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Sugar stocks Balrampur Chini, Dhampur Sugar, others tumble up to 5% as govt allows duty-free imports automated-news
Sugar stocks Balrampur Chini, Dhampur Sugar, others tumble up to 5% as govt allows duty-free imports

Sugar stocks fell sharply on Friday after the government allowed duty-free imports of 1 million tonnes of raw sugar until October 31. Balrampur Chini Mills, Dhampur Sugar Mills and Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar declined sharply, reversing recent gains driven by rising sugar prices and tightening supply ahe

20 Aug 2026
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after hospital examination automated-news
Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan back in jail after hospital examination

It comes as the court had earlier this week ordered that he had to be taken for a hospital examination.

20 Aug 2026
Middle East deployment leaves Asia-Pacific without US aircraft carrier automated-news
Middle East deployment leaves Asia-Pacific without US aircraft carrier

Middle East deployment leaves Asia-Pacific without US aircraft carrier

20 Aug 2026
Teqball spreads across Asia automated-news
Teqball spreads across Asia

Teqball spreads across Asia

20 Aug 2026
Oil set for second weekly rise as unsettled US-Iran war crimps supply - Reuters automated-news
Oil set for second weekly rise as unsettled US-Iran war crimps supply - Reuters

Oil set for second weekly rise as unsettled US-Iran war crimps supply Reuters

20 Aug 2026
Australian Bond Futures Positions Near Record on Hedging Demand automated-news
Australian Bond Futures Positions Near Record on Hedging Demand

Positions on Australia’s three-year bond futures have risen toward an all-time high as the nation’s growing debt pile fuels demand for hedging.

20 Aug 2026
German Pension Reform Is a Necessary Shift Toward More Risk automated-news
German Pension Reform Is a Necessary Shift Toward More Risk

My first job after getting my doctorate in economics was helping to set up a defined-contribution pension plan for a corporation in Hamburg. I spent many hours hammering out the details with a pair of German actuaries, Horst and Wolfgang.

20 Aug 2026
Why Criminals Love the Chinese Economy automated-news
Why Criminals Love the Chinese Economy

And why Beijing can’t—or won’t—crack down.

20 Aug 2026
Ukraine seeks Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers automated-news
Ukraine seeks Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers

Starlink-equipped drones could strike targets up to 200km inside Russia

20 Aug 2026
The battle over golf’s future automated-news
The battle over golf’s future

New management wants the sport to become more commercial, but others worry billionaires have too much say

20 Aug 2026
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