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Circle Squared Alternative Investments founder Jeff Sica explains why consumer spending will dramatically decline before the holidays on 'Varney & Co.'

This week will be another in-focus week, with the CPI and PPI reports coming toward the week’s end.

Boeing shares listed in Frankfurt and in U.S. pre-market trading fell almost 8% early on Monday after the U.S.

Financial Times columnist Stephen Foley wrote recently that one response from business has been to outsource more accounting work, particularly to India. Another response has been to raise salaries and hasten promotions. However, the demand for accountants continues to rise in the tech and financial sectors, and is bound to grow in the area of carbon accounting as well.

ETFs reaches a fever pitch, a group of former Citigroup executives is starting to offer securities backed by the oldest cryptocurrency that they say don't need the blessing of US regulators. The new offering, called Bitcoin depositary receipts, will be similar to American depositary receipts that represent foreign stocks. The startup, called Receipts Depositary Corporation, or RDC, said it plans to issue the first Bitcoin depositary receipts to qualified global institutional investors in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Known as BTC DRs, the offering will give institutions access to Bitcoin securities through US regulated market infrastructure and cleared through the Depository Trust Co., said a company release. «We are really a conversion tool for asset owners today, whether they are hedge funds, family offices, corporations, large institutional investors, that want to take their Bitcoin and convert it into a DTC-eligible security and enjoy direct ownership in the US clearances,» Ankit Mehta, the co-founder and chief executive of RDC and a former executive at Citigroup, said in an interview. He and his co-founders Bryant Kim and Ishaan Narain worked for Citi's depositary-receipt team prior to starting RDC.

'I do not think the Bank will be able [to lower rates] because I do not think inflation will come down much further or much faster. I think we are stuck with a fairly sticky inflation situation,' she said.

aviation regulator said on Monday that checks by domestic airlines of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft had been performed satisfactorily after a cabin panel blew out on a new Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 aircraft last week. India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Saturday ordered all Indian operators with the 737 Max 8 aircraft to check the operation and proper closing of all over-wing emergency exits as a precautionary measure. Indian airlines do not operate the 737 Max 9 aircraft. The Alaska Airlines aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday as it climbed out of Portland, Oregon, triggering a temporary grounding of Max 9 jets in the United States. Checks have been satisfactorily performed on four 737 Max 8 aircraft operated by Air India Express, eight by Spicejet, and 20 by Akasa Air, the Indian regulator said in a statement. Spicejet said on Monday that the investigations produced no adverse findings and that its flight operations were not affected by the checks.

Bitcoin (BTC) jumps to $45,000 as investors anticipate the approval of Bitcoin ETF in the United States. Meanwhile, one of the new Defi projects, Borroe Finance ($ROE) is changing the world of Web3 business funding and EOS garners attention. 

CBRE Group Inc. Compounding the issue, mainland companies, which historically contributed to rising rentals, accounted for only 11% of new leases in 2023, down from 18% in 2021. In response to the potential demand for increased in-office presence, 27% of respondents sought a salary raise, predominantly targeting a 6% or higher increment, while another 24% contemplated changing jobs to secure flexible work arrangements.

Also Read: MSCI EM Index: India surges to second place; weightage likely to cross 20% by mid-2024 CLSA believes that Nifty is trading at earnings multiples that have historically led to reversals. “India is now the most expensive of the world’s largest markets and the only one trading in the top decile of its historical trading range. In fact, 15 out of the top 19 global markets are trading below their historical average valuations.

Bitcoin in the US. Would-be Bitcoin ETF issuers have been given until Monday morning in Washington to submit any last-minute revisions to their pending applications, Bloomberg News has reported. The US Securities and Exchange Commission itself has until Jan. 10 to take action on at least one of those applications, and crypto insiders have speculated the regulator will use that date to announce a slew of decisions at once. There are two technical requirements that must be fulfilled before a spot-backed Bitcoin ETF can start trading. First, the SEC must sign off on so-called 19b-4 filings by the exchanges that would list the ETFs. Second, the regulator must approve the relevant S-1 forms, which are the registration applications from the would-be issuers — a list that includes BlackRock and Fidelity. The SEC is planning to vote on the exchanges’ filings, the 19b-4s, in the coming days, Bloomberg News has reported. The regulator may or may not then take action on the issuers’ applications, the S-1s, around the same time. If the SEC grants both sets of required approvals, the ETFs could start trading as soon as the next business day.

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₹1,149.00 apiece on the BSE. The fall in Godrej Consumer shares comes after the FMCG company said it expects to see a low-single-digit sales decline in rupee terms at a consolidated level during the quarter ended December 31. In its Q3FY24 business update, Godrej Consumer Products said the operating environment in India continues to remain similar to Q2 and its organic business delivered steady underlying volume growth of mid-single digit.

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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.

Sensex closed the day 178.58 points, or 0.25%, higher at 72,026.15, while the Nifty 50 settled at 21,710.80, up 52.20 points, or 0.24%. Also Read: Market ahead: Q3 results, Red Sea crisis, inflation, FII activity among key market triggers to watch next week “Healthy pre-quarterly business updates indicate that the earnings growth momentum is likely to continue in Q3 as well. Overall we expect markets to remain in a positive range.

Dr Reddy's Laboratories: The drug major has recalled approximately 8,280 bottles of Tacrolimus, used to prevent organ rejection post-transplant, from the US market. This action follows the US Food & Drug Administration flagging a packaging error, amid the "presence of foreign tablets/capsules" in the lot. Reliance Industries: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani said his firm, in partnership with Canada's Brookfield, will open a data centre in Chennai next week, marking entry into the fast-growing market.

Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft sees window blowout on Alaska Airlines. Top 10 Updates Alaska Airlines on Saturday said it will ground its entire fleet of Boeing Co. 737 Max-9 aircraft temporarily.

Sensex Today | Share Market Live Updates: Indian stock indices are expected to open flat on Monday as indicated by trends in Gift Nifty. The markets are likely to be significantly influenced by the upcoming quarterly earnings from major IT companies like TCS and Infosys, as well as global market trends.