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India has moved away from defensive trade negotiations and is now using free trade agreements as strategic tools to secure its long-term economic interests, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said at the Global Economic Cooperation (GEC) 2026 in Mumbai.   “India no longer negotiates apologetically. We are negotiating for the future,” Goyal said, underlining that free trade agreements are being shaped to reflect India’s economic strength and growth ambitions rather than past vulnerabilities.   According to Goyal, the objective of an FTA is not short-term tariff concessions but offering global partners a stake in India’s long-term expansion.…

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Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary told CNBC that he believes “everything should be over the counter” unless a drug is unsafe, addictive or requires monitoring – doubling down on a push that some in the pharmaceutical industry have questioned. In an interview Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Makary said the FDA aims to make changes this year that allow more companies to offer their prescription medicines over the counter, or OTC. He noted that the agency is going through “the proper regulatory processes” to update OTC monographs –  the rulebooks that determine which drugs can be sold without a prescription. Makary…

Moderna’s stock was surging after the FDA said it would review the biotech’s flu-vaccine candidate, a week after it had refused to do so. Source link #Moderna #FDA #change #mind #review #flu #vaccine #concessions

Allegion plc (NYSE: ALLE), a provider of security products and solutions, has reported an increase in adjusted earnings for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, aided by a 9% growth in revenues. Fourth-quarter revenue was $1.03 billion, an increase of 9.3% year-over-year; revenue rose 3.3% on an organic basis Allegion Americas organic revenue increased 4.8%; International organic revenue was down 2.3% The company reported adjusted earnings of $1.94 per share for Q4, up 4.3% year-over-year Reported earnings per share rose 3% to $1.70 from $1.65 in the prior-year quarter Fourth-quarter operating margin advanced to 20.3% from 19.5% last year; adjusted…

The centre will support engineering, software development, and data analytics for Festo’s global operations as India marks 40 years of the company’s incorporation Germany headquartered automation and technical education company Festo on Wednesday opened a 71,000-sq ft global capability centre (GCC) in Bengaluru with an eventual capacity to accommodate 600 people.The facility near Electronics City, Bengaluru, currently houses more than 250 employees and has 50 open positions. The company hired over 100 people in the past year. The centre will support engineering, software development, and data analytics for Festo’s global operations as India marks 40 years of the company’s incorporation.Ravi…

European governments are moving to reduce their reliance on U.S. tech giants, arguing that digital sovereignty has become a security issue — not just an economic one. U.S. cloud providers currently control the bulk of Europe’s market, but officials say rising geopolitical tensions have forced a rethink. Estonia’s minister for justice and digital affairs, Liisa Pakosta, described the shift in stark terms. “This has made digital sovereignty a matter of national survival,” she said, pointing to security threats along Europe’s eastern border after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Governments in Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark are now exploring homegrown or open-source…

Oil prices rose more than 2% on Wednesday, after Vice President JD Vance said Iran did not address U.S. red lines in nuclear talks this week and President Donald Trump reserves the right to use military force.U.S. crude oil rose $1.56, or 2.5%, to $63.89 per barrel. Global benchmark Brent was up $1.61, or 2.4%, to $69.04 per barrel. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held nuclear talks with Iran in Geneva on Tuesday. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi described the discussions as “constructive,” according to Iranian media. Araghchi said the talks yielded a general agreement on guiding principles.Oil…

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Your Legacy is Now Life is not a search for meaning from others, it’s about the creation of meaning for yourself. For over 30 years Alan Weiss has consulted, coached, and advised everyone from Fortune 500 executives, state governors, non-profit directors, and entrepreneurs to athletes, entertainers, and beauty pageant contestants. That’s quite an assortment of people, and they run into the thousands. Most of them have had what we euphemistically call “means,” and some of them have had a lot more than that. Others have been aspiring and with more ends in sight than means on hand. Alan Weiss states:…