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Raw material prices are also starting to show initial signs of inflation after moderating previously, indicating price increases in some categories could be in the offing. Most consumer goods companies raised prices by more than a quarter in the past two years to offset rising costs under heads such as raw materials, supply chain and energy.

NEW DELHI : Ankita Sehgal was all geared up for her 10-day vacation to Vietnam but for one important detail that she had to tick off her to-do list: shopping. Not in Vietnam, rather for.

The latest stablecoin hype train is underway in the form of Ethena (USDe), and Bitwise President Teddy Fusaro is taking an interest.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) globally have observed a day of protest and fasting in solidarity with party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged money laundering case. Kejriwal was arrested by the ED on March 21, hours after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency. He is currently lodged in Delhi's Tihar jail. AAP volunteers in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Australia gathered in front of Indian embassies and popular locations on Monday to protest Kejriwal's arrest and call for his immediate release, a media release said. «Arvind Kejriwal is a symbol of hope for millions of Indians who are fighting for a more just and equitable society,» said AAP member Jeswanth Reddy from Los Angeles. «His arrest is an attack on democracy and the right to dissent. We will not be silenced.»

Low-income workers are highly likely to contribute more to their 401(k)s under a forthcoming provision of the Secure 2.0 Act that will provide matching contributions from the government.

Iowa’s 71-69 victory over UConn at the women’s Final Four on Friday night averaged 14.2 million viewers on ESPN, making it the most-viewed women’s basketball game on record and the largest audience for an ESPN basketball broadcast

As Citigroup goes through the process of extracting 20,000 jobs, it's been given a steer by Boston Consulting Group (BCG), whom insiders say has spent the past six months or so examining slides and organization charts assembled by current employees and deciding who is superfluous. 

Stocks on Wall Street rallied and the dollar rose on Friday, as bond prices fell, after another blowout U.S. jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve may delay cutting interest rates while it awaits further inflation data. Gold prices hit record highs and the Mexican peso, which tends to benefit from strong U.S. consumer demand, appreciated the most since late 2015.

B Capital, which has backed the likes of Byju’s, Meesho and Pharmeasy in India, has announced two appointments to further expand its climate investment practice. Rich Lesser, global chair and former CEO of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has joined as vice chair, climate & sustainability and senior advisor, as per a statement.

A Biden administration-appointed review board has issued a scathing indictment of Microsoft corporate security and transparency

General Electric has completed its split of the one-time conglomerate into three separate companies, as its aerospace and energy businesses started trading on the New York Stock Exchange as separate entities on Tuesday

Fidelity is looking to help more young Americans get financially savvy with a fresh series of educational campaigns.

higher studies this year are choosing colleges based on the perceived safety of the location amid a recent surge in attacks on Indian students in the US, admission consultants said. Besides institutes and courses, parents who plan to send their ward to the US are asking questions such as which states are safe and which areas have high crime rates even as admission results for the 2024 batch have started coming in from US universities, they told ET. Some parents with daughters are even having second thoughts about the US, said Adarsh Khandelwal, CEO and founder of Collegify. There is widespread concern particularly among parents of students going for undergraduate studies as many of them would be staying away from home for the first time, consultants said. Caution is in the air amid reports of violent incidents involving Indian students, including some fatal ones, in places like Chicago, Boston, and Indiana, among others.

Financially embattled hospital operator Steward Health Care has struck a deal to sell its nationwide physician network to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group, as it works to stabilize its finances

Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut have received proposals for offshore wind projects as the three East Coast states hope to boost their reliance on the renewable energy source

Banking giant HSBC is now allowing retail investors in Hong Kong to buy real gold through digital tokens.

Port of Baltimore and closed a major highway will cause weeks or months of transportation disruptions in the Mid-Atlantic region and accelerate a shift of cargo to the US West Coast as importers and exporters try to avoid potential bottlenecks at trade gateways from Boston to Miami. “Companies have already begun shifting volumes from the East Coast to the West Coast,” said Ryan Petersen, the founder and chief executive of Flexport Inc., a digital freight platform based in San Francisco. “Baltimore being taken offline means all the other ports on the East Coast are getting this bubble of cargo — creating congestion and delays.” That also means companies and consumers may face a repeat of one of the big supply chain lessons of the Covid pandemic: that a sudden 10% or 20% increase in volumes through a port “is enough to cause massive backlogs, congestion, ships waiting offshore and all sorts of delays that can compound on themselves,” Petersen said.

Why is it so frustrating to see a doctor these days—and can anything be done to make it easier? Despite years of efforts to improve efficiency and access, wait times to see a doctor have only gotten worse, amid a shortage of physicians in almost every specialty. One survey found the average time to secure a new-patient appointment is approaching one month in 15 of the largest cities in the U.S., and another survey found more than a third of Medicare patients are waiting more than a month to see a doctor. At least half of patients report experiencing “operational friction"—long hold times on the phone to reach a scheduler, difficulty getting a timely appointment and trouble accessing follow-up information, according to surveys from patient-experience firm Press Ganey.

Binance said on Monday customers would no longer be able to deposit and withdraw the dollar-pegged stablecoin USDC using the Tron blockchain network. Stablecoins are digital tokens that are designed to keep a constant value and are backed by traditional currencies. A stablecoin can be based on various different blockchains.

Binance  will no longer facilitate deposits and withdrawals of the USD-pegged stablecoin  USDC  using the Tron blockchain network. 

The risk of running out of money in retirement rises for those with lower pay, longer lives or no partner. Millions of single women wrestle with all three. Women earn less than men on average during their working years and are more than twice as likely as men to leave the workforce for more than one year to care for children or aging parents, according to a survey of 5,261 Americans that Goldman Sachs plans to release Monday.