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Spread the love ASIA: The latest edition of the Heritage Foundation’s annual “Index of Economic Freedom,” which ranks countries of world’s freest economies, released Thursday, saw Hong Kong excluded from the list it once dominated because its policies are “controlled from Beijing, the agency reported. The news comes on the eve of China’s annual National People’s Congress, which gets underway in Beijing on Friday with greater control over the territory seemingly on the agenda. The United States, its allies and international human rights organizations have heavily criticized China...

Synopsis The India Services Business Activity Index rose to 55.3 in February from 52.8 in January. A figure above 50 indicates expansion, while a sub-50 reading shows contraction. ThinkStock Photos Employment continued to fall for the third month in a row and companies noted the sharpest rise in overall expenses for eight years. A quicker increase in new orders made India’s service providers expand business activity at the fastest rate in a year in February with the Covid-19 vaccine rollout leading to an improvement in business confidence, a private survey showed Wednesday. The India Servic...

Biden Bits, Vaccine Vanguard, Unmasking Folly, Minerd Musings, Ives Inklings Among other things, the president works to align Democratic senators to support his massive Covid relief bill. Mar 03, 2021 | 07:36 AM EST Nobody Knows I kind of smiled last night before I hit the rack. One eye on my New York Rangers, who would go on to win for the fourth time in six games, which is red hot for them. The other eye, reading and reading all the financial information that will fit inside this melon that I wear between my shoulders. Nothing new. This has been my nightly ritual pretty much since n...

TSX falls as weaker bullion prices, materials drag © Reuters/Chris Helgren The facade of the original Toronto Stock Exchange building is seen in Toronto (Reuters) - Canada's commodity-heavy main stock index fell on Wednesday, as a decline in bullion prices and material stocks offset gains in oil prices and optimism over an economic rebound from vaccination rollouts and a U.S. fiscal package. Popular Searches * At 9:53 a.m. ET (14:53 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was down 79.22 points, or 0.43%, at 18,342.38. * The value of Canadian building permits rose by 8....

Daily Markets - March 3, 2021 - Mr. Deepak Jasani, Head of Retail Research, HDFC Securities