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NEW DELHI: India's cabinet has approved a 480 billion rupees (US$6.37 billion) plan to boost electronics manufacturing and woo large investment to a country which, following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Make-in-India drive, has become the world's second-biggest mobile phone manufacturer. New ...

In order to put recession-fighting checks into the hands of millions of Americans, President Donald Trump will rely on a tax agency that has fewer workers, a smaller budget, and the same 1960s-era computer systems it had the last time it was asked to do so.

In normal times massive unemployment and a collapse in economic output would be tragic.

In the face of a frightening coronavirus pandemic, my partner and I are responding quite differently, says the Financial Times' Pilita Clark.

Netflix Inc said it will cut traffic by 25per cent on networks across Europe in a relief measure for internet service providers (ISPs) experiencing a surge in usage due to government "shelter in place" orders aimed at slowing the coronavirus outbreak.

Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate on Saturday scrambled to complete a deal on a US$1 trillion-plus bill aimed at stemming the coronavirus pandemic's economic fallout for workers, industries and small businesses.

As the United States is combating a shortage of ventilators and respirators amid the coronavirus outbreak, Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said he has had a discussion about ventilators with medical device maker Medtronic.

Britain's listed companies should not publish preliminary financial statements for at least two weeks to better assess how the coronavirus epidemic is affecting their business, the Financial Conduct Authority said on Saturday.

Amazon.com will stop shipping non-essential products to consumers in Italy and France, according to an announcement the company published in Chinese on the WeChat social media platform on Saturday.

Making a match might be difficult in tiny Singapore, but please keep the pick-up lines and date invites out of work-related interactions, says Karen Tee.