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Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies kept to a tight range on Thursday tracking weak economic signals from China, while the dollar steadied from recent losses as markets awaited a key inflation reading due later in the day.

generative AI lags behind consumer demand and employee usage, a new survey from Adobe suggests. Only 47% of respondents in India said the company they work for currently uses generative AI tools. A remarkable 94% of Indian employees said they had already used generative AI in marketing and customer experience campaigns in the workplace; 52% have employed large language models and 50% have used text-to-image generators to create promotional brand materials and content.

World Cup, the final of the 2023 ICC World Test Championship and the ODI World Cup final clash. Despite these achievements, India's trophyless run in ICC events continued, with a recent loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup final at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Suryakumar Yadav has been handed the leadership role for the T20I series against Australia.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks kept to a tight range on Thursday after data from China pointed to sustained weakness in the region’s biggest economy, although most indexes were nursing strong gains for November. 

rate hikes ahead of a crucial inflation report later in the day. The dollar index, which measures U.S. currency against six rivals, eased 0.058% to 102.74, not far from 102.46 — its lowest since Aug. 10 it touched on Wednesday. The index is down 3.7% in November on growing expectations the Fed will cut interest rates in the first half of 2024. The dollar clawed back some of its losses on Wednesday after data showed the U.S.

Kraft Heinz says it’s bringing dairy-free macaroni and cheese to the U.S. for the first time

Survivors of the harmful morning sickness drug thalidomide were in the public gallery when Australia’s Parliament made a national apology for what was described as one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history

WTO grouping with a major interest in farm trade that it will not discuss any new issue in the agriculture segment like imposition of export restrictions before a permanent solution is found with regard to public stockholding of food grains, an official said. This position was cleared during a mini-ministerial virtual meeting of about 28 WTO (World Trade Organisation) member countries on agriculture issues on November 28. In the meeting, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal put forward New Delhi's approach to the issue saying that public procurement and stockholding of food grains serve the twin objectives of food security and income support to marginal farmers.

Arnold Dix. The international tunnelling expert hit headlines, as he led a successful rescue mission to save 41 workers who were trapped inside Uttarkashi's Silkyara tunnel since November 12. In a video shared by the news agency ANI, the Australian tunnelling expert is seen offering prayers at Baba Bokhnaag Mandir, a local temple. The clip has since gone viral on X, gaining 204K views and 8.8K likes. Many netizens gushed over this gesture. One X user lauded him for submitting to the divine forces. “Sign of a great and humble person. When you understand there are forces beyond your control and you seek their blessings for success,” he wrote. Another poster was all praise for Aussies. “Gotta give it to Australians. It was two Australians Richard Harris and Craig Challen who played an important role in saving Thailand football Kids too. Casual excellence from Australians in every walk of life. Like Cricket,” they wrote. In an interview with the agency, Dix thanked his team for being the epitome of unconditional support and said that as a parent, he was relieved that he could unite so many parents (referring to the trapped workers) to their children before Christmas. He also praised Indian engineers, and described them as “the best.” “It's been my honour to serve, and as a parent, it's been my honour to help out all the parents getting their children home. Remember in the beginning I said, 41 people home, and no one gets hurt by Christmas. Christmas is coming early… We were calm, and we knew exactly what we wanted. We worked as a wonderful team. India has the best engineers… It was just a joy to be part of this successful mission,” he told the news agency.

Global bonds are soaring at the fastest pace since the 2008 financial crisis. 

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Zipmex has put forward a new proposal to repay creditors, initially offering 3.35 cents for each dollar of their claims as part of its restructuring efforts, according to Bloomberg.

₹100 crore over the next three to four years. With these internally accrued funds the company plans to enter new markets such as Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Rajasthan by 2024, Vinay Khare, its director, told Mint. To support its growth, the company plans to set up its own malt plant with a capacity of 6,000 litres a day, and a new production unit.

lithium extraction from California’s Salton Sea, as per a report in the LA Times. The analysis found an estimated 18 million metric tonnes of lithium reserves in the depths of the Salton Sea. Lithium is an element that is essential for electric vehicle (EV) batteries and renewable energy storage systems.

Cathie Wood has been touting her bullish stance on Bitcoin in recent months, her firm ARK Investment Management actually cut holdings in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. Ark Next Generation Internet ETF has sold more than 700,000 shares of Bitcoin Trust since Oct. 23, according to the ETF provider’s daily trading data compiled by Bloomberg. It offloaded 36,168 shares on Wednesday. Bitcoin Trust enables investors to gain exposure to Bitcoin in the form of security. The sales have taken place even as Bitcoin rose to its highest level since May 2022 earlier this month, rallying despite the uncertainty caused by policymakers taking action against crypto founders Changpeng “CZ” Zhao of Binance Holdings Ltd. and Sam Bankman-Fried of FTX. The cryptocurrency has more than doubled this year. Ark’s officials didn’t respond to Bloomberg’s e-mailed queries. US markets were closed for a Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday.

cricket team, ESPNcricinfo reported. Dravid had a two-year term that concluded recently with the ODI World Cup. The legendary Indian cricketer took over from Ravi Shastri after the 2021 T20 World Cup.

a sensational win in the third match of the T20I series. This performance in the final over saw Krishna concede a total of 23 runs. Krishna ended up with a record he'd rather not have.

Gold prices touched a nearly seven-month high on Wednesday propelled by an extended decline in the U.S. dollar and bond yields as markets grew confident that the Federal Reserve would likely cut rates by the first half of next year. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.3% to $2,047.21 per ounce by 0236 GMT. * U.S.

Asian stocks briefly made one-week highs on Wednesday, bonds rallied and the dollar sank on new hints at U.S. interest rate cuts, while the New Zealand dollar jumped after its central bank said another hike may be necessary if inflation proves stubborn. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.5% in early trade before weakness in Hong Kong tech shares dragged it back to flat. Japan's Nikkei fell 0.2%.

Read here)India Shelter Finance, pencil maker DOMS Industries and lender Jana Small Finance Bank, have received capital markets regulator Sebi's go-ahead to raise funds through initial public offerings (IPOs).Vadodara-based Shiva Pharmachem and FMCG firm Onest Ltd. have also secured approvals to float public issues, according to information available on the Sebi website.TCS, Zomato, Aster DM Heathcare, PCBL, Ireda, Tata Power, BHEL, among other stocks, will be in focus today.On Tuesday, the Adani Group of stocks showed its biggest increase in market capitalization of over a trillion rupees for the first time since the Hindenburg report surfaced, days after the Supreme Court reserved its judgement on a bunch of public interest litigations pleading for a court-monitored investigation into allegations of corporate malfeasance and manipulation against the ports to renewables conglomerate.The market, which was closed for the Guru Nanak Jayanti holiday on Monday, reacted to the conclusion of the SC hearing on Friday as investors interpreted some of the SC’s observations as its having confidence in Sebi’s investigation pertaining to the Hindenburg report that was released on 24 January.

World Cup final, a screenshot suggesting that India’s gross domestic product (GDP) had crossed $4 trillion went viral. GDP is an estimate of the economic size of a country in a particular period. Soon, this screenshot was all over social media.