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A federal court has backed the US Treasury Department’s right to impose sanctions on the cryptocurrency mixer Tornado Cash, dismissing a lawsuit filed by six users.

By Lewis Krauskopf

(Reuters) — A storm system brewing in the Gulf of Mexico could strengthen into a named storm as it takes aim at the Texas coast, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday.

Losses in the utility, financial and telecommunications sectors weighed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in late morning trading as Canada’s main stock index moved lower, while U.S. stock markets were mixed.

India’s latest inflation number at 7.4% comes as a shocker, with doom-speak all around. This is so because we have been talking of getting to 4%, which was axiomatically taken to be the ideal mark. This is analogous to the US, which has a target of 2%.

Indian Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa stunned world No.3 Fabiano Caruana 3.5-2.5 via the tie-break in the semifinals of the FIDE World Cup chess tournament here on Monday. After the two-game classical series ended 1-1, the 18-year-old Indian prodigy outlasted the highly-rated American GM in a battle of wits in a nerve-wracking tie-breaker.

Broadcom's planned $61-billion takeover of cloud computing firm VMware, which the US chipmaker said should be completed by the end of October. The Competition and Markets Authority last month gave its provisional approval to the deal announced in May 2022, and said on Monday that «its final decision is that the deal does not substantially reduce competition — clearing it to proceed in the UK». Broadcom is seeking to expand into the software market to boost its server business and has already acquired two complementary firms, CA Technology and Symantec. VMware's key product allows different clients to share computer servers by creating what is called a virtual server. British regulators conducted a more in-depth probe into whether the merged company would have an interest in hobbling rivals by making its products work less well or be incompatible. It also examined whether the merged company would gain undue advantage by rivals needing to submit information to make their products interoperable. The CMA found that restricting product interoperability would cause the merged company greater financial losses than gains, and that it would not gain competitive advantage when rivals provided it with product information to ensure that interoperability. «In this case, having carefully considered the evidence and found no competition concerns, we have concluded the deal can go ahead,» said Richard Feasey, chairman of the independent panel that carried out the in-depth probe of the merger. The European Union gave its approval to the merger last month and Broadcom said on Monday that United States authorities did not take action to block the deal during the statutory waiting period. In a statement, Broadcom «affirmed its expectation

bond yields across the euro area rose sharply on Monday as benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yields climbed to fresh 15-year highs on a view that interest rates will remain higher for longer than initially anticipated. That eclipsed some soft German data and demand for safe-haven assets due to concerns about China's economy. Bond prices move inversely with yields. The 10-year U.S.

BRICS group of countries starts on Tuesday in South Africa, the only add-on member of what began as a quartet of Brazil, Russia, India and China, which formed the original ‘BRIC’ coined by Goldman Sachs two decades ago by clubbing together hot emerging markets for global investors to bet on. Such summitry has been a regular feature since 2009, and its most notable achievement has been the Shanghai-based New Development Bank set up by the group as a multilateral lender, an alternative to the West-led World Bank and International Monetary Fund. What’s new is the context: a geopolitical upheaval is underway in the post-Ukraine-war world.

Here's how analysts read the market pulse: “A rebound in the global market after a significant correction prompted buying in domestic equities, particularly within the IT sector. However, the potential for volatility to linger in the near term remains due to the increasing dollar index and elevated US bond yields, fueled by concerns about rate hikes. “Investors are keenly observing the commentary from the Fed Chair during its forthcoming summer conference for interest rate insights.

exports and imports of goods and services declined 2.5% on-year in January-June 2023 at $800.9 billion, think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said Monday. Exports of goods and services rose 1.5% to $385.4 billion in the first six months of the calendar year as against $379.5 billion in the corresponding period a year ago while imports dipped 5.9% to $415.5 billion from $441.7 billion in January-June 2022. In merchandise trade, exports fell 8.1% to $218.7 billion, while imports contracted 8.3% to $325.7 billion. “Data is showing modest decline due to weak global demand and losing competitiveness in labour intensive sectors,” said GTRI Co-founder Ajay Srivastava. Services exports during the six months grew 17.7% to $166.7 billion, while imports rose 3.7% to $89.8 billion. India exports goods to 240 countries and out of that, the country's outbound shipments declined in 134 destinations. Major countries where exports declined include the US, UAE, China, Bangladesh, and Germany.

₹26,852 crore) in 2022, India jumped to 11th position in the top markets of direct sellers, as per the World Federation of Direct Selling Association (WFDSA) report. The report which was quoted by the news agency PTI said that in the previous year, India witnessed a jump of 5.4% in retail sales. Moreover, during the last 3 years, India witnessed the highest Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of over 13.3% on a constant dollar basis.

MUMBAI : Kempas Trade and Investment Ltd, a promoter entity of Adani Group’s listed flagship Adani Enterprises Ltd., on Monday, said the entity has bought a 2.22% stake in the company from open market between 7 August and 18 August, according to regulatory filings. The stake purchase could be worth Rs. 6,348.12 crore according to the volume weighted average price of Adani Enterprises during the said period.

New Delhi: The 27th edition of Exercise Malabar concluded on the East Coast of Australia off Sydney on 21 August, the ministry of defence said. The exercise saw participation of ships, submarines and aircraft from the Indian Navy (IN), Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) and the US Navy (USN).

₹6,348.12 crore according to the volume weighted average price of Adani Enterprises during the period. With the latest purchase, Kempas Trade and Investment’s total promoter stake in AEL has increased to 69.87% from 67.65% earlier.

An American research firm has been fined $1.5 million by China’s government in a crackdown on information-gathering that has rattled foreign investors

The combination of headwinds preying on the US stock market is screaming ‘correction’ so loudly that, interestingly, the only factor weighing against such a move from occurring might be the very fact that markets frequently defy expectations when a situation seems overly apparent.

Although a clear regulatory framework for digital assets has yet to be established in the United States, PayPal — one of America’s largest financial technology companies — announced on Aug. 7 its U.S. dollar-pegged payment stablecoin, PayPal USD (PYUSD). 

Blockchain sleuths have flagged the transfer of $1 million of Ether (ETH) belonging to a wallet controlled by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin as cryptocurrency markets remain depressed after widespread weekend losses.

A new car that costs under $20,000, once an unofficial threshold of affordability, is all but history in the United States

Singapore buyout group Southern Capital is preparing to test buyer appetite for its medical practices business, Qualitas Health, appointing Bank of America to assist with the transaction.