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Japan's Defense Ministry Friday sought a record 8.5 trillion yen ($59 billion) budget for the next year to fortify its deterrence on southwestern islands against China's increasing threat, while focusing on unmanned weapons and AI to make up for the declining number of servicemembers as a result of the country's shrinking population. The ministry's request for 2025 marks the third year of Japan's rapid five-year military buildup plan under the government's ongoing security strategy. Japan aims to spend 43 trillion yen ($297 billion) through 2027 to double its annual military spending to around 10 trillion yen, making it the world's third-largest military spender after the United States and China. The budget request was approved at the Defense Ministry meeting Friday ahead of a submission to the Finance Ministry for negotiations through December.

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consumer spending increased solidly in July, suggesting the economy remained on firmer ground early in the third quarter and arguing against a half-percentage-point interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month. Consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.5% last month after advancing by an unrevised 0.3% in June, the Commerce Department reported on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast spending would accelerate by 0.5%. This implies that consumer spending maintained most of the momentum from the second quarter, when it helped to boost gross domestic product growth to a 3.0% annualized rate. The economy grew at a 1.4% pace in the January-March quarter.

Hollywood insider Matthew Belloni has claimed that Phil Dunster won't be returning to feature in «Ted Lasso» Season 4 as soccer player Jamie Tartt, as per a report on Dexerto. The purported move has irked «Ted Lasso» fans who voiced strong reservations over Phil Dunster's absence. Some of them even demanded that the show must be cancelled.

Elon Musk and Tesla Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming they pumped up the price of the cryptocurrency Dogecoin into a $258 billion “pyramid scheme.”

EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program has long served as a gateway to U.S. permanent residency for global investors, offering a unique blend of opportunity and security. In response to evolving economic and regulatory needs, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has introduced significant reforms aimed at modernizing the program. These updates represent a strategic overhaul designed to enhance transparency, streamline processing, and ensure the program's sustainability. For investors, these changes signal a renewed commitment to efficiency and reliability, reinforcing the EB-5 program's standing as a premier option for securing U.S. residency. Reauthorization of the Regional Center Program One of the most pivotal recent changes in the EB-5 landscape is the reauthorization of the Regional Center Program, reinstated under the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act (RIA) of 2022. After lapsing in 2021, this program, which allows investors to pool their resources into large-scale projects managed by designated regional centers, has returned with reinforced measures. The reauthorization underscores the program's critical role in providing structured, potentially lower-risk opportunities in the U.S. real estate and infrastructure sectors.

Treasuries are poised for their longest monthly winning streak in three years as traders look past US data on personal income and expenditure due Friday and prepare for the Federal Reserve to start cutting interest rates.

Bitcoin trails traditional assets in August as the month draws to a close, hampered by ebbing liquidity and lingering worries that governments may sell from their stockpiles of the cryptocurrency.

Forex reserves were up by $7.02 billion to touch an all-time high of $681 billion as of August 23, as per data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. Earlier, reserves expanded by $4.54 billion to $674.66 billion for the week ending on August 16. Previously, Forex reserves had touched an all time high of $675 billion as of August 2, but had fallen $4.8 billion on August 9.

According to a report by the FT, the billionaire has been meeting backers to give new life to his IPO plans, after deciding to scrap the previous plans several weeks ago. This was despite cutting the fundraising target from $25bn to $2bn in an attempt to get the IPO across the line. This time around, Ackman is believed to be discussing a unit structure similar to special purpose acquisition vehicles (SPACs). Bill Ackman eyes 'redesign' of Pershing Square US IPO transaction The structure would allow backers to gain an additional security in addition to their shares in PSUS, as th...

Some investors are overestimating the stockpile of Chinese money that could be converted back into yuan, as firms may not yet be ready to abandon dollar holdings, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Nippon Steel Corp. is raising its capital commitment by more than $1 billion to spend on U.S. Steel's plants amid entrenched political and labor opposition to the Japanese company’s acquisition of the American steelmaker

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy says the U.S. Postal Service is ready for a flood of election mail

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Also read: Why does the accusing finger always turn towards the oppressed? In this situation of sympathy shortage, certainly a live victim (unlike the Kolkata doctor who was assaulted and murdered on 9 August) better be insane with optimism. The American writer James Baldwin once wrote that “the victim who is able to articulate the situation of the victim has ceased to be a victim: he or she has become a threat". This is what happened in February 2017 when a Malayalam movie star was assaulted by a group of men when she was travelling from Thrissur to Kochi.

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Mint. This follows an aggressive expansion period for the banking technology startup, when the company targeted entering 30 countries and newer verticals after raising its first institutional funding of $250 million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $1.45 billion in 2021. "We have a razor-sharp focus on India.

In an interview with ETMarkets, Somaiyaa said: “FII outflows might occur due to the negative outlook on US equities, and some market downside is expected. But with a lag, as currency dynamics shift, we should see significant FII inflows” Edited excerpts:

Sensex and Nifty50, rebounded from a slow start to close at fresh record highs on Thursday, driven by gains in index heavyweights like Reliance Industries, as well as financial and IT stocks. The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex advanced 349 points or 0.43% to settle at 82,134. The broader NSE Nifty gained 99.6 points or 0.40% to end at 25,152.

Lupin, while Macquarie maintains a neutral view on Reliance Industries. Citi and Investec have «buy» ratings on Bharti Hexacom and Sunteck Realty, respectively. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources:

Kamala Harris vowed a tougher approach to migration along the U.S. southern border and said she would not withhold weapons to Israel, in her first interview with a major news organization since becoming the Democratic nominee for president. Harris' interview with CNN anchor Dana Bash reflected an effort to show she is in command of the issues and give Americans a sense of her policy positions with little more than two months until Election Day on Nov. 5. Harris said she would renew a push for comprehensive border legislation that would tighten migration into the United States and vowed to «enforce our laws» against border crossings.