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US Federal Reserve's half-a-point interest rate cut on Wednesday — the first cut in four years — in their stride on expectations that 'Fedhead' Jerome Powell is front-loading the downcycle. This is the less scary scenario over the US tipping into a recession, and investors seem quite comfortable with it. But the rate action may not have played through yet.

Teamsters, one of the most important and influential labor union throughout the US, has said that they are not going to publicly show their support or endorse any of the candidates or parties competing in the US Presidential Elections whatsoever. The Daily Beast reported that this certain news will be a shock for the Democratic Party and might prove as a huge disadvantage to now Vice President Kamala Harris. According to Daily Beast, Teamsters consists of 1.3 million people and most part of the union are in support of Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump and very few people are actually endorsing Kamala Harris. US Presidential Election 2024 will be the very first election where Teamsters will not be endorsing any of the candidates of the Democratic Party whereas it was a different case altogether in the previous US Presidential Elections. Also Read: Earth gets a new mini moon for two months: Will it be visible to the naked eye or telescope?

Taylor Swift is leading a pretty contained and happy life while having a severe romantic relationship with her partner Travis Kelce who is a Kansas City Chief’s tight end and are getting spotted in several romantic ways together. The US Weekly reported on their cover story that the Connection between Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift has gotten stronger with each passing day in spite of a lot of public scrutiny and challenges and they are planning for a new era of life together following the Eras Tour of Taylor Swift. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift were seen doing a lot of PDA at the US Open during first half of September where they sang the Darkness song ‘I believe in a Thing Called Love’ screaming together while kissing each other and dancing with each other pretty intensely. Just some days before that, they were seen together at the wedding of model Karen Elson which was at the famous Electric Lady Studios, reported the US Weekly. Also Read: Teamsters, one of the most influential labor unions, not to make any endorsement but two-third members support Trump

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US Federal Reserve’s steeper-than-expected interest rate cut augurs well for India’s $254-billion information technology services sector, as lower borrowing costs could prompt companies to increase their spending on technology. The US is the biggest market for India’s IT services sector.

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John Chambers, who heads the India US Strategic Partnership Forum and is Chairman Emeritus of CISCO is highly optimistic about the future of the Indian economy, the current share market situation and the growth of innovation in the country. In an interview with ET, Chambers discusses the upcoming US elections, PM Modi’s third term and prospects of Indian and US companies working together in the coming years.

US elections which need to be addresses at the earliest.

Taylor Swift could be seen in Bucks County in her next era of life. The 34-year-old singer-songwriter and self-made billionaire is rumoured to have bought a house in Doylestown last month, and the rumor mill thinks so. The alleged property, a 12,791-square-foot home in Plumstead Township situated on almost 100 acres, sold on August 9th for $12.9 million. Unfortunately, the new owner is not yet listed in county property records. Swift did not buy the expansive Central Bucks property, despite the rumors being entertaining to think about, according to sources who spoke with the USA Today Network on Wednesday. This network includes the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intell.

Social media companies collect, share and process vast troves of information about their users while offering little transparency or control, including over how it is used by systems incorporating artificial intelligence, the US Federal Trade Commission said in a report released on Thursday. The report analysed how Meta Platforms, ByteDance's TikTok, Amazon's gaming platform Twitch, and others manage user data, concluding that data management and retention policies at many of the companies were «woefully inadequate.» YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report, though its findings were anonymised and did not reveal specific companies' practices. YouTube is owned by Alphabet's Google.

oil market has changed in a year and will influence the way India negotiates its annual crude purchase deals for next year as the country is witnessing fuel consumption growth while global demand is forecast to be weakening, a petroleum ministry official said. “When we sit down with them (suppliers) in December or January, for both sides the negotiating positions would be very different from what they were last year,” said the official, who didn't want to be named. “The market of December 2024 is not the market of December 2023.” “What has changed in the market is that whether it’s IEA or OPEC, they are bringing down their estimates for world demand,” he said, adding that India was in a different position as it is experiencing a demand increase.

Donald Trump Jr. and Kimberly Guilfoyle have split. He was recently seen with someone new. Donald Trump Jr. is unlikely to marry Kimberly Guilfoyle anytime soon. The Daily Mail claims that he appears to have moved on and found someone new. The outlet was informed by eyewitnesses that on August 17, the former president's eldest child was seen cuddling up to socialite Bettina Anderson. They were seen in photos appearing to be on a date at the Honor Bar in Palm Beach's Royal Poinciana Plaza shopping center. According to a source, she appeared to be completely enamored with Don and he with her. One could tell they were intimate with each other, even though they weren't exactly making out. On September 10, those who follow the Republican power couple might have already noticed something was up. During Trump's major Philadelphia debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Guilfoyle was noticeably missing. The 55-year-old political activist and former Fox News host is typically in the front row at these events.

The head of Canada’s second-largest bank will retire next April after spending more than a decade as the chief executive of Toronto-Dominion Bank.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.

The Bank of Nova Scotia has created a new executive position to increase its focus on Quebec, a region where the Toronto-headquartered bank feels it needs “more boots on the ground to generate more business.”

The six-year-old criminal case of Greg Kelly, an American ensnared in the scandal of Nissan’s former boss Carlos Ghosn has turned a page in a Japanese court, with the judge promising a verdict in February

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a bold move, the US Federal Reserve kick-started its monetary policy easing cycle with a 50 basis point (bps) interest rate cut, bringing the Fed funds target range to 4.75-5%. The market was widely anticipating a 25 bps rate cut (one basis point is 0.01%).

The Fed's move comes on the back of growing confidence in US economic data and after annual inflation dropped to 2.5% in August, beating market expectations. Eleven members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted in favour of the 0.5 percentage point cut, with one member, Michelle Bowman, opting instead for a quarter-point reduction. The cut was also the largest taken by Fed policymakers since 2020, when the Covid-10 pandemic struck. Fed rate cut a 'near certainty' as US inflation drops to 2.5% beating expectations In his speech on Wednesday (18 September), Fed chair J...

Barrons Roundtable panelists discuss Americas housing crisis amid a potential rate-cut.

Key Advisors Wealth Management co-founder Eddie Ghabour discusses how the Fed rate cut decision will impact markets in the near term on Varney & Co.

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