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Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi has declared pay laws will not hold the gig economy giant back. It can even cope with European markets where drivers are employees, Mr Khosrowshahi told investors on an earnings call overnight.

Louise Redknapp has made her relationship with Drew Michael Instagram official. The 49-year-old star recently took to social media to share an affectionate snapshot of herself and her partner, accompanied by her eldest son, Charley, 19. Despite keeping her new relationship relatively private, the singer appeared jubilant in the Instagram post, cozying up to Michael in a candlelit restaurant.

Netflix has officially announced the return of the reality competition series "The Circle" for its sixth and seventh seasons. Both seasons have already been recorded. It raises the possibility of seeing them in 2024. After the end of its fifth season in January 2023, «The Circle» has been relatively quiet this year. It has left fans eager for the next installment. For those unfamiliar with the show, «The Circle» stands out among Netflix's non-dating reality programs, focusing on online social interactions. Contestants reside in separate apartments, striving to gain influence by forming connections, flirting, and even pretending to be someone else. The game involves strategy and deception, with gradual eliminations leading to one victor. Although Netflix is yet to announce the official release date for the sixth season, it is expected to release in spring 2024, aligning with the typical April-May schedule of previous seasons. The debut of the seventh season remains uncertain, but given that it has already been recorded, it might arrive in the fall of 2024. A notable change is that both the sixth and seventh seasons of «The Circle» were filmed in Atlanta, Georgia, marking a departure from the show's traditional location in Manchester, England. This move to the United States introduces a fresh dynamic to the series.

The United States Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has proposed a rule to allow it to supervise large non-bank digital wallet and app providers. The rule is part of a larger move by the agency that has seen it extend its supervision to consumer reporting, consumer debt collection, student loan servicing, international money transfers and automobile financing.

₹7,215.83 crore on advertising, promotions and marketing in FY22, an Inc42 analysis said, adding such expenditure is seeing a double-digit growth. Still, it may be difficult for the companies to invoke such clause.

Blue-chip cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), Ether (ETH), XRP (XRP) and BNB (BNB) are consolidating on Tuesday as traders take stocks of gains in recent weeks and eye commentary from Fed policymakers later in the week.

Coinbase will add four national security experts to its Global Advisory Council, it announced on Tuesday.

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Coinbase has expanded its Global Advisory Council with four national security experts, it announced on Nov. 7. The new members will help the cryptocurrency exchange assess the impact of regulatory uncertainty in the United States.

The third-quarter GDP report surprised most economists with a blow-out 4.9% gain. Is a downside reversal brewing for Q4?

By David Morgan

Newmont boss Tom Palmer says Western Australia’s Telfer gold mine is “coming home” after wrapping up his Newcrest acquisition, challenging speculation that Telfer is headed for the auction block.

₹6,508 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,504 and ₹6,730 per bbl during the session so far, against a previous close of ₹6,826 per barrel. -On the demand side, China's crude oil imports in October showed robust growth both year on year and month on month, but its total exports contracted at a quicker pace than expected. The expectations of crude run reductions by China-based refiners between November and December could also limit oil demand and exacerbate price declines.

TOKYO—Struggling to compete with homegrown electric-vehicle makers in China, Japanese automakers are looking at whether to cut their losses and focus resources on warding off Chinese rivals in other stronghold markets. During the first half of their fiscal year—the period from April to September—Honda, Nissan, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors and Subaru reported year-over-year declines in auto sales in China. Toyota’s China sales volumes were little changed from a year earlier but the automaker flagged the market as one of particular concern.

₹1.69 trillion during March-August also fuelled the rally from the low. They then began unwinding longs and raised bearish bets on cash and index futures, causing the market to plunge from the record high of 20,222.45 to a low of 18,838 on 26 October.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Tuesday said it sent notice letters to Abbvie, AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN), Teva and other drugmakers and medical device companies disputing the accuracy or relevance of more than 100 patents listed in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Orange Book.

By Howard Schneider and Lindsay (NYSE:LNN) Dunsmuir

And, it's all possible because prices are dropping for both natural gems as well as lab-grown diamonds (LGDs) as more manufacturers enter this segment of the jewellery market. LGDs have seen price drops in the range of 45-50%, while the natural diamond category has seen a price drop of 35-40%, as the economic slowdown in developed markets of the US and China has hurt demand for the gemstone. Six months ago, a 1-carat LGD ring at the retail level was priced at ₹2 lakh. But now it costs ₹80,000-₹1 lakh.

Canada’s main stock index was down 150 points in early-afternoon trading with losses led by the energy sector as the price of oil dropped below US$80 per barrel.

The U.S. economy may be growing much faster than pessimists had predicted, but business is still brisk for bankruptcy lawyers. “Things have really accelerated,” says Thomas Lauria, global head of restructuring at White & Case. His team is on track for record-breaking revenues this year.

digital payments and smartphone wallet services, saying they rival traditional payment methods in scale and scope but lack consumer safeguards. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal would subject companies like Alphabet, Apple and PayPal to bank-like supervision, with CFPB examiners inspecting their privacy protections, executives' conduct, and compliance with laws barring unfair and deceptive practices.