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Super Bowl halftime show has consistently stood out as a pivotal component of the NFL's annual extravaganza, earning the distinction of being America's most-watched musical performance each year. As anticipation builds for this year's spectacle, let's take a closer look at what's in store for Sunday's halftime show, set to unfold amidst the clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Who is performing

Franklin Templeton's top boss Jenny Johnson can't wait for the India opportunity to unfold where she believes the mutual fund industry has tremendous scope for growth and credits her fund management company for spotting the country's vast potential 27 years ago when it became the first foreign fund manager to start operations. «Only 5% of the population has mutual funds. So, we are incredibly excited about how the future is going to be,» said Johnson, chief executive officer of the $1.4 trillion global investment management giant. Johnson, who has lived in India briefly during her long career with Franklin Templeton, said she had really seen the country grow over the past 27 years. «There was a saying India grows at night while the government sleeps. I would laugh at that because I always believed there is huge potential in the economy. 56% of the population is under 25. You have a British-oriented legal system,» she said. Citing how remarkably things have changed, she said the country, which earlier faced headwinds because the government was blamed for slowing things down, now has a tailwind.

On Saturday, Bitcoin‘s price ascends, nudging the $47,450 mark with an impressive 3.25% uptick. This momentum heralds the most significant weekly surge Bitcoin has experienced in a quartet of months, aligning with a substantial climb past the $46,000 milestone.

Quebec’s tourism minister says demolishing Montreal’s Olympic Stadium would cost $2 billion, but that estimate is raising questions because other North American cities have torn down stadiums for hundreds of millions of dollars less.

The army chief of Pakistan congratulated the country on Saturday for successful conduct of its national polls. He said that Pakistan needed stable hands to move on from the politics of anarchy and polarisation.

₹3,075 crore worth of Indian equities and the total inflow stands at ₹12,590 crore as of February 9, taking into account debt, hybrid, debt-VRR, and equities, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data. "The FPI investment trend of selling in equity and buying in debt witnessed in January is continuing in February. Through February 9, FPIs had sold equity for ₹3,074 crore and bought debt worth ₹15,093 crore.

The Mollars (MOLLARS) initial coin offering has just reached an impressive milestone, surpassing 1.3-Million tokens sold.    Cryptocurrency investors are excited about the new store-of-value token’s potential for up to +4,400% ROI yields.  However, even those gains are only a pence of the new crypto’s profit potential if it can become a popular store-of-value option.   And here’s 3 reasons why the Mollars (MOLLARS) token could replace Bitcoin (BTC) for 250-million wallets, using the blockchain.

California voters who own cryptocurrencies are expected to have a significant impact on the 2024 elections.

Imran Khan's party plan to form a government, a senior aide to the jailed politician said on Saturday, calling on supporters to peacefully protest if final election results were not released. The nuclear-armed South Asian nation voted on Thursday in a general election, as the country struggles to recover from an economic crisis and battles militant violence in a deeply polarised political environment. Both Khan and three-time former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory on Friday.

“Public sector enterprises (PSEs) have performed well in this market rally, there could be some froth in that space, further a lot of SME stocks are also skyrocketing, and therefore a caution is advised in that space as well,” says Rakesh Pujara, Founder and Managing Partner at Compounding Wealth Advisors LLP. In an interview with ETMarkets, Pujara said: “The beauty of bubble is to ride it and one must have some rule-based framework to get a timely exit from the hope trade,” Edited excerpts:

In August, Ali Bongo, then-president of the Central African nation of Gabon, made a startling revelation to a top White House aide: During a meeting at his presidential palace, Bongo admitted he had secretly promised Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Beijing could station military forces on Gabon’s Atlantic Ocean coast. Alarmed, U.S. principal deputy national security adviser Jon Finer urged Bongo to retract the offer, according to an American national security official.

United States could pose significant ecological consequences, scientists at Stanford University have warned, DailyMail reported. As many as 70 different types of earthworms native to Asia, Europe and South America have been identified as potential threats, it said. The identified earthworms consist of 23 percent of the 308 species in North America and consume more aboveground leaf litter than their native counterparts.

The American pork industry has a problem: It makes more tenderloin, ham, sausage and bacon than anybody wants to eat. From giant processors to the farmers who supply them, they are in a predicament largely of their own making. They made production so efficient that demand can’t keep up with supply.

Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that railways has a multiplier effect of 4+ as compared to 2.3 in other infrastructure areas. «This is because the development of railways is a combination of various sectors, and every aspect of all important sectors has to come together to make these efforts a success,» he said. «Each rupee we invest in railways, has an impact on 250 industries,» he added. While speaking at the ET NOW Global Business Summit, Vaishnaw said that inclusive growth means people at the bottom of the pyramid must have access to the same quality of service as those at the top; this is the vision of Modi government, he said.

Jaishankar on Saturday said he is confident that the relevance of the Quad grouping would grow and it would become a bigger factor in the larger regional, and beyond the region, politics and policy. Jaishankar's remarks came during a fireside chat with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong at the Indian Ocean Conference. Jaishankar is here to attend the two-day conference. Speaking about the Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprising India, the US, Japan and Australia, Jaishankar said the grouping is the outcome of the changing capabilities of the major powers and the implications that it has for all of the world.

Multibagger stock: Shares of Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited are one of the multibagger stocks that the Indian stock market has delivered in the last one year. At this time, this railway PSU stock has given over 400 percent return to its shareholders. However, IRFC share price has been under sell-off stress after climbing to its lifetime high of ₹192.80 per share on NSE at the end of January 2024.

Layoffs continue to roil software industry with 32,000 jobs cut Following this unexpected firing, Mohan appealed for job opportunities on the social media platform. Fortunately, he got quick responses, with several users offering leads to open positions and expressing willingness to assist with forwarding his resume.

Nawaz Sharif and Imran Khan on Friday both declared victory in elections marred by delayed results and militant attacks, throwing the country into further political turmoil. Here are top 20 updates on Pakistan election results, 1) The United States, Britain, and the European Union on Friday separately expressed concerns about Pakistan's electoral process in the wake of a vote on Thursday and urged a probe into reported irregularities. 2) The U.S.

congressional Republicans have held up further support for Kyiv, mindful of the presidential election this November and Donald Trump’s candidacy in it. A Trumpist provocateur and host on Fox News until he was sacked last year, Mr Carlson gave Mr Putin lots of chances to stir up American politics. For a supposed sorcerer of electoral interference, the president did a poor job.

called for a probe against the Pakistan Army for its alleged involvement in the “rigged" election. Check which US lawmaker said what. I am deeply troubled by reports of interference in this week's election in Pakistan.

stock market observers on Monday after the announcement of Tata Power results for Q3FY24 on Saturday. In Q3 results 2024, Tata Power recorded a marginal increase in operational income but the Tata Group company demonstrated significant operational and financial performance.