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2026 Honda City facelift teased, launch on May 22: Expected changes

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

Honda Cars India has released the first official teaser of the updated Honda City ahead of its India launch on May 22, 2026. The teaser image shows the sedan covered under a cover, with only the slim LED DRLs visible. The updated City is expected to receive cosmetic revisions, feature additions and cabin updates while...

Iran war burns a hole in corporate balance sheets

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

The US-Israeli war with Iran is beginning to hit companies across the world, with businesses already reporting losses of at least $25 billion due to rising oil prices, disrupted trade routes and higher operating costs.Company statements from firms in the United States, Europe and Asia showed that businesses across sectors are struggling with the fallout...

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How we chose this year’s companies

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

The CNBC Disruptor 50 was not created to be an AI list, but it most certainly is one now. Forty-three of the 50 companies in the 2026 list class say AI is essential to their disruptive business models. That’s the key — AI is at the center of the business model, driving user adoption and...

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Central banks offload U.S. Treasuries; China holdings at 18-year low

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

The US Treasury Department in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, April 16, 2026. Taxday inflows jolted the US Treasury’s cash balance on Wednesday, lifting it by the most since September, a shift that briefly pulled liquidity out of the financial system even as pressures remained contained. Matt McClain | Bloomberg | Getty Images Foreign governments...

AI is changing who gets hired in America’s economy

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

From the Dayton, Ohio, suburbs to boardrooms in Dallas, the employees fueling AT&T’s next wave of growth aren’t fresh-faced college graduates with expensive four-year degrees. They’re skilled, blue-collar workers ready to get their hands dirty — and AT&T can’t find enough of them. “We need people who know how to actually work with electricity. We...

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Cuba accuses U.S. of building a ‘fraudulent case’ for military action

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel and U.S. President Donald Trump. Sergey Bobylev | Nathan Howard | Reuters Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Tuesday condemned U.S. sanctions on the country as “immoral, illegal, and criminal,” lashing out at prolonged economic pressure on the communist-run island as tensions escalate. In a social media post on X, Díaz-Canel said...

Adani Group, top officials settle all legal cases in US

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

MUMBAI: The legal cases that the Adani Group and its various top officials, including Gautam Adani, the group’s chairman, were facing in the US came to an end on Monday.Adani Enterprises (AEL), the flagship of the Ahmedabad-based Adani Group has paid $275 million (about Rs 2,650 crore at Monday’s exchange rate) to settle a case...

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Blackstone to invest $5 billion in AI infrastructure venture with Google

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

The Google Cloud logo is displayed on a high-definition digital monolith at the entrance of the Google pavilion during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, on March 5, 2026. For the 2026 edition, Google Cloud showcases its developments in the ”IQ Era” by unveiling new Agentic AI solutions for telecommunications, powered by the Gemini...

How India’s fuel price rise compares to US, China, Pakistan, UAE & other economies

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

India has so far raised its petrol and diesel rates by around 4%, much less compared to the double digit hikes seen across major economies. (AI image) Petrol, diesel price hike: The rise of global crude oil prices to above $100 per barrel levels since the start of the US-Iran conflict has sent shockwaves across...

MEA vs Norwegian press during PM Modi’s 4th leg of five-nation tour

TazaPulseMay 19, 2026

NEW DELHI: The ministry of external affairs (MEA) strongly pushed back against questions on press freedom and human rights during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway, saying many international observers fail to understand the scale and complexity of the country and rely on reports published by “ignorant NGOs”.The remarks came after a Norwegian journalist...