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AA flight attendants seek permission to strike. Southwest pilots could be next.

Millions of people are expected to hit airports and highways in record numbers over the Thanksgiving holiday

Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana and other northern states are making preparations to stop an invasion of wild pigs from Canada

Edelweiss Mutual Fund MD & CEO Radhika Gupta has once again reiterated her concerns regarding investments in cryptocurrency noting the risks associated with investing in a sector that isn't well-regulated while hoping that the examples of Binance and FTX will be a strong reminder for people. In a post on X, Radhika Gupta wrote, “For years, when asked about crypto, I have had a single answer - what is not well regulated is not investment worthy.

Argentina emerged victorious against Brazil, the match was overshadowed by pre-match crowd trouble that caused a delay in kick-off. The tension between the two South American giants escalated at Rio's iconic Maracana Stadium before the game even began. Brazilian police were forced to intervene.

Jefferies has upgraded Coal India (CIL) to buy following an investors call by the company on Tuesday. The US-based brokerage's optimism stems from the company's focus on volume growth, transformation in its coal evacuation infrastructure and employee reduction cost among other things. The stock was trading at Rs 333.50 on the NSE on Wednesday around 10:40 am, down by Rs 0.70 or 0.21% from the Tuesday closing price. Jefferies said in a note that Coal India's volume growth trajectory has improved and will likely sustain amid India's strong economic growth outlook and rising power consumption.

banks and NBFCs, Reserve Bank of India's Governor, Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said banks must constantly evaluate their exposure to NBFCs and exposure of individual NBFCs to multiple banks. «Given the increasing importance of NBFCs (Non-Banking Financial Company), the increasing interconnectivity between banks and non-banks merits close attention.

Just two days after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella hired former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team, OpenAI backtracked on its decision to let go t

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has seen more than $900 million in outflows over the past 24 hours after former CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao pleaded guilty to money laundering violations.

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will participate in the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit, hosted by India. The Canadian Prime Minister's officer released Trudeau's schedule for Wednesday which has him joining in the meeting virtually Trudeau's attendance in the virtual meeting comes amidst a diplomatic standoff between India and Canada.

US Federal Reserve showed that the US central bank would proceed "carefully and only raise interest rates if progress in controlling inflation faltered". Gold eased below the key $2,000 level on Wednesday in international markets. Softer bond yields and the dollar capped the losses for the yellow metal.

US Federal Reserve meeting minutes. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was flat at 103.58, near levels last seen in early September but off an overnight session low of 103.17. US Treasury yields slipped overnight to hover around 4.40%.

₹16,500 crore in October. The asset management reality is that FIIs have to park their and their clients’ monies somewhere amidst the prolonged global economic slowdown. The Indian economy and its future potential is being bet on.

Argentina emerged victorious with a 1-0 win over Brazil. But, the match was overshadowed by pre-match crowd trouble that caused a delay in kick-off. The tension between the two South American giants escalated at Rio's iconic Maracana Stadium before the game even began.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange Changpeng Zhao has stepped down from his role after pleading guilty to breaking US anti-money laundering laws. As part of the deal, Zhao is not allowed to take on a management position in the company for the next three years, as per reports. Thus, in his announcement on social media site X, formerly Twitter, Zhao announced that Richard Teng, Binance's global head of regional markets, will take over as CEO.

Israel-Hamas war, the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk on Wednesday said that X Corp will donate all proceeds generated from advertising and subscriptions on the social media platform related to the Gaza war to Israeli hospitals and the Red Cross in Gaza. In a post on social media platform X, Musk wrote, “We will track how funds are spent and go through Red Cross/Crescent.

Sensex closed 275.62 points higher at 65,930.77, while the Nifty 50 gained 89.40 points, or 0.45%, to settle at 19,783.40. Nifty 50 formed a small positive candle on the daily chart with upper shadow and with gap up opening. The opening upside gap remains unfilled.

Venugopal Garre, MD, Bernstein, says “the top private banks would be the priority at this juncture because I do not have too many regulatory risks to contend with, for that particular pack. That will be still at the top of the pack, which is what we are essentially playing at this juncture. I have not been too confident around NBFC models in general, especially the larger ones. Some of the SMIDs (small and midcaps) have done really well, but the way to play that for me was my, through my SMID allocation. That is the way I am approaching the financial sector, especially over the next 12 months.” There is really something special happening in the US tech space, looking at the valuations of Nvidia or Microsoft or for that matter, even, Apple now, market caps of trillions of dollars are getting created. If one has to look at that as the mega trend where IT is where all the action and excitement is, what is the best way to participate in India? Indian IT largecaps do not offer this play. But when such exciting things are happening in the tech world, how can Indian investors participate in that? I would say this is a very important question, but very tough to answer because of the nature of opportunities you get in India.

U.S. fighter aircraft struck two Hezbollah operations centers in Iraq in response to attacks on U.S. bases that have escalated alongside Israel's operations against Hamas in Gaza, two defense officials said. They said attacks on U.S.

Carbon-free electricity has never been more plentiful. Wind and solar power have taken off over the past two decades, faster than experts ever expected.

Molucca Sea on Wednesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a statement. According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 08:18 am today at a depth of 110 Km. «Earthquake of Magnitude:6.0, Occurred on 22-11-2023, 08:18:54 IST, Lat: 1.76 & Long: 127.10, Depth: 110 Km ,Location: Molucca Sea» NCS said in a post on X. Further details are awaited. Earlier this year, an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 hit the northern part of Molucca Sea on April 21 at 3:51 pm (local time, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the earthquake struck at a depth of 72 kms.