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21.01 / 16:09

markets COST security social politician Ray Dalio says cutting budget deficit is crucial to stabilize the bond market

Billionaire investor Ray Dalio thinks reducing the U.S. budget deficit could stabilize the bond market and lower interest rates.

21.01 / 15:53

markets Digital Manufacturing Strategy Experts PAM innovations JSW Group to invest Rs 3 lakh cr in Maharashtra

JSW Group on Tuesday announced plans to invest Rs 3 lakh crore in Maharashtra across its businesses. The conglomerate signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland.

21.01 / 15:15

Target Reuters CEO WhatsApp Trade Holcim CEO targets 15-20 acquisitions this year

Davos: Holcim would like to make 15 to 20 acquisitions this year Chief Executive Miljan Gutovic said on Tuesday, with the building materials company open to large deals.

21.01 / 13:29

markets Digital Strategy Trade Experts PAM Interviews Davos 2025: Indian IT sector's talent management to evolve: Infosys CTO

Infosys expects the way the tech industry manages talent to shift and has already begun experimenting with how this transformation will occur, its chief technology officer said in an interview Davos, Switzerland.

21.01 / 11:47

economy ByteDance TikTok Trade President War country Trade war has no winners, China's vice premier warns, as Trump threatens tariffs

BEIJING — Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang warned there are «no winners» in a trade war, as the world's second-largest economy faces the possibility of tariffs under the freshly-inaugurated administration of Donald Trump.

21.01 / 03:43

markets Man CEO Strategy President gatherings Trump 2.0 boosts interest in Davos: World Economic Forum chief

Donald Trump is not stepping foot in Davos this week but the head of the World Economic Forum says the new president has brought renewed interest in the annual gathering of business and political leaders.

20.01 / 10:59

cryptocurrency UBS Bitcoin Swiss National Bank Bitcoin push pits SNB’s orthodoxy against Swiss crypto crowd

Switzerland is set for some self-reflection on its relationship with money, if the country’s Bitcoin evangelists get their way. Amid intensified global interest in the cryptocurrency, after Donald Trump won the White House with promises of friendlier US regulation, advocates are pushing for a national vote to enshrine it in the Swiss constitution. They want the digital asset to sit alongside the dollar, the euro and gold in the central bank’s reserves.

20.01 / 09:59

performer GQG launches pair of UCITS funds to European retail customers

The GQG Partners Global Quality Value and GQG Partners US Quality Value funds will now be available to investors in the UK, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. «At GQG, we believe that double-digit compounding can be achieved in any investment style — whether growth or value. While stock prices often reflect a company's past performance, we focus on looking ahead to identify companies with strong future potential,» said Xavier Sement, managing director and head of UK and Europe at GQG. GQG Partners appoints Jonathan Miller as client portfolio manager He added: ...

20.01 / 00:31

markets UPS CEO Strategy wellness PAM And disquiet follows the don, at WEF

Donald Trump will address the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos virtually and give it a miss in person—his glittering presidential inauguration in Washington DC will be underway just as the influential annual gathering of global movers and shakers, as well as many who fancy themselves to be, gets underway in this Swiss ski town.

19.01 / 06:03

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17.01 / 08:35

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. How time flies. While thinking about the subject for this month’s column, I realized that it’s been nearly four years since the first iteration of Handwound.It was a time when we were all working from home, trying not to go insane with worry as murmurs of the second wave of covid-19 infections grew.

16.01 / 01:15

markets Aware security Trade band cover International RBI to continue interventions in forex market, despite tight liquidity

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tight liquidity will not bind the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) hands in intervening to curb excessive rupee volatility in the forex market, said a senior official aware of the thinking at the central bank. "Liquidity will be managed and so will excessive currency volatility," he said.

14.01 / 14:33

markets UPS FIVE Strategy economy reports India to lead G20 with average 7.3% insurance premium growth over 2025-29: Report

insurance market is projected to be the G20's fastest-growing economy over the next five years, with total premium volumes — life and non-life — up 7.3 per cent in real terms on average each year aided by macroeconomic stability and the conducive regulatory environment, a report said on Tuesday. Life insurance, the mainstay of India's insurance market, accounts for 74 per cent of total premium volumes, according to a Swiss Re report on the insurance market outlook for India.

14.01 / 11:05

markets UPS Digital Manufacturing Strategy PAM Nearly 64% of consumers likely to choose EV as next vehicle, TCS global study finds

electric vehicle for their next purchase, although 60 per cent of them considered charging infrastructure as a major challenge, according to a study. The global study by Tata Consultancy Services surveyed over 1,300 anonymous respondents across USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, found that 56 per cent of them were ready to pay up to USD 40,000 (nearly Rs 35 lakh) for an electric vehicle (EV).

13.01 / 14:19

markets security Strategy NVIDIA PAM country Nvidia raises worry over Joe Biden government proposal. Will this hurt AI Chip makers?

Nvidia has raised worries even as the Biden administration proposed a new framework for the exporting of the advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, an attempt to balance national security concerns about the technology with the economic interests of producers and other countries.

04.01 / 13:11

Discover War show information reports Investigations Relationships Nazi ties to Credit Suisse ran deeper than was known, hidden files reveal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Switzerland thought it came to terms with its Nazi-assisting past after harrowing probes in the 1990s led its two largest banks to pay more than $1 billion restitution to Holocaust victims. Documents unearthed in bank archives show it might have been at least in part a whitewash.

27.12 / 00:53

COST Adventure wellness Celebrity exclusive travelers Destinations From igloos to private islands: How India’s wealthiest explored the world in 2024

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s wealthiest always travel a bit differently, seeking out locations and experiences that are less explored. This year was no different, with travel agencies working hard at sending their clients away to explore new destinations from snow-capped mountains to private islands.

26.12 / 17:25

markets Strategy Trade PAM country Govt imposes restrictions on import of low ash metallurgical coke for 6 months

low ash metallurgical coke for six months from January 1 to June 30, 2025, according to a notification. The government has also imposed quantitative restrictions (QR) on the imports from certain countries, including Australia, China, Colombia, Indonesia, Japan, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, and the UK.

24.12 / 02:41

markets Progressive Apple Analysis NVIDIA Research Trade Apple approaches $4 trillion valuation as investors bet on AI momentum

stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company's long-awaited AI enhancements to rejuvenate sluggish iPhone sales. The company has pulled ahead of Nvidia and Microsoft in the race to the monumental milestone, thanks to an about 16% jump in shares since early November that has added about $500 billion to its market capitalization.

23.12 / 11:31

markets Digital Strategy Software Trade Experts Schools MFN status suspension not to delay implementation of EFTA trade pact with India: Switzerland

Switzerland has said. The Swiss government has suspended the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status, which could potentially impact Swiss investments in India and lead to higher taxes on Indian companies operating in the European nation.

20.12 / 06:49

markets Digital security Software awards show rights NARCL offer for JAL triggers Swiss challenge, a dozen entities interested

NARCL) for the debt-laden Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) has triggered a Swiss Challenge auction, with close to a dozen entities showing interest in acquiring the Noida-based conglomerate on an all-cash basis. Distressed aggregators such as the Kotak Mahindra Group-backed Phoenix ARC, US-based Ares Management Corp-backed Acre ARC (asset reconstruction company), Avenue Capital’s Arcil ARC and CFM ARC have expressed initial interest in submitting a bid, said senior executives of these entities. NBFC Capri Global and US-based alternative investment fund Cerberus Capital have also expressed interest, people familiar with the matter said. ET could not ascertain the names of all entities interested in the asset.

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