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In a groundbreaking decision that has sent shock waves through the real estate industry, the United States’ premier real estate brokerage firms have been held responsible for a staggering $1.8 billion in damages. This verdict comes after allegations of a seven-year conspiracy to compel homeowners to pay substantial commissions to the brokers representing buyers, resulting in a significant drop in related stock prices.

U.S. stock futures slipped and Treasuries edged higher ahead of the Federal Reserve interest-rate decision and the US government’s new borrowing plan. 

Andy Burgess, fixed income investment specialist at Insight Investment, explained that further rate hikes were looking 'increasingly unlikely'.

Amir Elmaani, the 31-year-old founder of Oyster Protocol, has been handed a maximum prison sentence of four years for tax evasion.

Bitcoin price prediction remains bullish as BTC is trading at $34,432 with a 0.64 percent increase on Wednesday, the push towards this crucial threshold is buoyed by the substantial influence of crypto whales.

President Joe Biden’s recent Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence has impacted the cryptocurrency market, with AI-related tokens dipping in value.

Alternative investments think-tank Mox Capital says it’s seeking out ideas to fund and help them “get off the ground quicker.”

Artificial intelligence, more specifically its abbreviation “AI,” was crowned word of the year for 2023 in the Collins dictionary, one of the world’s earliest English-language dictionary publishers.

Last week we learned that the economy, far from sliding toward recession as economists had predicted over the past year, has actually picked up steam thanks to indefatigable consumers. Not only has economic output made up all the ground lost during the pandemic but it is above where it would have been had the pandemic never happened, judging by what the Congressional Budget Office projected in early 2020. The same goes for the job market.

Nifty 50 today: Domestic equity benchmarks the Nifty 50 and the Sensex extended their losses into the second consecutive session on Wednesday, November 1, amid mixed global cues ahead of the US Fed policy outcome. Investors remained cautious as they fixed their focus on the US Fed outcome.

Rafah border point. Militant group Hamas, which controls the Palestinian territory, said earlier Wednesday it expected some foreigners and dual nationals to be allowed into Egypt.

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US Fed policy outcome: 6 key things that will be in the Fed's mind before making a rate decision today (Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Subscribe today and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here!) Barring a few, experts do not expect the Fed to surprise the market by raising or cutting rates as the US economy remains strong and inflation remains above the Fed's 2 per cent target.

₹1,000 crore ($120 million) for its open-ended fund to invest in Indian equities. Kotak Iconic Fund, a category-III alternative investment fund (AIF), invests in equities with varied market capitalisation through diversified active and passive strategies. “The journey to ₹1,000 crore in AUM (assets under management) has been marked by unwavering dedication, resilience, and the trust of investors who have chosen Kotak Iconic as their preferred investment vehicle in the Indian equities space," said Lakshmi Iyer, chief executive officer, investments and strategy, Kotak Alternate Asset Managers.

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₹2,375.5 crore for the July-September quarter versus ₹2,262.22 crore in the same period last year. Meanwhile, its revenue rose over 11 percent YoY to ₹12,192 crore in the quarter under review as against ₹10,952.3 crore in the year-ago period. The firm beat Street estimates on both the profit as well as revenue front.

An Investment Portfolio with 50% Equity: 50% Debt can generate meaningful wealth creation in the long term for moderate risk profile investors, according to an analysis by Motilal Oswal Private Wealth. During the period of the analysis spanning over three decades, the 50% Equity: 50% Debt portfolio combination generated a 12% CAGR. 

Chinese tech giant Alibaba has launched a new AI model called Tongyi Qianwen 2.0. The company claims it to be more powerful and versatile than the similar AI models created by US tech giants like Meta, Amazon and Microsoft. The Tongyi Qianwen 2.0 along with new industry-specific models was announced by Alibaba at its annual flagship tech event Apsara Conference.

Two little-known Queensland businessmen have become the beneficiaries of hundreds of millions of dollars in dividends paid by their private coal operations, with one, Sam Chong’s Jellinbah Group, paying out $900 million in returns to its owners in the past 12 months alone.

Sunil D'Souza, MD & CEO, Tata Consumer, says “cash flow conversion is up 100 bps and we remain on track to deliver 95% to 100% of EBITDA to cash for the full year. As for ROC, which you have kept mentioning as our bugbear, is up by 210 bps, hopefully that trajectory continues even on the strategic front and that is the key to delivering good numbers, staying focussed on the strategic pieces, staying focussed on the basics and executing them well. ” These numbers are good, solid and they deserve a table thumping applaud. It is a rarity when we say that FMCG companies are beating estimates. How have you managed to beat the peers and analyst estimates? We have delivered a decent set of numbers. Just to highlight, topline was up 11%, EBITDA was up 30%. Group net profit was minus 7% but if I offset the one-time land sale that was there last year, net of exceptionals, we are up by 24%. EBITDA is up 220 bps. We are seeing volume growth across all the businesses. Growth businesses in India are firing at 40, international is up 13%. Gross margins across all businesses more or less where they should be, bar the US where we have got a little bit of work to do.