: Global exchanges are changing trading rules to protect their markets from intense volatility and speculative trading as the coronavirus pandemic threatens the world economy. Many markets have shortened trading hours, and others are mulling whether to follow suit. Here are some of the measures taken by exchanges across the …

The rupee slid 5.5% in the first quarter India’s checkered history with foreign investors is making one of the biggest emerging markets look particularly vulnerable at a time when its need for overseas funding has never been clearer. Decades of semi-socialist, self-reliance based policies following independence left a legacy of …

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 2.24% higher US stocks rallied on Thursday as hopes for a truce in the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia and a cut in oil output drove gains, taking some sting out of a shocking jump in Americans filing jobless claims due to …

The Trump administration has decided against reopening the Affordable Care Act’s Healthcare.gov marketplaces to new customers, despite broad layoffs and growing fears that people will be uninsured for the coronavirus. The option to reopen markets, in what is known as a special enrollment period, would have made it easier for …

RBI introduced a new category called the “fully accessible route” for foreign investors Bond markets rallied on Tuesday after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a new category for foreign investors, while hopes of a reduction in April’s borrowing or cancellation ahead of the first-half borrowing plan aided sentiment. The …

. At 8:04 am, the SGX Nifty futures were up 179.35 points – or 2.16 per cent – at 8,469.50. The benchmark indices are poised to start the day on a positive note, going by the indications from Nifty futures and early cues from the Asian Street. The Singapore Exchange …

Gold prices edged higher on Monday Gold prices edged higher on Monday as investors sought safe havens, with fears about the economic damage from the coronavirus intensifying after governments extended lockdowns to curtail its spread. Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at $1,621.60 per ounce by 3:10 PM, while US gold …

London: Assessing the longer-term financial impact of the coronavirus spread worldwide now hinges on the success of lockdowns in containing the pandemic and trillions of dollar of support in easing the burden, thereby limiting the duration of the deep freeze and hastening any rebound. Since the virus exploded beyond China …

The BSE Sensex and Nifty cracked more than 12 per cent last week The markets are likely to have a weak opening as the world struggles to grapple with the Covid 19 contagion. India has taken some drastic measures, including a lockdown in 81 districts and cancellation of passenger train …