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Liontown Resources will start shipping unprocessed lithium ore to bring cash in sooner as it sticks to its timeline and $895 million budget for finishing the Kathleen Valley mine in West Australia.

As high inflation eats into purchasing power, over nine in 10 urban Indians (93%) say they intend to save money with smart shopping tactics in the coming year, a survey by YouGov found. The top tactics Indians wish to employ are comparing online and in-store prices (45%), shopping with discount codes (45%), and waiting for items to come on sale (42%). This is in line with global trends, where a similar share of respondents (93%) is looking at money-saving tactics, the survey shows.

New Delhi: Global anime brand Crunchyroll has announced that the streaming platform will be adding a new batch of series to its available AVoD (advertising-based video-on-demand) catalogue, including titles like Chainsaw Man, SPY x FAMILY, VINLAND SAGA, BLUELOCK, Lycoris Recoil, My Dress-Up Darling, and others. Crunchyroll, LLC is an independent joint venture between Sony Pictures Entertainment in US and Aniplex in Japan, a subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., both subsidiaries of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corp.

The fate of Group H will be determined on August 3. Both matches will be played on August 3 at 3:30 PM (India time). The match against South Korea is crucial for Germany, two-time World Cup champions.

Steve Englander, Global Head of G10 FX Research and North America Macro Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank, says the “equity markets were overenthusiastic over the last couple of months. I do not think that the Fitch reason is any reason for them to sell off. But if we are right that the US is going into a moderate recession, it is actually going to be good for risk appetite because it will lower the discount factor in all asset markets.

economy, this “Ozanada" would be the world’s fifth-largest, bigger than India and just behind Germany. Considering the two in tandem is not as nutty as it seems. Weather aside, they have a remarkable amount in common.

On Wednesday, Toyota revealed the initial hybrid edition of the Land Cruiser, which is intended for release in North America and other significant markets. The company aims to reestablish the prominence of this high-margin and iconic sports utility vehicle. As per Reuters, the car manufacturer has announced that it will manufacture the latest version of the brand, which has its origins dating back to 1951, along with a smaller recently unveiled version.

Airline Regional Express (Rex) has bolstered its pitch to win a government tender to provide aerial services in the Antarctic by teaming up with Helicopter Resources to bid for the contract.

«Going ahead, markets could remain subdued given the gloomy global environment. Stock-specific action is likely to continue in the market with the ongoing result season,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Here's breaking down the pre-market actions:STATE OF THE MARKETSGIFT Nifty (Earlier SGX Nifty) signals a positive startGIFT Nifty on the NSE IX traded 27.5 points, or 0.14 per cent, higher at 19,528, signaling that Dalal Street was headed for positive start on Thursday.

Fitch downgraded the United States to AA+ from AAA, citing expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years as well as growing government debt. Meanwhile, private payrolls data in the US showed that the companies added 324,000 new jobs last month, much higher than the consensus estimates. In Asia, investors will focus on the Caixin private survey for China’s service sector activity in July.

Australia’s financial regulator has sued trading platform eToro over one of the leveraged trading products it offered to retail investors, alleging inappropriate screening tests caused thousands of users to lose money.

Calix Limited is starting to look like the Swiss army knife of Australian industry: the company’s patented kiln seems to have an unlimited number of applications, particularly in the realm of decarbonisation.

Siemens Healthineers fell 5.6% after its quarterly profit dropped. German fashion brand Hugo Boss slid 1.9% despite it raised its full-year outlook. In Asia, stock markets closed down on Wednesday.

In perhaps the shortest stint as a senior investment banker, Adam Penny is leaving JPMorgan to return to Westpac. He only left Australia’s fourth-largest bank, where he was head of M&A, in April 2021.

Japanese giant Suntory will merge its two drinks businesses in Australasia to create a $3 billion-a-year company that will see alcohol brands including Jim Beam and the No.2 ready-to-drink spirits brand -196 brought under the same roof as non-alcohol products.

In 1983, Jenny Craig and her husband Sidney opened nine weight loss centres across Melbourne. Over the next forty years millions of overweight people paid to weigh in, pick up meals and slim down and the business grew to 700 stores in four countries.

YouTuber Ethan Dolan, of the Dolan Twins fame, is officially engaged to his girlfriend Kristina Alice. Ethan Dolan was part of the Dolan Twins, siblings who ran the popular YouTube channel from 2013 to 2021. The announcement of Ethan Dolan’s engagement is a surprise to fans, who were hungry to know what’s going on with the Dolan Twins since they quit posting. Ethan Dolan and Grayson Dolan haven’t posted anything fresh on their YouTube channel since 2021. Their father passed away in 2019, after which the duo changed their video posting schedule and finally quit in 2021. Ethan Dolan's longtime girlfriend Kristina Alice announced their engagement with a picture on Instagram on August 1, 2023. “The most special day of my life,” she said, with a white heart emoji and a ring emoji.

Refining rare earths for the green energy transition is hard. Just ask MP Materials and Lynas. The world's two biggest rare earths companies outside of China are facing challenges turning rock from their mines into the building blocks for magnets used across the global economy, from Apple's iPhone to Tesla's Model 3 to Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet.

free trade agreements (FTA) with nearly half a dozen countries. Mint explains what is fuelling these pacts and what they mean for India’s international trade. India is currently in talks with developed countries such as the UK, European Union, Canada and Australia for an FTA, an extensively used tool for economic integration.

immigration system, millions of workers face insurmountable hurdles to gaining permanent residence. It was always a risk that other governments would take the opportunity to lure skilled workers away from the US. Now it’s happening, thanks to a somewhat unlikely rival: Canada.

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