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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When the world’s most-followed investor doesn’t feel comfortable investing, should the rest of us be worried? Warren Buffett, who has quipped that his favorite holding period for a stock is “forever," continues to have substantial money at work in American companies. But he has never taken this much off the table either—a whopping $325 billion in cash and equivalents, mostly in the form of Treasury bills.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On our last trip from Mexico, we brought back chillies instead of clothes," laughs Ricardo Vargas. A steady supply of dry chillies is a must, among other Mexican spices and seasonings, for the Dehradun-based Vargas who is co-founder of México Lindo – a Mexican restaurant that opened in the Uttarakhand capital three months earlier.

Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh interim government congratulating US President-elect Donald Trump and calling him 'messiah' is going viral on social media. The viral letter has been posted on social media with a caption which reads, «Hitler md Yunus Wrote Trump is the messiah. #Bangladesh. Then What About black days of America? Solar eclipses in USA, Inhuman trump that you Speech Against president Trump? (sic).» The letter is going extremely viral on Facebook and X.

White House will find itself already on the losing side in a trade battle with China, part of a bigger power realignment around the resource-rich region in Washington's backyard. Peru, the world's no. 2 copper exporter, is set to host Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders this week, with China's President Xi Jinping expected to attend and inaugurate a major new Chinese-built port in the country. Outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden is also on the guest list. Peru reflects a wider challenge for the White House around South America, where China's presence has grown rapidly given its huge appetite for the region's main exports: corn, copper, soy, beef and battery-metal lithium.

Edtech startup Bhanzu raised $16.5 million (about Rs 139 crore) in a funding round led by venture capital firm Epiq Capital at a valuation of about $120-122 million. The round also saw participation from Mumbai-based venture fund Z3Partners and existing investors Lightspeed Ventures and Eight Roads. The funds will be used for expanding its presence in the US and for investing in generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI).

Sterlite Power on Monday said it received orders worth around Rs 1,200 crore across its Global Products and Services (GPS) business in September quarter. Its GPS business focuses on sustainable products, and specialized Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) services. The cumulative order win in April-September FY25 is Rs 2,700 crore, it said. In September quarter, it bagged new orders totalling Rs 800 crore for high-performance conductors and Optical Ground Wire (OPGW) products. In the domestic segment, the major orders were towards supply of conductors for green energy transmission projects including Angul-Paradeep, Yalwar, and Runija-Indore transmission lines. The export segment saw order wins for high-performance green products from the US, the European Union, Africa, and the Middle East. The company also received India's first 144-fiber count OPGW cable order from a state utility.

European shares opened higher on Monday with most sectors rising, kicking off a week packed with global economic data including inflation readings in Germany and the United States. The pan-European STOXX 600 added 0.9% as of 0811 GMT, with industrials among the top gainers, up 1.2%.

UK universities are among the most prestigious in the world, but visa restrictions mean they are now attracting fewer international students — taking a heavy toll on their finances. The restrictions are compounding problems caused by the UK's departure from the European Union four years' ago. Almost 760,000 foreign students were enrolled in British universities in 2022, making Britain the second most popular destination after the US, in a highly competitive market.

JD Vance, US Vice-President elect praised Indian vegetarian cuisine and revealed that his Indian-American wife Usha Vance's influence and heritage have guided his journey into the world of plant-based foods. During his new podcast with Joe Rogan, he talked about harms of processed meat and opened up about his appreciation for Indian vegetarian cuisine. He also harped about the first vegetarian meal he cooked for Usha when the two were dating, but called his first attempt «disgusting». In the candid and engaging podcast on the ‘Joe Rogan Experience,' Vance appreciated the Indian food, saying, «They make very good vegetarian food». ALSO READ: Usha Vance, JD Vance's wife, set to create history as second lady; here's why

Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Monday said it has received final approval from the US health regulator for its generic Diltiazem Hydrochloride extended-release capsules indicated for the treatment of hypertension. The approval by the US Food & Drug Administration (USFDA) for the abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Diltiazem Hydrochloride Extended-Release Capsules of strengths 120 mg, 180 mg, 240 mg, 300 mg, and 360 mg, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd (Alembic) said in a statement. These capsules are indicated for the treatment of hypertension. These capsules may be used alone or in combination with other antihypertensive medications. Moreover, Diltiazem Hydrochloride is also indicated for the management of chronic stable angina and angina due to coronary artery spasm, the company said.

Experts calculate that curbing and coping with global warming is going to cost trillions of dollars and poor nations just don’t have it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Index options trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE), the country's largest stock exchange, hit a record high based on the number of contracts traded in October, which saw a 6% pullback in the bellwether Nifty amid tepid earnings growth, rising tensions in the Middle East, and uncertainty over the US presidential elections.

Ukraine attacked Moscow on Sunday with at least 34 drones, the biggest drone strike on the Russian capital since the start of the war in 2022, forcing flights to be diverted from three of the city’s major airports and injuring at least five people.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling.

Donald Trump has offered Republican Representative Elise Stefanik the job as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, CNN reported on Sunday, citing two unnamed sources. Reuters earlier reported that Stefanik, a fierce Trump ally, was under consideration for the role. «President-Elect Trump will begin making decisions on who will serve in his second Administration soon. Those decisions will be announced when they are made,» Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for Trump-Vance team said in an emailed statement, without confirming or denying the CNN report.

In the Nov. 5 races, 48 out of 48 candidates backed by crypto’s biggest political action committees were declared winners as of midday Friday morning. In eight races where votes are still being counted, the PACs’ preferred candidate is ahead in all but three.

Vivek Ramaswamy, top Indian-American aid to President-elect Donald Trump, expressed his support for the mass deportation plan of illegal immigrants and said that the legal immigration system in the country is «broken». He said that those who broke the law while entering the United States have no right to stay here and they need to go. «Do we have a broken legal immigration system? Yes, we do. But I think the first step is going to be to restore the rule of law, to do it in a very pragmatic way,» entrepreneur turned-politician told ABC News in an interview. «Those who have entered in the last couple of years, they haven't established roots in the country. Those who have committed a crime, should be out of this country. That is by the millions. That alone would be the largest mass deportation. Combine that with ending government aid for all illegals. You see self-deportations,» he said. Ramaswamy appeared on multiple Sunday talk shows, the first after the stunning win of Donald Trump in the November 5 presidential elections. He told ABC News that he is having some «high impact» discussions on his future role in the administration, Congress of the party.

Federal Reserve speakers this week, while the yuan nursed a hangover from Beijing's latest underwhelming stimulus package. Highlighting the weak background in China, data out over the weekend showed consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in four months in October while producer price deflation deepened.

Trump on Sunday spoke with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz by phone, Berlin said, adding that they «agreed to work together towards a return to peace in Europe». Scholz — mired in a political crisis and facing snap elections sometime in early 2025 — congratulated Trump a second time on his election victory, according to the chancellor's spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. «Both exchanged views on the German-American relationship and the current geopolitical challenges,» Hebestreit said in a brief statement.

The quakes cracked walls and damaged homes, but did not appear to have caused any deaths, according to preliminary reports. They left many residents running into the streets and badly shaken so soon after the passage of Hurricane Rafael, a category 3 storm, which struck the island last Wednesday.

Gold prices were little changed in early Asia hours on Monday, as market participants awaited comments from Federal Reserve officials and economic data to gauge the U.S. interest rate path.