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Morgan Stanley has pushed back against Treasury bears, saying investors should buy US sovereign debt as markets may be too optimistic over the prospect of a soft-landing for the economy.

Short sellers are raking in profits by betting against a part of the US equity market overlooked by most investors: small-cap stocks. 

US LBM Coaches Poll reveals some significant changes within the top five rankings for the second consecutive week, as per a USA Today report. Georgia continues to dominate the chart, maintaining its hold on the number 1 position, securing nearly all of the 65 first-place votes cast this week. Michigan remains firmly in the number 2 spot, receiving the sole remaining first-place vote. The landscape begins to shift at number 3, attributed to Alabama's recent defeat at home against Texas. Florida State swiftly climbs to the third position, surpassing Ohio State in the process. Meanwhile, Southern California advances to number 5, narrowly fending off Texas by a single point in the polls. The Longhorns' ascent of four places is noteworthy, driven by their impressive victory in Tuscaloosa. Penn State, Washington, and Tennessee maintain their respective positions, while the Crimson Tide experiences a substantial setback, plummeting seven places to number 10. They are merely 12 points ahead of Notre Dame. Duke and Colorado also make notable gains, securing the number 20 and number 21 spots, respectively. This marks a significant achievement for the Blue Devils, as they haven't held such a high ranking since October 25, 2015, and the Buffs achieve their highest rating since October 7, 2018.

Tata Consultancy Services on Monday said it joined the Living Heart Project of European technology major Dassault Systemes to create accurate digital human heart models. TCS in an exchange filing said it will use its domain and technology expertise, and research on the Digital BioTwin of the heart to contribute to model refinement, simulation, and technological implementation in developing and validating accurate and personalised digital human heart models. The TCS Digital BioTwin is a biophysics-based high-fidelity computational model developed by TCS researchers to enable the investigation of the function of a particular human organ remotely and non-invasively.

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rupee ended weaker on Monday despite a rally in the Chinese yuan and a softer U.S. dollar as the domestic unit's strength was capped by dollar demand from oil companies and importers, traders said. The rupee ended at 83.03, compared with 82.9450 in the previous session.

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Surfing on Saudi-Russian production cuts, oil bulls will be seeking to defend the high price of $90 per barrel this week even with U.S. inflation data forecast to show a climb for a second straight month that could prompt the Federal Reserve to consider a more aggressive stance on interest rates.

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Instacart is looking to raise up to $616 million along with selling stockholders in its initial public offering, a regulatory filing showed on Monday. The San Francisco-based company and its selling shareholders are offering 22 million shares priced between $26 and $28 apiece.

Nvidia's supremacy in building computer chips for artificial intelligence has chilled venture funding for would-be rivals, investors said, with the number of US deals this quarter falling 80% from a year ago. The Santa Clara, California company dominates the market for chips that work with massive amounts of language data. Generative AI models get incrementally smarter through exposure to more data, a process called training.

Google's tactics have made it too tough to get people to use their search engine on a mobile phone, will be one of many rivals to the online search giant eyeing a once-in-a-generation antitrust trial set to begin Tuesday. The United States will argue Google didn't play by the rules in its efforts to dominate online search in a trial seen as a battle for the soul of the Internet.

It all started about six decades ago when the Unit Trust of India launched the Unit Scheme-1964 scheme or US 64 as it was popularly known. UTI held sway over the mutual funds market for nearly 25 years thereafter before the space was thrown open to other state-owned players. But even after the private sector was allowed entry it took until May, 2014 for the average assets under management (AAUM) to hit the Rs 10-trillion mark. That had probably less to do with the chequered career of US 64 than the low levels of awareness of the stock market. However, over the last decade the value of assets has soared, crossing Rs 46 trillion in July; in the last three years, the industry clocked in a compounded annual growth rate of nearly 20%. Now, given how fast folios are being added and how the stock market is booming, the Rs 50 trillion mark seems just round the corner.

Project Samudrayaan. As per a TOI report, this ambitious project aims to plunge three individuals 6,000 meters beneath the ocean's surface in a homegrown submersible, all in the pursuit of precious metals and minerals, notably cobalt, nickel, and manganese. Dubbed «Matsya 6000,» this submersible has been in development for nearly two years and is now primed for its inaugural sea trials, slated to unfold in early 2024 off the Chennai coast in the Bay of Bengal.

Tesla Inc.’s Dojo supercomputer may add as much as $500 billion to the company’s market value through faster adoption of robotaxis and network services, according to Morgan Stanley.

India is working on a crypto regulatory framework based on the joint recommendations of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that could result in legal legislation in the next 5-6 months. Siddharth Sogani, the CEO of CREBACO that has worked with government agencies and ministries, told Cointelegraph that the Indian government is working on a five-point crypto legislature with a global approach.

US President Biden is significant because, when PM Modi was on his maiden state visit to the United States in June this year, several human rights organisations had flagged the curbing of press freedom in India and had urged President Biden to talk about the same. In US, PM Modi and President Biden had conducted a rather rare press conference, Modi answered a questions from an US journalist about the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s record in treatment of minorities.

Macrumors, iPhone mini sales have been lower than other iPhone models, accounting for only about 3% of total iPhone 13 sales in the US by the first quarter of 2022. Moreover, Gurman also noted that the tech giant is planning for a merchandise reset on the evening of September 12 and a manager call has been set for after the event.

Russia-Ukraine crisis, India worked very closely with Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia. I want to say that it was the emerging markets which played a very key role. There was very tough, very ruthless negotiations for several days non-stop," said India’s G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant during a press briefing.

Some 22% of US workers now fear that they could be sidelined by technology, up from 15% two years ago, according to a survey from Gallup. While the share of non-college-educated workers who express concern has held steady at a little over 20% during that period, the portion of college-educated workers who say they’re worried more than doubled, narrowing the gap that previously existed between the groups. The release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November kicked off an AI frenzy and spotlighted the ways in which highly skilled white-collar workers could have their jobs automated. The consulting firm McKinsey estimates that as much as 70% of worker hours worldwide are spent on tasks that could be handled by computers, up from about half a few years ago.