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Gold pure gold bar models captured in Shanghai, China on March 15, 2026.Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesIndia, the world’s second-largest gold consumer, has raised import duties on gold and silver to 15% from 6%, just days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged citizens to curb bullion purchases for a year as overseas purchases pressure the rupee.The government has imposed a 10% basic customs duty and a 5% tax on gold and silver imports, as per notifications issued on Wednesday.India’s average monthly gold import rose to 83 tonnes in the first two months of 2026 from an average 53 tonnes…

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Android in cars Plugging your Android phone into a car that supports Android Auto will be different soon, too. For starters, Google says Android Auto will now adapt to varying display sizes and shapes. So even if your car has a weird polygon screen, Android should fill it completely. What you see on that screen will be different, too. Android Auto is getting a makeover with greater support for Material 3 Expressive themes and a new navigation experience. Yep, Immersive Navigation, which Google announced earlier this year, is almost ready to actually roll out to users. Accessing data from other…

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Suspending the federal gas tax could bring down prices at the pump. But the move may not provide consumers with meaningful relief, experts say, and it could deplete a key federal fund for highway construction and maintenance.On Monday, President Donald Trump said in Oval Office remarks that he would “reduce” the tax, after saying in an interview with CBS News that he wants to pause it “for a period of time.”The taxes and other fees on retail gasoline and diesel fuel are 18.4 cents per gallon for gas and 24.4 cents per gallon for diesel, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.Reducing or pausing the…

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TOPSHOT – Members of the Samsung Electronics labour union hold signs reading “Change it to be transparent!” as they stage a mass rally demanding the removal of a cap on performance bonuses, outside the company’s foundry and semiconductor factory in Pyeongtaek on April 23, 2026. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP via Getty Images)Jung Yeon-je | Afp | Getty ImagesSouth Korea’s largest company Samsung Electronics lost as much as 99.07 trillion won ($66.18 billion) in market value on Wednesday after failing to reach a wage agreement with its workers union.This represented an intraday drop of as much as 6.09% in…

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Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia speaks with CNBC on May 5, 2026. CNBCBEIJING — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is joining U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to China this week, the chipmaker confirmed to CNBC, after initial indications the executive had not been invited. After seeing the media coverage of Huang’s absence from the delegation, Trump called the Nvidia executive and asked him to join, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC.Huang flew to Alaska to board Air Force One, the source said. Trump is bringing more than a dozen U.S. executives to Beijing this week where he is scheduled…

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