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Unilever hikes prices by more than 8% as cost pressures build

LONDON (Reuters) -Unilever beat first-quarter sales forecasts as the maker of Dove soap and Ben & Jerry's ice cream hiked prices by more than 8% to offset higher supply chain and energy costs, more than outweighing a dip in sales volumes.

US not in talks with Russia about lifting sanctions: White House advisor

US Deputy National Security Advisor Daleep Singh said Western sanctions will have profound impact on Russia's supply chains and its productive capacity over time, including military industrial complex

Chip manufacturing push timely amid global supply woes: HCL co-founder

India's manufacturing push is timely and positions the country strongly to grab a massive opportunity in the electronics hardware space, said HCL co-founder Ajai Chowdhry

Rising input costs, supply chain woes headwinds: MG Motor India prez

Increase in raw material costs and semiconductor prices, coupled with supply chain disruptions could become headwinds for the auto industry, says MG Motor India President Rajeev Chaba

More Chinese cities tighten controls as Shanghai Covid cases rise

Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone, a central Chinese manufacturing area that includes Apple Inc supplier Foxconn, announced a 14-day lockdown on Friday "to be adjusted according to epidemic situation"

Shanghai reports slight drop in Covid cases as economic impact bites

China's efforts to stop the virus with a strict 'zero-COVID' policy are triggering economic disruptions that are rippling through global supply chains for goods from electric vehicles to iPhones

Summer windfall for AC- and fridge-makers may hit Chinese wall

Manufacturers of summer appliances are happy with the recent spur in demand, but are also apprehensive of lockdown in parts of China leading to supply chain disruption. Here's an insight into it

Implications of short-term gain of cheap Russia oil must be weighed

So, India should carefully weigh the short term gains of buying cheap oil from Russia against implications of annoying the western alliances

Supply chain worries for auto sector to continue even as demand improves

Industry fears Russia-Ukraine war will further dent recovery prospects as supply chains will be disrupted further

Russia-Ukraine conflict may affect supply chains of semiconductors: MoS IT

The supply chains of global semiconductor industry, which was badly affected during Covid-19 period, may see further disruptions due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Parliament was informed on Friday

Car sales in India rise but automakers warn of supply chain disruptions

Tata Motors, which is also India's largest electric carmaker, reported its highest ever annual sales of passenger vehicles, up 67% to 370,372 units from a year ago

Wiz Freight raises Rs 275 cr in Series A round from Tiger Global, Axilor

Investment in supply chain start-up marks the largest Series A funding in Indian logistics sector.

Best of BS Opinion: Prospects of Indian companies, economic policy and more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Thursday

Russia-Ukraine war disrupting global supply chains: FM Sitharaman

'Focusing on growth, recovery with predictable tax regime'

Ukraine's globalisation lesson

Actually, interconnectedness and co-dependence preserve strategic autonomy

Commodity crisis: Toyota to raise prices by up to 4% from April

"As a committed and customer-centric company, TKM has made all conscious efforts to minimise the impact of rising costs on consumers," said TKM Spokesperson in a statement

Commodity prices set for 'best year since 1915': Report

A flurry of factors, such as the pandemic, lockdowns, civil unrest, war, excess monetary and fiscal stimulus and broken supply chains have resulted in epic inflation, BofA analysts said

Riding out the storm

External shocks and stagflation risks require optimal policy responses

India, US to collaborate on building resilient supply chains: USTR report

Biden administration plans to collaborate with India on building resilient supply chains and promote a transparent rules-based trading system for market economies and democracies.

Ukraine conflict: Steel prices jump up to Rs 5k/tonne as supply chains hit

After the price revision, a tonne of HRC will cost around Rs 66,000, while the buyers will get TMT bars for about Rs 65,000 per tonne