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satellite launch rocket exploded after separation on Tuesday, video captured by an South Korean astronomy observatory showed, in what some analysts said may have been deliberate destruction to prevent recovery. North Korea launched its first spy satellite into orbit on Tuesday, after two previous attempts this year ended with the rockets crashing during flight. The video was filmed by a camera South Korea's Yonsei University uses for watching meteors. Analysts said it shows the Chollima-1 rocket crossing the sky, and a stage separating.

Macquarie Group’s wealth management division is without a head of investment strategy. Street Talk understands Jason Todd is no longer at his post after almost six years in the job.

A Chinese power provider says it has completed the first digital yuan smart contract transaction in the solar power industry.

World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called on individuals in China to adhere to measures aimed at lowering the risk of respiratory illness. Additionally, the organization requested further information from authorities regarding a documented increase in cases among children.

One of China’s largest shadow banks warned it’s “severely insolvent”, with a debt pile more than two times higher than assets, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.

e-commerce sites you frequent as well as from real estate, automobiles and more inviting you to take advantage of the big Black Friday sales? That’s why we are going to learn about the American festival of Thanksgiving. A federal holiday in the United States, Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year.

About a month-and-a-half after the Israel-Hamas war started, there is at last hope of the bloodshed ending, even if only for a bit. Israel has agreed to pause its military action in Gaza for four days in exchange for the release in batches of 50 hostages held by Hamas. For every additional 10 released, Israel has promised to extend the pause by a day.

Also Read: OpenAI researchers sent letter warning of AI threat ahead of Sam Altman's ouster Nvidia forecast adjusted gross margins of 75.5% for the fourth quarter, above analyst estimates of 72.64%. Nvidia forecast current-quarter revenue of $20 billion, plus or minus 2%.

Investing.com — U.S. stocks climbed Wednesday as tech stocks advance, shrugging off a slip in Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) following chipmaker's cautious outlook on China.   

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State Bank of India (SBI) chairman Dinesh Khara said it is clear that the climate risk is going to be much more pronounced and significant in the years ahead, but banks are facing challenges in funding green projects. «Multilateral agencies are unable to honour their commitments in green financing due to the situation they are facing in their home countries. In this situation, banks will have to step in.

Nvidia announced third-quarter revenue for 2023 of $18.12 billion, a company record, with the firm’s market cap now reaching $1.22 trillion.

OpenAI announced the return of Sam Altman, its ousted chief executive officer, along with a revamped board that included one name not often associated with Silicon Valley: Larry Summers. The economist and former Treasury Secretary joined Bret Taylor, a former co-CEO of Salesforce Inc., and existing board member Adam D’Angelo in forming what the company called an “initial board." OpenAI’s prior directors fired Altman suddenly on Friday, setting off a dramatic saga that cast doubt on the future of the most closely-watched startup and technology. OpenAI said it was still working to “figure out the details" of its new management in a post online.

Investing.com — U.S. futures edged higher Wednesday, rebounding after the previous session’s weakness in the wake of minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting which suggested interest rates could stay elevated for longer.

Investing.com -- Sam Altman is set to be brought back as chief executive of OpenAI under the supervision of a new board following days of tension and turmoil at the high-profile AI start-up. Elsewhere, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) warns of a decline in sales in China during its current quarter in the wake of more stringent U.S. export controls, while Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao resigns as part of $4.3 billion settlement that brings an end to a multi-year probe by U.S. authorities into the cryptocurrency exchange giant.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), the leading global semiconductor company by market capitalization, reported strong third-quarter earnings and provided a positive outlook for the fourth quarter.

After decades as some of the world’s most disappointing stocks, Japanese equities are suddenly lighting it up once again

Axis Banks' chief Economist Neelkanth Mishra, who is also the part-time chairman of UIDAI. Speaking at a lecture in Bengaluru, the part time member of the Economic Advisory Council said India is in a better position to handle global headwinds than its Asian rival China. Mishra credited this growth to an increase in export of modern services, higher investment in infrastructure and better penetration of basic amenities through the country.

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Failed cancer care provider GenesisCare, which entered Chapter 11 in June, says its lender group has extended up to $US68 million ($104 million) in new financing to help keep the business running as it aims to emerge from bankruptcy protection in January.

Silkyara tunnel be expedited to save the workers and called for a detailed probe into the incident while reiterating its demand to withdraw the Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions, 2020. “There should be a thorough probe into the laxity at any level, right from tendering to various other stages of work of the tunnel,” the trade unions said in a joint letter. The 10 unions include Congress-backed INTUC, AITUC of the Communist Party, HMS, CITU, AIUTUC, TUCC, Sewa, Aicctu, LPF and UTUC along with independent sectoral federations and associations. “We demand the Occupational Safety and Health Code, based on the premise of ‘ease of doing business’, be withdrawn forthwith, which weakens whatever safety measures exist at present, rather pushes the workers out of the safety net,” it said. The trade unions demanded that the government ratify the ILO conventions about health and safety, which have been brought under Fundamental Principles of Rights at Work by ILO in its session in 2022. “We demand that all the four codes, including the Code on OSH, be withdrawn and the Indian Labour Conference should be held at the earliest to address the workers’ concerns on codification of laws,” it said in a statement. The road transport and highways secretary Anurag Jain said on Tuesday that the government hopes to rescue the trapped workers in 72 hours if the horizontal drilling of the tunnel, resumed on Tuesday, is successful. 41 workers got trapped after a portion of the tunnel under construction between Silkyara and Dandalgaon on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway collapsed on November 12. As part of the Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana, the road transport and highway ministry has taken up the construction