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Wells Fargo Advisors SVP Mark Smith and Osaic chief market strategist Phil Blancato analyze December inflation data and discuss how investors should play the bond market on 'Making Money.'

Harvinder Rinda, who was supplying weapons to the associates of a terror outfit to carry out «sensational crimes» in Punjab, has been arrested, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Friday. A Chinese-made pistol and eight live cartridges were seized following the accused's arrest from Lohawat village in Rajasthan's Phalodi, the DGP said.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday that the country's joint air strikes with the US against Houthi military targets in Yemen overnight was a «necessary and proportionate action in self-defence.» The US-led strikes are the first against the Houthi militia since it started targeting international shipping in the Red Sea from November 2023. Sunak accused the Iranian-backed group of threatening UK ships as the US Air Force said more than 60 targets at 16 locations used by Houthis in Yemen were struck.

Indamer Aviation, one of the largest maintenance and repair organisation in the country is planning to double its capacity within five years. Indamer which has a 60:40 joint venture with US based aviation services and aftermarkets major AAR Corp, will invest around Rs 550 crore for the expansion, Prajay Patel director at Indamer group. " Currently we have four hangars. In the second phase of expansion we will have 10 hangars.

Also Read- HAL, BEL, BDL: 4 fundamental factors that keep 2024 outlook firm for Defence PSU With decreasing margin of safety, they have downgraded Dr Reddy's to Underperform Ratings. They have upgraded Torrent to Buy from Hold on attractive valuations relative to peers.

This week, Bitcoin reached a significant milestone as the spot Bitcoin ETF finally gained approval, a process that took a decade to pay out.

outdoor humidity and temperature levels during pregnancy are associated with blood pressure changes in the children, new study has found. An international team of researchers found that exposure to higher relative humidity while being pregnant was linked to a steeper increase in blood pressure in childhood, whereas being exposed to higher temperatures during pregnancy was linked to a slower increase in blood pressure in childhood (age 3-10 years).

Witnesses in Yemen confirmed explosions throughout the country. Brent crude futures were up $3.16, or 4.1%, at $80.57 a barrel at 1124 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed $3.05, or 4.2%, to $75.07. Both benchmarks were on course for a second straight weekly rise. The U.S.

Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meet in New Delhi starting January 12. US Trade Representative Katherine Tai is on a three-day visit to India for this meeting. Tai and Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal will co-chair the meeting. On India's agenda are a number of key issues that include a social security pact, US audit of Indian pharma players, etc. Other issues to be raised by India are: a) delay in visa; b) increasing exports of table grapes, pharma goods, and marine products such as wild caught fish and shrimp; c) reinstating the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) status to India; d) export control regulations for high-tech products and technologies; more access for Indian mangoes to the American market, etc. The two prime issues that will dominate the discussions this time are the social security pact and USFDA drug inspections in India, news agency PTI reported. Social security pact The Social security pact is also called a totalisation agreement.

Former Reagan economist Art Laffer discusses inflation, recession concerns and the impact of the election on the economy.

EU countries will next week discuss a plan to set up a naval mission to help protect Red Sea shipping following attacks from Yemen's Huthi rebels, diplomats said Friday. The proposal — in the pipeline in Brussels for several weeks — was mooted before US and British forces struck rebel-held Yemen. Any EU effort would seek to complement a US-led coalition, which includes numerous countries from the bloc, already operating in the vital shipping route. The exact details of the size and scope of any EU mission remain to be hammered out and European diplomats said a first discussion would take place in Brussels on Tuesday.

Europe’s governments rushed to borrow money this week, drawing record demand from global investors keen to secure bonds with solid yields while they still can.

Edtech platform Simplilearn on Friday announced new appointments in its senior management, with Mark Moran rejoining the company as chief marketing officer, and Veerasundar V assuming the post of chief financial officer, in a bid to scale up operations. Moran, a marketing veteran, served as the CMO at Simplilearn from 2015 to 2022. Veerasundar has a background in financial management, leading fundraises, overseeing IPO listings and providing exit to private equity firms, among other responsibilities.

Read more of our recent coverage of the Ukraine war The war has upended the lives of countless Ukrainians, as well as the country’s labour market. Some 4.8m people lost their jobs almost overnight when Russia attacked. Unemployment is estimated to have eased to 18.4% in October this year, from more than 30% in the spring of 2022, but remains well above pre-war levels.

Vedanta Resources to SD, or selective default, calling the company’s recent bond restructuring exercise as a distressed transaction. This is the second downgrade for the company this week after Moody’s downgraded its corporate family rating to Caa3 from Caa2. "We view Vedanta Resources' just concluded liability management exercise, which involved three of its US dollar-denominated bonds, as a distressed transaction," S&P analysts noted.

On December 28th, 2023, the well-known American chipmaker NVIDIA presented the GeForce RTX 4090 D to the public for the first time. The debut of this product represents a major step in NVIDIA's product offerings, particularly in light of the recent export limits imposed by the United States towards China. This new chip is designed to meet the special requirements of the Chinese market, combining performance, efficiency, and graphics that are driven by artificial intelligence capabilities.

During the course of his protracted legal struggle in the United States, Changpeng "CZ" Zhao, who formerly served as the CEO of Binance, has encountered a serious setback. In response to Zhao's second request to fly outside of the country, a federal judge named Richard Jones of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle declined to grant his request. This determination was made as a part of the processes that took place prior to the sentence hearing for Zhao.

The aftermath of the FTX collapse continues to unfold with significant developments in the cryptocurrency world. In a notable move, FTX debtors have filed a proposal to determine a fair and reasonable value for user claims based on digital assets. This proposal was submitted on December 27, 2023, to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. It suggests converting claims into dollar amounts pegged to crypto asset values as of November 11, 2022.

Prosecutors in the United States have made the decision not to proceed with a second trial against Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, which has since gone bankrupt. The FTX drama has reached a turning point with this judgment, which comes after the company was found guilty of stealing from clients a month ago. Bankman-Fried was found guilty on all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy on November 2 by a jury. The charges were on the theft of $8 billion from FTX customers. As a result of this conviction, the former billionaire, whose personal wealth had earlier reached a staggering $26 billion, experienced a huge economic setback.

The Securities and Exchange Board of India is proposing to start same-day settlement from March, before moving to a real-time process in 2025. The shorter cycles will be optional for investors and run alongside the existing system where trades are settled in one day, or T+1 in industry parlance. Global appetite for quicker resolution has grown after a spike in prices of ‘meme stocks’ in 2021 left brokers like Robinhood Markets Inc.

Also Read: Peregrine Mission One faces ‘technical issue’, NASA vows to learn from moon mission Artemis is NASA's multi-billion dollar space program intended to send astronauts to the moon since the last Apollo mission in 1972. NASA's second Artemis mission, has been pushed back a year after the American space agency faced issues with Lockheed Martin-built Orion crew capsule's batteries during vibration tests, reported Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter.