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Oil rises on Trump's optimism for a deal with China
Brent crude rose $1.06 cents to $64.78 a barrel by 1502 GMT. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 90 cents at $59.66 a barrel.

Trade optimism drives Wall Street to record levels
Markets also took comfort from the Federal Reserve's move on Wednesday to hold interest ra...

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Oppo gives sneak peek into future of 'intelligent connectivity', plans USD 7 bn R&D push
The company has also announced its plans to invest about USD 7 billion over the next three years on its research and development initiatives that include building core technologies in hardware and software as well as frontier innovations such as 5G/6G, big data, cloud computing and augmented reality (AR).
Buy or Sell: Stock ideas by experts for December 13, 2019
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Stocks in news: Dr. Reddy's Lab, Airtel and YES Bank
Here are the top stocks that are likely to be in focus in today's trading.Stocks in news: Dr. Reddy's Lab, Airtel and YES Bank
PSB consolidation may shrink IT firms' business
The country will be left with only 12 large public sector banks from 27 before, the government had announced earlier this year. For existing IT service providers, this not only shrinks the market in terms of the number of prospective clients, but also poses challenges with respect to scale as banks become larger. A reduction in the number of prospective customers will affect revenues.
IT to get tax relief from redefined ‘intermediary’
GST Council may stop levying tax on IT/ITeS intermediary service providers’ back office work for foreign clients. The issue had come to the fore following a decision of the Maharashtra Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling (AAAR) that had held in a ruling in February that back-office support services did not qualify as “export of service”
Axis Bank evaluating the acquisition route to scale up microfinance business
Axis Bank managing director and chief executive Amitabh Chaudhry said the bank has studied the market but has not found a perfect match yet. "We are evaluating opportunities all the time," he said, adding that the microfinance firms, which are doing well and can be a good fit, are mostly overvalued. "Nothing is on the cards at present."
Government readies plan to push India into top 50 ease of business rankings
The government on Tuesday set out the roadmap to get India to break into the top 50 countries in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business rankings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi brainstorming with ministries.
India assures renewable developers of pro-business policies
"Government is committed to managing curtailments to enhance the ease of doing business for developers in the renewable energy sector," New and Renewable Energy Secretary Anand Kumar said on the sidelines of the ongoing Madrid Climate Conference (CoP25) at Madrid in Spain late Monday.
Zero impact of cost-cutting on India business, says Aviva
Aviva sells insurance policies through DBS and Bank of Maharashtra and through corporate agency tie-ups.
Industry bodies concerned over data protection Bill, say it 'compromises' on privacy
The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) said the Bill in its current form "compromises" on privacy of Indian citizens as "it has built in far too many exceptions for government agencies to access personal information of the citizens".
Reducing ship speeds by 10-15% could reduce maritime emissions by 20-30%
Cariou, a researcher & professor at KEDGE Business School and a specialist in maritime and port economy suggests that decreasing ship’s speed seems to be the best short-term answer to meeting the initial deadline of 2030 for cutting.
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