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Business News | Innoviti Posts 35% Revenue Growth in FY25
PRNewswire Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], October 23: Innoviti Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India's largest payments-centric retail SaaS platform for enterprise brands and their SME channel partners, today released its annual results for financial year...

India’s refiners prepare sharp cut to Russian oil imports after new US sanctions
75India’s refiners are preparing to reduce sharply their purchases of Russian crude after the United States imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, in measures announced on 22–23 October. The steps, aimed at...

Business News | Netcore Cloud's Agentic Marketing 2025: Global Marketing Leaders to Shape the Future of AI-Driven Brand Experiences
HT Syndication Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23: Netcore Cloud, in partnership with Google Cloud and curated by ET BrandEquity, announces a stellar lineup of global and Indian marketing leaders for Agentic Marketing 2025, the world's...
Chinese vice commerce minister meets with Walmart executive
BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Sheng Qiuping recently met with Dan Bartlett, executive vice president of corporate affairs for Walmart, during which they exchanged views on issues such as the development of U.S.-funded...

China and US set to resume trade talks in Malaysia
Published on: October 23, 2025 4:09 PM China and the United States are preparing for a new round of high-level trade talks in Malaysia this week, as both countries aim to ease ongoing economic tensions. The discussions will take place from October...
China trade spat threatens Wisconsin’s ‘Napa Valley’ of ginseng
WAUSAU (Wisconsin), Oct 23 — The cool woodlands of central Wisconsin boast soils packed with Ice Age mineral deposits that make the area perfect for the cultivation of ginseng, a medicinal root that has been exported to Asia for more than 300...
Japan’s unions seek minimum 5% wage hike in upcoming pay talks
Sustained wage growth remains a key focus for the Bank of Japan, seen as essential for justifying its continued policy tightening [TOKYO] Japan’s largest labour union federation, Rengo, will keep seeking at least a 5 per cent wage hike in next...

China Warns UK “Politicization” of Business Deals Could Deter Investment
Beijing has cautioned that the UK’s increasing “politicization” of Chinese business projects may influence companies’ willingness to invest in the country, Bloomberg reports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said Thursday that in recent...

China keen to import jackfruit, guava from Bangladeshi, says envoy
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka 23 October, 2025, 16:34 Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen | File photo Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Thursday said China is working actively to open its market for Bangladeshi agricultural...

Business News | Trump Tariffs to Dent India Leather Industry Revenue 10-12% Current Fiscal: Crisil
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Faced with US tariffs, India's leather and allied products industry are expected to see revenue decline 10-12 per cent this current fiscal, according to Crisil Ratings. The 50% tariff (25% reciprocal tariff...
Japan's JERA to acquire US shale gas assets in $1.5bn deal
Energy Power producer calls location of assets near Gulf of Mexico a 'strategic advantage' Japan's JERA says it has agreed with U.S. energy companies Williams and GEP Haynesville II to acquire their interests in a gas shale basin located in...

Business News | DPIIT Signs MoU with Primus Partners to Strengthen Startup Ecosystem
New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Commerce and Industry Ministry, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Primus Partners Pvt Ltd. to enhance collaboration towards...

ASEAN Power Grid Makes Strides With Launch Of US$10 Bln Financing Initiative
By Zufazlin Baharuddin KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 23 (Bernama) -- The ASEAN Power Grid (APG) has reached a major milestone with the launch of the US$10 billion (US$1 = RM4.22) APG Financing Initiative in October 2025. Professor Woo Wing Thye,...

China names new second highest-ranking general after military purge
Stephen McDonell,China correspondent and Joel Guinto ShareSave Zhang Shengmin heads anti-corruption efforts in the army and is seen as a trusted loyalist of President Xi The Chinese Communist Party has named a veteran who has overseen...
China warns U.K. against overstretching national security concept, says investment climate at risk
BEIJING, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- China has always opposed the practice of overstretching the concept of national security and politicizing economic and trade issues, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, warning that such practices by the...
China deepens push for tech self-reliance in five-year plan
The country stresses building a modern industrial system and boosting core technology innovation [BEIJING] China vowed to seek technological self-reliance and grow the domestic market in the next five years, as it looks to both insulate the...

China slams EU over fresh Russia sanctions, says dialogue 'only viable way' out of Ukraine war
ISTANBUL China on Thursday slammed the EU over its fresh Russia sanctions, stressing that dialogue and negotiation are the "only viable way" out of the Russia-Ukraine war. China "firmly" opposes this decision and has lodged "serious protests with...

Business News | AVP Infracon Limited - H1 FY26 Business Update
PNN Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23: AVP Infracon Limited, a leading infrastructure development company with over 15 years of execution excellence, delivered its best-ever half-year performance in H1 FY26, marking a defining milestone in...

India News | Mumbai: People Rescued After a Fire Broke out at JMS Business Centre in Jogeshwari
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 23 (ANI): People stranded on the top floor of JMS Business Centre in the Jogeshwari West area of Mumbai, where a fire broke out earlier on Thursday, were rescued by personnel of the fire department. Speaking...

China & Russia step up ruthless ‘SEX war’ on West sending honeytrap agents to seduce tech geeks working on state secrets
MOSCOW and Beijing are unleashing a new kind of warfare on the West – and it’s waged not with bullets, but with bedsheets. US intelligence insiders say Russian and Chinese operatives are flooding America’s tech heartlands with a wave of seductive...