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The cryptocurrency market continues to pull strings of outsized inflows in recent weeks as investors set sights on a spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange Traded Fund (ETF).

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is not allowing political campaigns and advertisers to use its generative artificial intelligence (AI) advertising tools, a company spokesperson said in a Reuters exclusive report. 

Adani Wilmar means the stake sale will provide handy cash to the group as it ramps up infrastructure business. There are other reasons why the Adanis may be looking to exit the FMCG space. For starters, the bulk of Adani Wilmar’s business is in edible oils, which account for 84% of its revenues (with industrial fats adding another 11%).

India is among the top 3 countries worldwide after the USA and UK, leading the online chatter about electric vehicles (EVs), with 0.57 million mentions in 2023, according to a report by Interactive Avenues, a leading full-service digital agency and the digital arm of IPG Mediabrands India. The social listening report «EVolution: Insights on India's rapidly evolving EV market based on social media data» analyses the social media buzz across multiple platforms around both 4-wheeler and 2-wheeler EVs to unearth key growth drivers, pressing category concerns, the latest OEM and government initiatives, the most popular EV brands, and more. Shantanu Sirohi, COO, of Interactive Avenues, said, «While EVs have been around for a long time, the level of innovation and consumer interest in this space has accelerated manifold in the past few years. Using advanced analytics and best-in-class tools, our social team studied the category landscape to create an in-depth report tracing the EV growth story and outlining the latest trends, opportunities, technologies, and consumer needs, with a deep dive into the 4-wheeler and 2-wheeler segments.” The report further stated that EV owners have saved lakhs within the first few years, with a running cost of less than Rs.

WeWork filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the United States on Monday, as part of what it described as a «comprehensive reorganization» of its business. The startup, which was once worth about $47 billion, had started sending distress signals months in advance.

The benchmark Nifty50 is expected to scale 21,000-mark by the next Diwali, according to over 56% of the 16 respondents who participated in the survey conducted by ETMarkets on what the new year for Dalal Street will look like. Since last Diwali, the 50-stock index has net gained 9.5%, and the 21000-level target for Nifty50 implies a somewhat similar quantum of gains from the current levels. The bullish optimism among money managers for the next year comes despite the general elections on the anvil. While events such as these will bring in short-term volatility, the structural growth story of India remains intact and this is likely to drive strong capital inflows, according to money managers. Key Drivers General elections will be one of the major events that will drive domestic equities.

Sam Bankman-Fried, the one-time cryptocurrency golden boy accused by US prosecutors of stealing billions of dollars of his customers' money, was found guilty on Thursday on all counts, and now faces up to 110 years behind bars. Following five weeks of trial in New York, the jury reached its decision in just five hours. Sentencing for man widely known as «SBF» will take place at a later date. Meanwhile, following the development, the global cryptocurrency market cap plunged by 1.8% to $1.28 trillion in the last 24 hours.

In 2015, Ashwajeet quit his first job within three months to couchsurf with Arman, who was working in Mumbai at the time. The deal was that if the duo came up with a business idea, Arman would quit his job.

UBS posted its first quarterly loss in almost six years, as the ongoing absorption of Credit Suisse drags on the Swiss lender’s performance.

Gland Pharma climbed 6% to Rs 1,674.6 in Tuesday's trade on BSE despite the firm posting a 20% year-on-year (YoY) fall in consolidated net profit to Rs 194 crore for the September quarter of the financial year 2024. The company reported a profit of Rs 241.2 crore in the same period last year. However, its revenue came in at Rs 1,373.4 crore, up 32% from the year-ago quarter figure of Rs 1,044.4 crore. Meanwhile, the company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) came in at Rs 320.5 crore, up from Rs 297 crore in the year-ago period. Following Q2 results, domestic brokerage firm Motilal Oswal reiterated its 'Buy' rating on Gland Pharma with a target price of Rs 1920. «Gland Pharma delivered an in-line operational performance in 2QFY24.

Starbucks is increasing pay and benefits for most U.S. hourly workers after ending its fiscal year with record sales

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling for the “full resumption of free and unimpeded trade" with China in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang

Rajeev Thakker, CIO,PPFAS MF, says “ at a time when US bond yields are around 4 to 5% and threatening to go higher and for longer, I do not think one should be really looking at hitting sixes right now. People have made a good amount of returns in the last few years, not the last two years, but maybe from a five-year perspective. I think it is time to be more conservative in terms of the future outlook. I do not think it is a time to be very aggressive in terms of investing.” The PMS started with an AUM of less than Rs 500 crore, Is it worth Rs 20,000 crore now? Equity scheme is Rs 45,000 crore. So, Rs 45,000 crore of equity and you started in 2012? 2013.

Animated television series The Simpsons spent an entire segment mocking nonfungible tokens (NFTs) during the latest 34th annual Treehouse of Horror Halloween special, in a segment called “Wild Barts Can’t Be Token.”

The founder of Estonia-based LHV Bank, Rain Lõhmus, has been revealed as the owner of a massive 250,000 Ether (ETH) stash bought during the Ethereum ICO, which is now worth an eye-watering $470 million. 

Elon Musk's electric vehicle (EV) company Tesla to India as soon as January 2024, The Economic Times reported. The Prime Minister's Office recently convened a meeting to discuss the future of EV manufacturing in India, which includes Tesla's investment proposal, it added. While the meeting was focused on policy matters, officials did prioritise the acceleration of approvals for Tesla's proposed investment in the country by January 2024, an official told the paper.

Most news and commentary describes the war in Gaza as the latest brutal episode in the conflict between Israelis and Arabs. That is one dimension, but from the perspective of world-power politics, it isn’t the most important. What really matters in the Middle East is the battle between Iran, increasingly backed by Russia and China, and the loose and uneasy group of anti-Iranian powers that includes Israel and the American-backed Arab states.

Pravjit Tiwana, the global Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Asia head of Gemini Trust Co., is reportedly leaving the company.

has continued its upward trend, bouncing back above the $35,000 mark early on Monday following a brief dip linked to legal issues involving FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. The overall market sentiment, gauged by the Fear & Greed Index, currently stands at 73, indicating a state of “greed.”

China is owed more than a trillion dollars through its Belt and Road project, making it the biggest debt collector in the world, a report said this week, with an estimated 80 percent of the loans supporting countries in financial distress. Beijing says upwards of 150 countries stretching from Uruguay to Sri Lanka have signed up to the BRI, a vast global infrastructure push unveiled by President Xi Jinping a decade ago. The first decade of the initiative saw China distribute huge loans to fund the construction of bridges, ports and highways in low and middle-income countries. But much more than half of those loans have now entered their principal repayment period, said a report released Monday by AidData, a research institute tracking development finance at Virginia's College of William and Mary. That figure is set to hit 75 percent by the end of the decade, it added. Crunching data compiled on Chinese financing of almost 21,000 projects across 165 countries, AidData said Beijing had now committed aid and credit «hovering around $80 billion a year» to low and middle-income nations. The United States, in contrast, has provided $60 billion to such countries a year. «Beijing is navigating an unfamiliar and uncomfortable role — as the world's largest official debt collector,» the report said.

China's exports fell at a faster pace than predicted in October, data showed Tuesday, as the world's second-largest economy is buffeted by faltering global demand and a sluggish domestic recovery. Beijing has sought to boost business activity in a country grappling with a major property crisis and weaker consumption since officials abolished their strict zero-Covid policy at the end of last year. Exports — long a key driver of the growth — sank 6.4 percent year-on-year last month, according to the General Administration of Customs. The reading was much worse than the 3.5 percent drop forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists and slightly heavier than September. Apart from a brief rebound in March and April, exports have been in constant decline since last October. «Export growth remained sluggish as the economic momentum in the United States and Europe slowed,» said Zhang Zhiwei of Pinpoint Asset Management, adding that external demand was likely to remain weak in coming months. Imports, however, rose 3.0 percent, bucking a forecast drop of 5.0 percent and notching the first month of on-year growth since late last year. The rise in imports could be a signal that domestic demand in China is recovering from months of weakness. But Zhang told AFP that the October «positive surprise» in imports alone is not sufficient to determine whether domestic demand is improving, pointing to other indicators such as retail sales. «Nonetheless as fiscal policy has turned more proactive, a recovery in domestic demand is likely in coming months,» said Zhang. China recorded moderate growth in the third quarter as Beijing looks to achieve its official goal of «around five percent» expansion for 2023 — one of its lowest targets