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Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki has recently shared a unique take on debt, and investment, one that encompasses assets and liabilities. The best selling author took to social media platform Instagram, and said that he uses debt to pay assets. 

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The Bitcoin (BTC) price rose as high as the $44,800s on Thursday, with bulls eyeing a retest of the $45,000 level following reports that the US SEC is to approve multiple spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) applications, with news expected as soon as tomorrow.

(Reuters) — A look at the day ahead in Asian markets by Alden Bentley, Americas Breaking News Editor for Finance & Markets

Global real estate adviser Jenna Stauffer argues the American dream of home ownership still exists during her appearance on Mornings with Maria.

The Equalizer, originating as a CBS series in the 1980s, featured Edward Woodward as Robert McCall, a retired intelligence agent tackling criminals and wrongdoers. In 2014, Antoine Fuqua rebooted the franchise with Denzel Washington, leading to a successful sequel. Adding a new dimension, Queen Latifah now portrays Robyn McCall in The Equalizer Season 4.

These bureaus furnish credit and insurance companies with lists of consumers meeting particular criteria for prescreened offers. It's entirely legal, but there's a remedy: Opt Out Prescreen, a tool crafted by these very credit bureaus.

Gold price today: Gold rate rises on geopolitical tensions, rate cut hopes; what should be your strategy for MCX Gold? According to a report by ICICI Direct, Gold prices are likely to move towards a new high of ₹70,000. “Gold prices are likely to rise further on the back of weak dollar and decline in US treasury yields. Dollar and Yields nosedive in anticipation that the US Fed will start cutting rates as soon as March 2024," the report said.

Alphabet’s Google, which owns YouTube, has consistently denied being their boss, even after NLRB officials last year deemed it a “joint employer" of the workers – a company with enough control over them to be liable for their treatment and obligated to negotiate with them if they unionize. A Google spokesperson said the company plans to appeal the ruling in federal court.

BENGALURU : The second half of 2023 saw an uptick in office demand and leasing, propelled by global capability centres (GCCs), flex operators, and domestic corporates. Is this the beginning of a sustained recovery curve for the commercial office sector? Mint explains: After a seven-year bull run, the sector cooled in 2020 when offices shut down due to the pandemic and work-from-anywhere became the new norm. Companies postponed leasing decisions and renegotiated rentals, leading to a rise in vacancy.

Regardless of your perspective, Harvard looks bad right now—and that’s good for America. The resignation of Claudine Gay as president has brought the university unwanted attention for lacking both academic standards and moral clarity. She made mistakes, but in many ways, Harvard set her up to fail.

In its decision of 3 January on the matter of an Adani Group probe in the wake of Hindenburg’s allegations, the Supreme Court (SC) upheld trust in the regulatory system under the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), emphasizing its commitment to financial transparency and market integrity, by endorsing Sebi’s regulations. It dismissed conflict-of-interest concerns and asked the market regulator to conclude its investigation of the remaining parts within three months.

Blue chip cryptocurrency markets are recovering on Thursday following Wednesday spot Bitcoin ETF approval FUD/leverage flush out-fuelled pullback, with Bitcoin (BTC) last up more than 3% on the day and back above $44,000 and Ether (ETH) up around 3.5% and eyeing a retest of $2,300.

Roughly half of Americans don't have access to a workplace retirement plan — but states are increasingly stepping in to fill that gap, both for residents' wellbeing and their own.

The Adani Group has steadfastly denied the allegations that first surfaced about a year ago, causing the erosion of about $150 billion in market capitalization before stock prices recovered steadily through the year. The origins of the Adani case: On January 24, 2023, US-based short seller Hindenburg Research published a report alleging malfeasance by the Adani Group. That included cooking books of accounts, over-invoicing of import costs and round-tripping of own money to push up share prices.

India's increased intake of African oil helped partly offset the 18% month-on-month import decline from its top supplier Russia in December, according to energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Russia's share in India's imported crude market shrank to 30% in December from 34.5% in November. Africa's share increased to 7.6% from 4.7%.

Apple and Disney cannot avoid shareholder votes about their use of artificial intelligence put forward by a labor group, the top US securities regulator has ruled. In notices dated Jan. 3, the US Securities and Exchange Commission rejected requests by the iPhone maker and by the entertainment giant to exclude from their upcoming annual meetings calls for reports on their use of AI.

Quadria Capital, the Asia healthcare-focused private equity fund, is in advanced talks to acquire a significant minority stake in India's largest dialysis chain NephroPlus, valuing the latter at ₹2,000 crore ($250 million), said two sources aware of the development. Existing investors — the US-based Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) — will exit fully by selling about 30% stake together, while the largest shareholder Investcorp is likely to sell a small stake in this round, said sources. Investcorp owns about 35-40% stake in NephroPlus.

gold jewellery has dropped by up to 25% and is likely to stay low in the upcoming wedding season that starts on January 15 and continues till mid-March as its prices have crossed ₹63,500 per 10 grams, trade insiders said. On the contrary, demand for diamond and coloured gemstone jewellery that requires stronger and more affordable 14 to 18 carat gold — and not 22-carat gold used for pure gold jewellery — has picked up, they said. «Reports from jewellers in different parts of the country show that there has been a drop of 25% in demand since the prices crossed ₹63,500 per 10 gm,» said Surendra Mehta, national secretary of India Bullion & Jewellers Association. «Demand will only pick up if the gold prices fall to ₹61,000 per 10 gm,» he added. The current surge in gold prices has been propelled by the US Federal Reserve's dovish stance on benchmark interest rates.

Stifel analysts downgraded shares of Yum! Brands (NYSE:YUM) to Hold from Buy and Papa John's (NASDAQ:PZZA) to Sell from Hold in a note to clients Thursday. The firm maintained a price target of $135 for YUM and $65 per share for PZZA.