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US Stock market indices soared today as Standard and Poor's Stock Indexes for Thursday shows MidCap 400, 500 Stocks, and 100 Stocks were all up. S&P 500 added 1.6 percent to 5,543.22, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.4 percent to 40,563.06, the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite Index surged by 2.3 percent to 17,594.50. Among stocks, shares of AbbottLab, Accenture, Aegon, Agilent, Barclay, Blackstone, Citigroup gained.

recession concerns, fueling a rally in stocks and sending bonds tumbling. Equity benchmarks in Japan climbed over 2% at the open, while shares in Australia increased alongside those in South Korea. US futures contracts edged higher after the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 both rose, as retail sales data beat estimates and jobless claims hit the lowest since early July.

Optiemus Infracom is looking to raise around Rs400 crore to expand its manufacturing business and enhance its brand image ahead of a planned foray into making and selling screen protectors and mobile phone cover glass under a licence from US-based Corning. The company, in a stock exchange filing, said the fund-raise will be done through preferential allotment of 75 lakh convertible warrants, convertible in one or more tranches into equity shares of RS 10 each, within 18 months into equity shares. The funds are going to be used in expanding the company's manufacturing business and for marketing spends. The company is planning to expand its manufacturing business to make laptops and notebooks under the IT hardware production-linked incentive scheme, according to industry executives who are aware of the matter. It is currently in talks with a global brand and is expected to start manufacturing for them in the next 3-6 months.

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management LP built a stake in Canadian investment management giant Brookfield Corporation during the second quarter of 2024, a U.S. regulatory filing released Wednesday showed.  

Russia, invaded over the past 10 days by Ukraine’s forces rolling into Kursk, last saw its borders violated this way only in World War II (by Nazi Germany). This flip in fortunes has stunned not just weary war watchers, who were wondering how long Kyiv could hold up against its bigger adversary, but perhaps Moscow too, given the latter’s sluggish response.

The creator of the Famous Amos cookie empire has died

Wall Street rallied closer to its record highs following signs that the U.S. economy is holding up better than expected

A continued property crisis and weak consumption dragged on China’s economic recovery in July, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics

Prosecutors say a Jordanian man living in central Florida caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage at a solar power facility and vandalized multiple private businesses over their perceived support for the state of Israel

Elon Musk had a field day on X, as millions joined in to hear an 'unscripted' conversation between him and Republic Presidential candidate Donald Trump. This appearance by Trump marks his solid comeback on X, after being reinstated in 2023. Musk and Trump covered a variety of topics around the US politics and economy, and also discussed the in and outs of the assassination attempt on the former President.

basketball in the country. With the recent victory of the men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics 2024, which clinched the gold medal for the fifth consecutive time, eyes are now set on the next big basketball events, including the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game, that is schedule for next year.

Apparently more and more financial advisors are turning up the juice.

Taylor Sheridan. «Tulsa King» season 2 will focus on Dwight Manfredi's arrest by the ATF. «Tulsa King» season 2 cast features Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Max Casella, Martin Starr, Domenick Lombardozzi, Vincent Piazza, Jay Will, Garrett Hedlund, AC Peterson, Dana Delany, Tatiana Zappardino, Annabella Sciorra, Frank Grillo, and Neil McDonough.

Tim Walz and Senator JD Vance of Ohio will participate in the first vice-presidential debate on October 1. They have accepted an invitation from CBS News. The news network took to social media platform X to write that both of the vice presidential candidates had accepted the invitation. It said Kamala Harris's running mate Tim Walz and Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance have accepted four potential dates: September 17, September 24, October 1, and October 8.

Grant Hill needs to commit to, so that Team USA continues its winning streak in basketball.

Donald Trump not accept the verdict of the US Presidential Election 2024 if he loses it? Quoting unnamed Trump critics, CNN has reported that the Republican candidate could be laying the groundwork to question the outcome of the 2024 election if he loses a second time. The former president continues to describe Kamala Harris's elevation to her party's top ticket as “unconstitutional”. She has also accused her of taking part in a “coup” and he may claim that her candidature itself is unconstitutional and she has no locus standi to claim the top office.

New Yorkers are having trouble keeping up with debt payments as their incomes get squeezed by one of the country’s highest inflation rates, according to a new study. 

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US court has slapped Vedanta Group-backed optic fibre manufacturer Sterlite Technologies (STL) with damages of $96 million (around ₹806 crore) for trade-related rights infringements involving American rival Prysmian. STL, in a statement, said it will «aggressively» challenge the verdict. The company, in which mining group Vedanta led by Anil Agarwal holds a 25% stake posted a loss of ₹82 crore in the first quarter of fiscal 2025, on revenue of ₹1,140 crore. After a three-year battle, a South Carolina jury, on August 9, found that Sterlite was in illegal possession of Prysmian's trade secrets including customers, new products and manufacturing expansion plans.

Matthew Perry death probe has revealed many shocking details. Criminal charges have been filed against five people, including the 'Friends' star's two doctors and personal assistant, in connection with the death of the «Friends» star nearly a year ago, law enforcement officials said on Thursday, as per reports. The actor was discovered floating face down in a hot tub at his home in Los Angeles on October 28. Matthew Perry's personal assistant, two doctors and two others have been indicted and charged with providing the ketamine that caused the death of Perry, the «Friends» star, in October, authorities said Thursday.

Kamala Harris unveils her economic agenda before the US Presidential Election 2024? Derided and attacked for "Kamalanomics" by Donald Trump, the Democrat contender is most likely to call for a ban on food «price gouging,» she may signal a critical view of mergers, and talk about her struggles against large corporations as she announces her economic vision Friday. According to the 'Washington Post', Harris may hold companies responsible for the higher cost of groceries in recent years at her election rally in Raleigh, N.C. She may try to send strong signals to all-important swing state voters.