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shares climbed to highs not seen since 1990 on Monday as strong earnings and offshore demand fuelled a three-week winning streak, while other Asian markets were more mixed with eyes fixed on the U.S. rate outlook. Japan's Nikkei added another 0.6% to break its September peak and bring its gains for the month so far to a whopping 9.3%. Financial shares led the gains on Monday as investors prepare for an eventual end to negative rates, while auto makers have been benefiting from a weak yen and high exports. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged up 0.1%, having climbed 2.8% last week to a two-month high. The Black Friday sales will test the pulse of the consumer-driven U.S.

World Cup final defeat, India head coach Rahul Dravid needs time to reflect on his future with the national team even as his his two-year contract ended on Sunday. India lost the World Cup title clash to Australia by six wickets and with this assignment, 'Mr Dependable's contract with the BCCI has ended officially. The issue has not yet come up for discussion within the BCCI even though Dravid has guided the team to two ICC tournament finals and one semi-final in his two-year stint.

Gold prices edged lower in early Asian hours on Monday after hitting a two-week high in the last session, weighed by a slight uptick in U.S. Treasury yields, although expectations that U.S.

Exide Industries: Exide Industries Ltd has settled its trademark dispute with the UK’s Vertiv Company Group Ltd. and India's Vertiv Energy Pvt. VCGL and VEPL have agreed that the trademark Chloride and its variants in India are registered by Exide, according to an exchange filing issued on Friday.

global market cues including US bond yields, crude oil prices, and performance in US markets. On Friday, the domestic equity benchmark indices ended lower. The Sensex ended 187.75 points, or 0.28%, lower at 65,794.73 while the Nifty 50 declined 33.40 points, or 0.17%, to settle at 19,731.80.

The Economist has spoken to parents who say their children have been committed to mental-health services against their will, or removed from their care altogether. According to testimony provided in Parliament, one doctor told a child that he would not treat “an American illness". In 2019 several dozen children with PANDAS and PANS were discharged from a British hospital.

Argentina's Bitcoin (BTC)-friendly Javier Milei won the country’s presidential run-off election on Nov. 19, beating out his opponent Sergio Massa.

By Wayne Cole

Investing.com — US futures traded slightly lower on Sunday evening, following a three-week winning streak from major benchmark averages.

Netflix expands its content with 14 additions this week from November 19 to 25, featuring a reality show, an animated movie, and a limited thriller series. "Squid Game: The Challenge," a reality show based on the hit series, kicks off on November 22, 2023, as 456 participants vie for a $4.56 million prize. Players navigate challenges, devise strategies, form alliances, and strive to survive until the competition's end. On Tuesday, November 21, Netflix premieres the animated movie "Leo!" voiced by Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, and others. The film follows a lizard's escapade during the final year of elementary school, breaking free from a 74-year confinement in a terrarium with his turtle companion. Swedish limited series, «A Nearly Normal Family,» arrives on November 24, depicting a seemingly ordinary family shattered by a shocking murder. As one family member faces arrest, questions arise about how well they truly know each other. Rounding out the week are «Love Island USA» season 3 on November 24 and «Crime Diaries: The Celebrity Stylist» on November 22, offering a diverse selection for Netflix subscribers.

Lawmen: Bass Reeves faithfully portrays the life of Bass Reeves, an authentic historical figure born into slavery in 1838, who later became one of the pioneering Black U.S. Marshals in the western region of the Mississippi River. Drawing inspiration from Reeves' well-documented life, chronicled in Art T.

OpenAI’s board of directors ousted founder Sam Altman on Nov. 17, shocking the technology world, while appointing Mira Murati as its interim CEO. 

India offers to facilitate local manufacturing of electric vehicles will be equal for foreign as well as domestic investors, government officials said, amid concerns raised by automakers in India over possible concessions in import duty to American carmaker Tesla. Senior government officials in the know told ET that Tesla has sought provisional tariff concessions as a prerequisite for setting up a manufacturing facility in India, but New Delhi is not in favour of any company-specific exemptions. «The government's approach is for the industry as a whole and not for any specific company because we have very strong domestic companies in this sector,» said an official, adding that any incentives offered will be equal for domestic and foreign investors. The government is in the process of drawing up a policy to incentivise local manufacturing of electric cars, at a time when US EV maker Tesla and its relatively lesser-known Vietnamese rival VinFast are firming up their India entry strategy. While policy guidelines are yet to be finalised, local carmakers said offering concessional tariffs to Tesla will adversely impact investments that have already been made or are being made by them to produce electric vehicles.

₹76,000 crore as a financial assistance scheme to attract semiconductor fabrication and packaging units to come up in the country. The first investment under the scheme has been done by US-based Micron Technology, which has begun setting up its ATMP unit in Sanand, Gujarat.

EDINBURG (TEXAS) : Donald Trump returned to the US-Mexico border for a visit Sunday as he promotes a hard-line immigration agenda that would be far more expansive than the policies he pursued during his first term as president. Before making remarks in Edinburg, Texas, Trump served meals to Texas National Guard soldiers, troopers and others who will be stationed at the border over Thanksgiving. He was joined by Republican Gov.

NEW DELHI : Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (DRL), will invest ab out ₹700 crore for capacity expansion during the second half of the fiscal, G. V. Prasad, co-chairman and managing director of DRL told Mint.

THOMASVILLE — Flowers Foods (NYSE:FLO), a leading producer and marketer of packaged bakery goods in the United States, has announced an increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.23 per share, scheduled for distribution on December 15th. This change represents an annual yield of 4.4% for shareholders, signaling the company's confidence in its financial performance despite previous concerns about dividend sustainability.

By Tom Hals

India's top five flexible workspace providers are expected to post 30-60% growth in revenues this financial year, thanks to a surge in demand with companies calling employees back to the office. WeWork India, Smartworks, Awfis, Table Space and IndiQube — which contribute more than half of the domestic flexible workspace industry — are also looking to add 12 million sq ft in the next financial year even as SoftBank Group-backed startup WeWork filed for US bankruptcy protection earlier this month.

Inflation has reached its lowest point in two and a half years. The unemployment rate has stayed below four per cent for the longest stretch since the 1960s.

Argentina heads to vote on Sunday to choose from option to bring the Argentine economy out of an economic catastrophe. The contestants- Economy Minister Sergio Massa, from the ruling Peronist party, against libertarian outsider Javier Milei. Milei stands out for displacing a traditional center-right coalition in the first round of voting last month.