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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) have jointly released a report that provides growing trends in the cryptocurrency industry in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stirred a significant controversy on Wednesday with his remarks on the transgender community and gender issues, aligning his views with those of Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy, a potential Republican presidential nominee for the 2024 US elections. During his closing speech at the 2023 Conservative Party conference, Sunak firmly asserted that individuals cannot freely choose their gender, emphasizing that «a man is a man, and a woman is a woman,» rejecting the notion that «people can be any sex they want to be.» In a similar vein, Ramaswamy, during the GOP's second debate, classified gender dysphoria as a mental health disorder. He stated, «Transgenderism is a mental health disorder.

Anne Klein and Canada-based Herschel Supply have partnered with Apparel Group that sells brands such as Aldo, Charles & Keith and Bath & Body Works for India entry. In the initial phase, the products will be available on the e-commerce platform Myntra but the company is scouting for space in prominent malls for offline stores.

Hong Kong-based crypto-focused venture capital firm CMCC Global has raised $100 million aimed at supporting Asian blockchain startups. 

Akshata Murty, the Indian-origin First Lady of the United Kingdom, recently delivered a heartfelt speech at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester. Her speech provided valuable insights into her relationship with her husband, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. Murty, introducing Sunak as her «best friend» for his maiden speech as Prime Minister, shared that her participation in this event was spontaneous and unannounced, catching her husband by surprise.

U.S. dollar demand from importers and local oil companies offset a softness in the greenback. The rupee was at 83.2350 against the U.S. dollar as of 11:30 a.m.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “The sharp rally since end-March, expensive valuations and global macro risks (high oil, high US rates, strong dollar) warrant a tactically conservative stance over the next three to six months,” analysts including Sunil Koul and Amorita Goel wrote in a note. While this year’s surge in equity markets makes for a great backdrop for Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who is seeking a third term in office — a sense of caution is building. Goldman’s view comes as overseas investors sold $2.3 billion worth of Indian stocks on a net basis in September, following six months of inflows. The polls are likely to have a bearing on economic policy and reforms at a time the world’s fastest-growing major economy is increasingly seen as an alternative to China. Goldman retained its market-weight stance on India in early July, from where the Nifty 50 Index has remained little changed.

Crossmark CIO Bob Doll joins ‘Mornings with Maria’ to discuss a number of investment topics including slowing Treasury yields and the Federal Reserve's inflation fight.

Vivek Ramaswamy has lambasted Volodymyr Zelenskyy for seeking additional funds from the US to hold polls in Ukraine. “I have a problem with appeasement too, but I want to be very clear. We have to level with the American people here.

Gold rate today: On account of profit booking trigger in US dollar leading to rout in US government bonds, gold price today went up during early morning deals. Fold future contract on Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) for December 2023 expiry opened higher at ₹56.825 per 10 gm and went on to hit intraday high of ₹58,880 levels within few minutes of commodity market's opening bell today. In international market, gold price is quoting aound $1,828.50 per ounce levels.

Manappuram Finance has filed Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DHRP) with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on October 5, the company informed the exchanges. The proposed initial public offering (IPO) of equity shares would be undertaken at face value of ₹10 each, comprising fresh issue up to ₹1,500 crore, the release added. Also Read: Kerala High Court negates FIR against Manappuram Finance CEO VP Nandakumar in money laundering case Founded in 2008 by SV Raja Vaidyanathan, Asirvad was taken over by Manappuram in February 2015 for ₹48.63 crore.

Hiranandani Group and US-based private equity major Blackstone Group, is planning to invest around Rs 1,500 crore to augment its warehousing portfolio in Chennai to nearly 640 acres over the next three years. The company is planning to add land parcels spread over 450 acres to its delivered and operational 2.2-million-sq-ft warehousing facilities in Chennai’s Oragadam locality. This logistics park is part of an integrated township, Hiranandani Park, spread over 380 acres. Of the 450-acre planned addition, the company has acquired nearly 100 acres and is in advanced talks to buy an additional 50 acres around the operational logistics park.

The global chief executive of French power sockets and light switches group Legrand says demand has been “flattish” in the past six months in Australia as the housing construction market sags, but he’s hopeful of a rebound by the second half of 2024.

News Corp quietly sold its shares in Betr, the wagering start-up run by wealthy bookmaker Matthew Tripp, just four months after it launched despite injecting more than $70 million into the company.

Google executive on Wednesday about techniques the search and advertising giant used to push up online advertising prices in an allegedly unfair way. Testifying at a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial in Washington where the United States has accused Google of abusing its dominance of search and some advertising, Google executive Adam Juda said the company uses a formula, which includes the quality of an ad, to decide who wins auctions that are used to place advertising on websites.

Rating agency Fitch, which downgraded the U.S. top credit rating in August, cautioned about a possible government shutdown after U.S.

MPC) meeting is being held in a tough global economic environment. The US treasury yields have shot up to a 16-year high even as the US Fed has signalled that it won't be backing down against its inflation fight.

The relatively lackluster performance of nine new Ethereum futures exchange traded funds (ETFs) has prompted analysts at K33 Research to urge a “rotate back” into Bitcoin (BTC). 

Investing.com — US stock futures were trading slightly lower during Wednesday's evening deals, after major benchmark averages rebounded and Treasury bond yields slipped following weaker than expected ADP employment data.

Investing.com — Crude prices rose cautiously Thursday as longs hammered in the previous session tried to cover some of their losses by buying in at the lower levels.

Also read: Satya Nadella's scathing statement at Google antitrust trial, 'Do you think Google will pay Apple if…' The talks about potential deals between Microsoft and Apple and DuckDuckGo and Apple will be unsealed soon, Bloomberg report added. Last month, the US Department of Justice argued Google, which has some 90% of the search market, illegally paid $10 billion annually to smartphone makers such as Apple and wireless carriers like AT&T and others to be the default in search on their devices in order to stay on top.