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Shares of Hawaiian Electric Company’s parent fell more than 18% by market close Friday, one day after the utility was sued by Maui County over the fires that devastated Lahaina

BitMEX co-founder, Arthur Hayes, projects an optimistic outlook for Bitcoin, especially in light of the Federal Reserve's current monetary policies. 

India has leapfrogged over the last decade and other countries can learn from its financial inclusion model and move much faster, State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Dinesh Kumar Khara said on Thursday. «If you look at it in our country, I think it's a lesson for all of the globe on how the payment system could be so efficient, cheap and economical,» Khara told ET on the sidelines of the B20 Summit. He said if Jan-Dhan had been a pure vanilla account, people would not have shown so much interest and that it is the addition of services that has given it nuance.

Pilbara Minerals has raised the prospect of paying a special dividend and buying back shares after the lithium miner produced what chief executive Dale Henderson described as an “incredible set of numbers” in 2022-23.

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Thursday delivered a speech at the Jackson Hole Symposium, titled ‘Inflation: Progress and the Path Ahead'. The economic policy symposium “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy," is sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Good morning.

Gauhati High Court acquitting all six convicts in the 2004 bomb blast in Assam's Dhemaji, Assam government has asked the Director General of police to study the judgement and if the government gets legal advice it will appeal before the Supreme Court. Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday in Guwahati said, “Dhemaji blast was inquired long back. I have asked the DGP to study the judgement and if we get legal advice we will appeal in the Supreme court.

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Fran Drescher says the strike she's leading as head of the actors union is a huge moment for both Hollywood and the world of work beyond it

Friday the 25th of August – The PEPE price is falling as allegations of a rug-pull undermine its value, but traders are shifting funds into new meme coin Sonik Coin, which is surging towards the $500,000 in its presale.

Harsh Roongta, Founder, Fee Only Investment Advisers LLP, says “the entire waiting period is like a handicap, so that the person with a higher risk can still participate in the same pool as the person with a lower risk. So there can possibly be waiting periods, conceptually, whether they are allowed or not, I am not very sure in critical policies or disease specific policies like cancer. I do not think there is any restriction like that, but I am not completely sure.”How long is the waiting period before insurance kicks in for surgery?In case of knee replacement or hip replacement or hysterectomy and similar things, typically waiting periods are about two years, but it could vary from policy to policy.

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Investing.com — Most Asian currencies fell on Friday, while the dollar surged to two-month peaks as markets hunkered down ahead of more signals on monetary policy from the Jackson Hole Symposium.

Apple is said to be preparing to unveil two additional color choices for the iPhone 15 Pro: grey and blue. Simultaneously, the company intends to phase out the gold and purple color variants for the iPhone 15 Pro. Reportedly, the upcoming grey color variant is described as a more subdued tone of titanium.

India's Permanent Mission to the UN on Friday celebrated the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. «Marking the triumph of the #Chandrayaan3Mission we gathered with our colleagues from the Permanent Missions in New York. We extend our gratitude for your presence and unwavering support on this occasion,» the Indian Permanent Mission to UN wrote on 'X' formerly Twitter on Friday. Meanwhile, Permanent representative to UN Ruchira Kamboj has said Chandrayaan-3's successful landing on the Moon is a historic moment for humanity as «we venture into uncharted territory near the moon's South Pole». «India's Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed its Vikram lander module near the South Pole of the Moon.

A California judge is rejecting an environmental group’s lawsuit that sought to block the state's largest utility from seeking to extend the operating life of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant

Alinta Energy has approached the NSW government offering to sell electricity from the Eraring coal power station should the state government secure the extension of the plant’s operating life.

Journey Beyond, owner of “experiential” tourism assets like The Ghan train and Cruise Whitsundays, is back on the auction block less than two years after it changed hands.

Fran Drescher says the strike she's leading as head of the actors union is a huge moment for both Hollywood and the world of work beyond it

Bandhan Bank has decided to build a corporate office in Mumbai while setting up a zonal office and government business centre in New Delhi as it plans to expand beyond the eastern region where it is dominant. The private sector lender has spent about ₹160 crore to buy a commercial space in the country's financial capital to build the corporate centre which will also house its treasury, managing director Chandra Shekhar Ghosh told ET. The centre is being built on a 40,000 sq ft area in Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) and is likely to become ready in the fourth quarter of this fiscal, Ghosh said.The bank is also building a back office in Navi Mumbai in a rented 65,000 sq ft space, he said. Its New Delhi zonal office will be important for liaison with government departments for government business. Bandhan, which celebrated the completion of eight years in banking on August 23, is also on a branch expansion spree even as it is getting ready to expand digital offerings.

LCA), the air force is set to order an additional 100 of the Mk 1A variant of the fighter jet, with the order value likely to be around $8 billion. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has already placed an order for 83 LCA Mk1A fighter jets, the first of which is to be delivered by early next year. The Mk 1A version is a major improvement over the 40 Mk1 jets that were originally ordered by the air force, with modern avionics, Active Electronically Steered Radar, a new electronic warfare suite and a Beyond Visual Range missile capability. The order will place the total number of LCA jets-also called Tejas-in the Indian fighter fleet at 223, second only to the Russian origin Su 30MKI fighter jets.