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An aviation fuel tanker refuelling an aircraft, illustrating jet fuel supply

India Raises Diesel and Jet Fuel Export Taxes Even as Crude Prices Fall

India raised export duties on aviation turbine fuel and diesel from June 16 while leaving petrol untouched, a move that looks backward until you stop watching crude. With oil prices falling after

June 18, 2026

by Economy Desk

Centene Corporation community outreach event, with volunteers at a food bank

Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

Centene is offering buyouts to most of its 61,000 employees, citing a 6 percent drop in plan membership, the expiration of enhanced ACA subsidies, and the prospect of $900 billion in Medicaid cuts over the next decade. Layoffs will follow

June 18, 2026

by Economy Desk

EA Advertising Launches to Steal TV’s Sports Budgets With In-Game Brand Deals

Electronic Arts has launched EA Advertising, a platform that lets brands buy dynamically served placements inside

Electronic board showing Nikkei 225 stock prices in Tokyo as chip stocks rally on the US-Iran ceasefire

Chipmakers Lead a Global Tech Rally as the Iran War Premium Drains Out of Markets

A war that had hung over every chip stock for weeks came off the screens on

Apple AirPods Pro 3 earbuds with MagSafe Charging Case at record-low $179 before Prime Day 2026

AirPods Pro 3 Drop to Record-Low $179 as Walmart and Amazon Compete Before Prime Day

Walmart fired the first shot, slashing the AirPods Pro 3 to $179 -- a $70 discount and the lowest price since the earbuds launched in September 2025 -- with Amazon matching the

June 13, 2026

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Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz seen from Oman as Pakistan confirms the US-Iran peace deal text is final

Pakistan Says the US-Iran Deal Text Is Final and Trump Puts His Confidence at 85 Percent, With Markets About to Price the End of the Hormuz Premium

Pakistan, the mediator that has been quietly running shuttle diplomacy between Washington and Tehran for two months, confirmed Friday that a final agreed text of the US-Iran peace deal had been reached.

June 13, 2026

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Hong Kong luxury residential property as Singaporean buyer pays 72 million dollars for Wheelock family Shek O mansion

A Singaporean Just Paid $72 Million to Move Next Door to Richard Li and Pony Ma in Hong Kong’s Most Vetted Enclave

Jennifer Tzelee Teo, the Singaporean wife of Hillhouse Capital founder Zhang Lei, has paid HK$562.6 million, equivalent to $72 million, for The Round House at 14 Shek O Road, the 1930s-built Wheelock-family

June 13, 2026

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BYD electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles as China expands into the European automotive market

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

One in seven plug-in hybrid vehicles registered in Germany in May was a BYD, with registrations of the Chinese carmaker's models up 232 percent year on year, the Atto 2 DM-i alone

June 13, 2026

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Auto-rickshaw on a New Delhi street as India raises fuel prices amid Iran war energy crisis

India Prepares to Miss Its Fiscal Deficit Target for the First Time Since the Pandemic

India is prepared to let its fiscal deficit widen to 4.8 percent of GDP, half a percentage point above the target set in February, as the Iran war drives up energy costs.

June 13, 2026

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Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing trading floor as HKEX captures 25 billion dollars in tech IPOs in the first five months of 2026

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing chief executive Bonnie Chan Yi-ting confirmed this week that the city is now the top global IPO venue, with 10 specialist technology firms raising $25 billion in

June 13, 2026

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Japanese pharmaceutical sector transformation as Takeda cuts 4500 jobs in CEO Christophe Weber's last big move before Julie Kim takes over

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Takeda Pharmaceutical, Japan's largest drug company, will cut about 4,500 jobs in fiscal 2026 under a transformation program that targets 170 billion yen of restructuring expenses, 100 billion yen of in-year savings

June 13, 2026

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Chinese biotech laboratory as Innovent Biologics RemeGen and CSPC sign 60 billion dollar overseas licensing deals

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Chinese biotechnology firms signed 53 outbound innovative-drug licensing deals in the first quarter of 2026 alone, with combined deal values exceeding $60 billion and $3.3 billion in upfront cash, and Chinese-origin assets

June 13, 2026

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Hong Kong residential property recovery as developers Sino Land Sun Hung Kai and CK Asset regain pricing power

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

Sino Land's La Mirabelle launch in Tseung Kwan O is selling at HK$15,500-16,000 per square foot, more than 10 percent above the equivalent Grand Seasons project of January 2025, and is the

June 13, 2026

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China regulators and PBOC officials as the post-2021 enforcement framework shifts toward procedural defence of market order

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

Chinese regulators are stepping up public enforcement against the country's tech and finance giants for the first time since the 2021 Big Tech crackdown, but framing the renewed activity as a more

June 13, 2026

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India Raises Diesel and Jet Fuel Export Taxes Even as Crude Prices Fall

Centene Asks Most of Its 61,000 Workers to Leave as Medicaid Cuts and ACA Losses Bite

EA Advertising Launches to Steal TV’s Sports Budgets With In-Game Brand Deals

Chipmakers Lead a Global Tech Rally as the Iran War Premium Drains Out of Markets

AirPods Pro 3 Drop to Record-Low $179 as Walmart and Amazon Compete Before Prime Day

Pakistan Says the US-Iran Deal Text Is Final and Trump Puts His Confidence at 85 Percent, With Markets About to Price the End of the Hormuz Premium

A Singaporean Just Paid $72 Million to Move Next Door to Richard Li and Pony Ma in Hong Kong’s Most Vetted Enclave

BYD Just Took Germany’s Plug-In Hybrid Crown, and Volkswagen, BMW and Mercedes Have No Easy Answer

India Prepares to Miss Its Fiscal Deficit Target for the First Time Since the Pandemic

Hong Kong Has Quietly Become the World’s Number One Tech Listing Venue, and HKEX’s Bonnie Chan Has the Pipeline to Keep It There

Takeda Will Cut 4,500 Jobs in Its Last Big Move Before Christophe Weber Hands Over to Julie Kim

Chinese Drug Makers Are Doing $60 Billion of Outbound Licensing Deals With Western Pharma This Year, and the US Biosecure Act Has Not Slowed Them

Hong Kong Developers Just Started Charging 10 to 36 Percent More for New Flats, and the Property Cycle Has Quietly Turned

China’s Regulators Step Out of Their 2021 Crouch and Tell Big Tech the Crackdown Is Over but the Enforcement Is Not

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Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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