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Harris campaign and its affiliated political action committees, few economic or political sectors placed larger bets than organized labor on Vice President Kamala Harris winning the presidency. And few might reap more consequences from the incoming Trump administration. For public-sector unions that represent government workers, the threat is institutional and existential: Top advisers to President-elect Donald Trump want to eliminate them outright. For service industry unions that represent hotel and restaurant workers, the threats may be to the members themselves: vulnerable and low-paid workers, often immigrants, who could be swept up in Trump's promised mass deportations.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Higher government spending, and wedding and festival season uptick in sales could enable Nifty to notch the Street estimated earnings of ₹1,059 per share in the current fiscal. The real worry is the FY26 Nifty 50 EPS estimate of ~ ₹1,200-1,250, an 18% growth over that in FY24, which looks tough, given an estimated 5% earnings growth in the current fiscal, believes Nilesh Shah, managing director (MD) of Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Co.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the October inflation print could exceed September's 5.5%, and odds have lengthened on a durable win against inflationary pressures after the Trump victory raised the likelihood of both higher US borrowing and consumer prices — a combination that limits headroom to lower rates more quickly in the world's biggest economy.

TA Associates will acquire the Bengaluru- and US-based revenue cycle management (RCM) services provider Vee Healthtek for $250 million (about ₹2,100 crore), said sources aware of the development. TA will own a significant majority stake, while the promoter — Chennai-based Valliappa family — will retain a minority stake, added sources. Vee Healthtek, owned by South India-based Sona Group, provides a range of services, including revenue cycle management, professional billing, and IT services to hospitals, health systems, pharmaceutical companies, and physician groups globally. The company boasts a workforce of 5,000 employees worldwide, and is expected to post $100 million in revenue in FY25.

For the third weekend in a row, “Venom: The Last Dance” was the No. 1 movie at the box office, collecting $16.2 million in ticket sales in U.S. and Canadian theaters

Israel launched deadly strikes on Gaza and Lebanon Sunday, rescuers and authorities said, ahead of a US deadline for improved aid delivery to the Palestinian territory. Rescuers in Gaza on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed by Israeli strikes in the territory's north. The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, killing «at least 25» people including 13 children and injuring more than 30, Gaza's civil defence agency said.

During a taping, Jennings confirmed that all 41 seasons of the Emmy-winning show will become accessible for streaming in early 2025, marking a milestone in the show’s history and catering to fans who have long awaited this shift.

missile interception system on German soil in 2025, it said on Sunday. The ministry said it has held meetings at Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) along with Israel defence firm Elbit Systems and MBDA Deutschland GmbH. The Arrow system, which includes the Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors, was developed in cooperation between Israel and the United States to counter long-range ballistic missile threats, with IAI as the prime contractor.

Tan Sri Ananda Krishnan, one of Malaysia’s most influential and wealthiest individuals, has built an empire that spans multiple industries, from telecommunications to multimedia, with a net worth of ₴45,339 crore (US$5.8 billion). As the country’s fourth-richest person, according to Forbes, he is a name synonymous with strategic vision, entrepreneurial success, and philanthropy. Ananda Krishnan’s rise to prominence began with a consultancy firm, MAl Holdings Sdn Bhd, which helped shape his entrepreneurial career.

The 25-year-old model and artist clarified her emotional outburst after she was photographed crying during Harris’ concession speech at Howard University on November 6, 2024, as mentioned in a report by Fox News.

Legal experts suggest various factors, including political repercussions and recent judicial precedents, could delay or even derail any formal sentence.

Justice Juan Merchan has said he will make his decision by Tuesday. It is the first of two pivotal choices that the judge must make after Trump's Nov. 5 election victory.

Harris lost Michigan by more than 80,000 votes amid a nationwide shift to Republicans, as union workers, Black voters, Arab Americans and Muslims either failed to show up at the polls, or cast their ballots for Donald Trump. It was a bracing loss, given the state is run by a high-profile Democratic governor who expanded voting rights and it had only backed a Republican president once before in the past 22 years — Trump in 2016, and then by fewer than 11,000 votes. What happened in Michigan highlights issues that ail the Democratic Party nationwide, community leaders, voters and political experts say. Working class voters, people of color and immigrants voted in lower numbers or moved to Trump, high grocery and housing prices loomed large, and national party leaders ignored local organizers.

Indonesia's new leader has called for collaboration rather than confrontation with China

Trump set to become the next US president after the recently closely contested president polls, India and other Asian countries are expected to benefit due to rising US-China tensions and potential investment restrictions in strategic sectors, as per Moody's Ratings. «In the Asia-Pacific region, trade and investment flows might be further diverted away from China as the US tightens investments in strategic sectors, which would negatively affect China's economy and consequently dampen regional growth. However, this shift might benefit India and ASEAN countries,» the global rating agency said. The global agency anticipated a significantly shift under the Trump administration across fiscal, trade, climate, and immigration issues, departing from the approach of the administration of the current US President Joe Biden.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. That pile of books and other ‘stuff’ on the table now resembles a person. You’d put on a pot of water for boiling, but it has long evaporated and the pot has turned to a neat shade of rust.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Since Wednesday, American intellectuals have tried to guess why Americans voted Donald Trump to power, even though they had discouraged them. They have given a host of reasons, except one.

Bitcoin is closing in on $80,000 for the first time, boosted by President-elect Donald Trump’s embrace of digital assets and the prospect of a Congress featuring pro-crypto lawmakers. The cryptocurrency climbed as much as 4.3% to an unprecedented $79,771 on Sunday and remained near $79,000 as of 2:05 p.m. in Singapore. Smaller tokens like Cardano and meme-crowd favorite Dogecoin also rallied.

Who pays the piper? I, said John Bull. Whoever plays the Fool, I pay the piper! For the past 80 years, whoever has “played the fool” on the world stage, it has been the United States that has paid the piper.

California farmers have been devoting more land to pistachios, which are seen as hardier and more drought-tolerant in a state prone to dramatic swings in precipitation

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Wall Street’s verdict is clear: A second Trump presidency is likely to deliver a blow to an export-dependent European Union that is struggling with sclerotic economic growth and ever-multiplying political crises. Whether it will finally spark some change is the question for patient investors.