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The head of one of Canada’s largest banks says “it won’t be easy” to negotiate with Donald Trump as Ottawa tries to avoid crippling tariffs on Canadian goods, especially since the United States president “loves to shock people” by unleashing a “firehose” of information.

The digital-asset sector finally received a supportive executive action from United States president Donald Trump, ending an anxious wait and opening up the tantalizing prospect of rapid progress toward a friendly regulatory backdrop.

Toronto-Dominion Bank has parted ways with its top anti-money laundering officer as it continues to make changes in its senior leadership just a few months after regulators in the United States levied sanctions against it for failing to monitor money-laundering activities at its branches.

Donald Trump is saying a lot about the United States’ trading relationship with Canada that some economists say is just plain wrong.

In an interview with the Financial Times, WPP's chief executive Mark Read said moving the FTSE 100 company's primary listing to New York is «something we keep a watching eye on».  Although Read noted that, at this time, ditching the UK is not something that WPP plans to do, he said that «other CEOs who have moved their listing to the US have found a positive experience» and therefore it is something the company has «looked at».  «With the Trump presidency, there is a resurgence in business confidence in the US,» according to the WPP boss, who noted the «sense of ambition and growth in...

OpenAI and Google, as per a report.

US President Donald Trump has more than lived up to his promise of disruption. «Your head will spin when you see what's going to happen,» he had said about his day 1 in White House. And he did make heads spin with his dozens of orders.

US President Donald Trump's aides and allies are furious with Elon Musk for publicly trashing Trump’s $500 billion artificial intelligence mega-deal, reported Politico.

Glass Lewis, ISS and PIRC, a trio of proxy voting advisers, have recommended that shareholders vote down the requisitioned resolutions at the Baillie Gifford US Growth trust's (USA) general meeting on 3 February, while ISS also made the same case for shareholders of Keystone Positive Change (KPC) ahead of its general meeting on the same day.  ISS' decision to throw its weight behind KPC means it joins Glass Lewis in its support for the trust chaired by Karen Brade.  Brade said these votes of confidence from the proxy advisers demonstrates that «no one is fooled by Saba's plot for cont...

American Express (AMEX) has announced new limited time offers under its Rewards Multiplier and Member Get Member (MGM) program for its credit card holders. The rewards multiplier program will run from January 24, 2025, and end on January 28, 2025, including both days. The MGM program has already started on January 16, 2025, and will end on February 27, 2025.

Huntington Bancshares CEO Stephen Steinour unpacks company growth on The Claman Countdown.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One of the many legacies of Donald Trump’s first trade war with China is that pigs in the country now have a more varied diet. In response to Mr Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods in 2018, China imposed a 25% levy on American farm products.

Lupin on Friday said it has received approval from the US health regulator to market a generic HIV medication in the US market. The company has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) under the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) for Abacavir, Dolutegravir and Lamivudine tablets, the Mumbai-base drug maker said in a statement.

TikTok was temporarily banned in the US and reinstated by newly inaugurated President Donald Trump, users who had uninstalled the app are now willing to pay steep prices for smartphones with TikTok pre-installed. Despite the ban being lifted, the app remains unavailable for download on the Google Play Store and Apple Store, leaving users searching for alternatives.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is proud of its diaspora. People of Indian extraction tend to earn well over the average wage in most countries, and often fit seamlessly and unobtrusively into local power structures.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : On 23 January, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) temporarily stayed the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) November 2023 order, which imposed a five-year ban on WhatsApp's data-sharing practices with parent Meta Platforms Inc.-owned companies for advertising purposes. The NCLAT’s decision comes as a major relief for the US tech giant, which has a combined user base of 850 million—350 million on Facebook and over 500 million on WhatsApp.

KP Fabian noted that one federal judge has temporarily blocked US President Donald Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship and added that other judges might take similar action. He said that the matter will ultimately reach the Supreme Court where he said it is believed that most of the judges are «conservative or pro-Trump» and they might uphold it.

US Army Sergeant Henry Waller took to the stage to waltz with the First Lady, while former President Trump danced alongside Sergeant Tatiana Saldana from the U.S. Space Force. This event, hosted at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, celebrated the commencement of Trump’s new term. Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha, were also present, sharing the spotlight as they danced with members of the Marine Corps and Navy.

«We were successful during the course of converting a number of those into permanent contracts and that will give us a foundation for growth as we go into the future,» says Jonathan Hunt, Syngene International. It was a good quarter coming in when you talk about the third quarter. But I also wanted to talk about your discovery services division particularly. So, the initial China plus one pilot project with large and mid-sized pharma companies as well starting to convert into longer-term contracts. So, tell us a little more about this particular division then. Jonathan Hunt: I should start with the results. Overall, we saw a return to growth. As you know, during the course of the year, we saw a little bit of softness in the first half. First quarter, second quarter revenue were both minus 2%. But we predicted that the second half of the year things would start to pick up and we hoped that we would get back to growth and that is exactly what we saw, so plus 11% for the quarter. Nicely balanced across the business.