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Business Standard

Indian, pro-business center-right

Business Standard is an Indian English-language financial daily. It is owned mostly by entities linked to the Kotak banking family, with ABP Group as the minority shareholder. It looks at the Trump administration through the lens of Indian trade and economic interests. Its coverage and editorials are analytical and critical of tariff uncertainty, but it is not partisan about U.S. politics.

Owned byBusiness Standard Private Limited. Entities tied to the Kotak family (Uday Kotak and Kotak Mahindra) hold a large majority stake, reported at about 95%. The ABP Group is the other shareholder. An independent board of directors runs the company.

LeaningIndian, pro-business center-right

On the administrationmostly neutral

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2.6average bias score across 13 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

2 Judge Orders Three Taxpayer-Funded Trump Administration Ads Pulled, Including '$5,000 to Americans'; Plaintiffs Had Sought at Least 13
2 Akamai Signs $11.6 Billion, Seven-Year Computing Deal With Anthropic and Issues Warrant for Up to About 5% of Its Stock
3 Netanyahu Rejects Gaza Genocide Charge and Attacks Iran, Turkey, Britain and France in UN Speech as Dozens of Delegates Walk Out
2 Xi, Putin and Modi Open 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi; Bloc Adopts Joint Declaration
2 Gold Trades Back Above $4,400 an Ounce as Dollar Slips to Four-Month Low, Ending Three-Session Slide
2 Reuters Reports Anthropic's IPO Marketing Pushed to Mid-October at the Earliest
3 Gold Rose About 10% in August Through Aug. 28, Then Fell 3.2% After Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole Speech
3 State Department Pauses Immigrant Visa Interviews Worldwide, Citing Consular Training on Public-Charge Screening
3 Samsung Board Approves 90–110 Trillion Won Shareholder Return; Stock Closes Down 8.70% on Aug. 24 as Kospi Falls 3.12%
3 Maersk Raises 2026 Profit Outlook to $10.5-12.5 Billion After Q2 Earnings Beat Forecasts
4 Bank of America to Buy 26.5% of India's Jio Credit, Rising to Up to 49.9% If Warrants Are Exercised, for as Much as $1.9 Billion
3 UAE's e& Sells Its Entire 16.21% Vodafone Stake to Xavier Niel's Vega for $5.95 Billion
2 Dow Closes Above 53,000 for the First Time as Chip Stocks Rally on Foxconn's AI-Server Results and a New Broadcom-Apple Chip Deal