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Ever since Volkswagen got caught cheating on U.S. emissions tests five years ago, the automaker has been trying to regain the confidence of American consumers. Judging by sales figures, the efforts are starting taking hold.

A credit card limit is the maximum amount of money that a cardholder is allowed to spend using the card. The banks generally fix a lower limit for first time applicants and gradually enhance after gaining confidence.

The CEBR said India's economy had been losing momentum even ahead of the shock delivered by the COVID-19 crisis. The rate of GDP growth sank to a more than ten-year low of 4.2 per cent in 2019, down from6.1 per cent the previous year and around half the 8...

As 2020 was dawning, the oldest members of the world's youngest generation Generation Z were preparing to emerge into one of the strongest global job markets in decades.

The significance of Electricity (Rights of Consumers) Rules, 2020 is that it is expected to bring the consumers at centre stage. There will be penalties if the discoms violate norms.

Britain and the European Union were on the cusp of striking a narrow trade deal on Thursday, swerving away from a chaotic finale to the Brexit split that has dealt a blow to the 70year attempt to forge European unity from the ruins of World War Two.

Dan Marshalls toy store should be crowded this time of the year with parents and grandparents buying gifts and children trying out games. Instead, only a handful of customers are in Mischief Toy Store at any time, and their visits are short and efficient.

Gold prices ticked higher on Wednesday as weakness in the dollar offset worries about a U.S. stimulus deal after President Donald Trump threatened not to sign the pandemic relief bill.

Singapore's main price gauge contracted for a record tenth consecutive month in November, data showed on Wednesday, with prices down 0.1% from a year earlier.

A closelywatched gauge for U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a reading of 88.6 in December as rising coronavirus cases dragged American optimism to its lowest level since summer.

The European Union's Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will update the bloc's 27 national envoys on the latest on Brexit at 1500 GMT on Tuesday, with disagreements over fishing rights the key obstacle to a new trade deal, Brussels sources said.

A new fundraising frenzy that swept Wall Street this year looks set to take hold in Asia with more than a dozen special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, on the hunt for fastgrowing technology firms that are ready to go public.

Asian shares slipped on Tuesday, extending a pullback from multiyear highs hit last week on renewed fears a highly infectious new strain of COVID19 that shut down much of Britain could lead to a slower global economic recovery.

Global equities tumbled, the dollar strengthened and volatility surged across asset classes as a fastspreading new coronavirus strain in Britain threatened to torpedo markets' optimism over a vaccinefuelled rebound in economic growth.

European shares fell 2% on Monday, the dollar strengthened and market volatility surged amid growing unease over the economic impact of a new coronavirus strain in Britain which has seen several European countries shut their borders to the UK.

The broader NSE Nifty slipped 66.75 points or 0.49 per cent to 13,693.80. M&M was the top laggard in the Sensex pack, shedding around 2 per cent, followed by ICICI Bank, PowerGrid, Axis Bank, SBI, ONGC and IndusInd Bank.