BUSINESS

Twitter acquires screen-sharing social media app Squad
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"Excited to share that the @squad team is joining @Twitter to help us bring new ways for people to interact, express themselves, and join in the public conversation," Twitter's VP of product, Ilya Brown, said in a tweet on Friday.
India's industrial production grows by over 3.5% in October
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In October 2020, the factory output grew by 3.6 per cent from 0.49 per cent in September. The output dropped by (-) 6.6 per cent during the corresponding month of the previous year, according to the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
Amazon now biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy: Bezos
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The addition of 26 new wind and solar projects in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, South Africa, Sweden, the UK, and the US brings Amazon's total number of renewable energy projects to 127, the company said on Thursday.
Global cues, renewed buying lift market; banking stocks rise
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Accordingly, the market opened with a gap up following Thursday decline.
New Relic acquires Kubernetes observability platform Pixie Labs
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The acquisition will help New Relic expand in the rapidly growing Kubernetes market. Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating computer application deployment, scaling and management. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.
Terming as 'Nonsense' Tata Sons reject Mistry's settlement proposal
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Senior advocate Harish N Salve argued for the company before a three-judge bench which was led by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, “Cut to the chase. They are seeking to have the assets of Tata Sons divided so that they can get an 18% share in all Tata companies.”
'Nonsense', 'Oppression': Tata, SP Groups' battle rages on in SC
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Senior advocate Harish Salve, representing Tatas, opposed the SP Group's proposal that its stake, which it estimates at Rs 1.75 lakh crore, be swapped with the shares in the Tata Group listed companies.
Indian ABS performance risks remain despite better collections: Moody's
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"As payment moratoriums came to an end in August, collections in rated Indian ABS improved markedly in September and October, although they remain below pre-coronavirus levels," said Dipanshu Rustagi, a Moody's Assistant Vice President and Analyst.
India and China to lead global economic recovery after COVID crash
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India has already shown great incentives in economic recovery thanks to the festive season business towards the end of 2020. It is currently leading the world’s economic recovery with GDP growth rate set to reach 9% in 2021. The festive season helped the economy to bolster a 12.5% forecast increase in private consumption.
Shopping feature arrives on Instagram Reels globally
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Businesses and creators will be able to tag products when they create Reels, and viewers can tap through those tags to buy or save them, reports The Verge. "A branded content tag is also available for influencers who are paid for their posts", the report said.
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