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United States on Tuesday, foreshadowing an impending harsh freeze over the weekend and causing power outages for more than 302,000 homes and businesses across nine states. The most severely affected states included Georgia, where over 65,000 power outages occurred, Florida with over 62,000 outages, and Alabama with more than 58,000 outages, as reported by PowerOutage.us. Southern Co manages the largest power companies in Georgia and Alabama, while NextEra Energy holds the position of the major power provider in Florida.

The Blockchain Association has published a public response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s criticism of the crypto industry’s hiring of former government officials.

₹4.15 lakh crore) funds being raised across equity issuances and deals, according to Kotak Investment Banking. Addressing the media here, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer S Ramesh said, led by new-age tech companies, the primary market is likely to see brisk activities this year, coupled with overall funding market, will see an inflow of about $50 billion.

gold sourced from illegal mines. The architect of much of the sanctions-busting was a former oil minister, Tareck El Aissami. Once the golden boy of the regime, he has not been heard of since March, when he said on social media that he supported a corruption inquiry which revealed that PDVSA had not been paid for more than 80% of the oil it had shipped, to the tune of $21bn.

World Economic Forum (WEF). In an online pre-meeting press conference, WEF President Borge Brende said the meeting will take place in a very complicated and the most challenging geopolitical and geo-economic scenario.

In the recent wave of amended S-1 filings by multiple asset managers on January 8, the notable absence of digital asset management firm Hashdex has caught the attention of industry observers.

Take note, financial advisors. Home is not only where the heart is, it’s also where the estate planning is.

imports declined, government data showed on Tuesday. The trade deficit contracted 2.0% to $63.2 billion, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said. Data for October was revised slightly to show the trade gap widening to $64.5 billion instead of $64.3 billion as previously reported.

Apple has started to pay the owners of some iPhone models in the US because of allegations that the handsets have become slower. Those who made the complaints are to be paid around $92, as a constituent of the total payout of $500m, for each model that has slowed down.

US Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges. The rule is widely expected to increase labour costs for industries that rely on contract labour or freelancers, such as trucking, manufacturing, healthcare and app-based "gig" services. Most federal and state labour laws, such as those requiring a minimum wage and overtime pay, apply only to a company's employees.

TCS Q3 Results Preview: Expect muted earnings growth; deal wins, outlook on near-term demand to be in focus In the last two months, there has been a positive transformation in the global macroeconomic landscape. Anticipations include robust growth in the US, earlier-than-expected interest rate reductions in both the US and Asian regions, and a projected mild depreciation of the dollar throughout the year.

A small hedge fund betting on a Canadian housing market crisis had a double-digit loss last year as property prices held up and bank shares rebounded on optimism about a soft landing for the economy.

Interest rates, capital buffers and expense management are among the leading issues facing Canada’s biggest banks in 2024, but in the view of National Bank of Canada analyst Gabriel Dechaine, they’re only a start.

Impax CEO Ian Simm (pictured) said the acquisition is 'an important step' in the 'continued enhancement' of the firm's fixed income offering.

Activist investors are expected to carry out fewer environmental and social campaigns this year after the strategy proved less lucrative than other shareholder agendas, according to business consulting firm Alvarez & Marsal Inc. 

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Stocks and bonds retreated before key inflation readings from the U.S. and China later this week and the earnings season kicks off on Friday. 

The strategy was soft closed in July 2019 when it hit nearly $3.6bn in assets.

Fresh from getting a big call right on yields toward the end of last year, former bond king Bill Gross just signaled he is now steering clear of Treasuries.

Portugal is no longer a route to a "golden visa" giving residency rights but foreigners who want to secure one can still put their money into investment funds, which now anticipate a boom in inflows. The Portuguese government has tightened the rules after initially saying in February 2023 that it would scrap the golden visa scheme, which has been blamed for exacerbating a housing crisis. It had already sought to redirect property investments from big cities to depopulated areas. The scheme, which offers wealthy non-EU nationals who invest in Portugal the right to live in the country, has attracted 7.3 billion euros ($8 billion) of funds since its 2012 launch. Most participants are from China, Brazil and the United States. Around 90% of that money went into real estate, sparking complaints it was driving up house prices in one of western Europe's poorest nations. The European Commission has meanwhile called for an end to such programmes, citing security risks.

The open interest in Bitcoin futures contracts across the entire network has surged to 435,700 BTC, approximately valued at $20.443 billion.