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Trust & Will, one of the leading digital estate planning platforms in the US, has unveiled a new subscription pricing model to help more financial advisors access its services.

Bank of America, Brian Moynihan, has said that he has not seen a recession on the horizon of the US economy, reports 'The Hill'. Participating in CBS’s Margaret Brennan on “Face the Nation” Sunday, he tried to defend Joe Biden and the Federal Reserve by indicating that they have managed a “soft landing” for the US economy after inflation troubles in recent years.

A poll conducted by Paradigm Policy Lab revealed a growing affinity for cryptocurrency among Democratic voters, potentially reshaping the landscape of the upcoming presidential election.

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capital market, the condition is not good this week either. Tokyo stock exchange was the first to crash and the Nikkei Index plummeted by 12.4% on Monday. It was followed by a fall in the cryptocurrency market across the world, which represents the overall bearish sentiment spreading across the world economy, though it may not be directly related to the stock markets. The economic crisis can be understood by the fact that the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down more than 1,000 points, registering a drop of 2.6%, the tech stock index Nasdaq tanked by 3.4% and the S&P 500 fell 3%.

BBC series 'Call the Midwife' will have its thirteenth season available on Netflix US in September 2024. This release continues the show's established tradition of streaming availability.

Netflix has announced the return of 'Hot Wheels Let’s Race' for its second season. The new season will be available globally on September 9, 2024, with a fresh teaser trailer released to build excitement.

Circle Squared Alternative Investments founder Jeff Sica argues this weeks CPI and PPI inflation data will make or break the stock market on Varney & Co.

Bank of Nova Scotia has agreed to buy 14.9 per cent of Cleveland-based KeyCorp for about $3.9 billion as it looks to boost its focus on developed economies and strengthen its North American footprint.

Iran is preparing to supply Russia with hundreds of ballistic missiles. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel emphasised on Monday that if this transfer occurs, it would mark a significant escalation. On Friday, Reuters reported that dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, according to two European intelligence sources. They added that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine. According to the report, Russian defence ministry representatives are believed to have signed a contract on Dec. 13 in Tehran with Iranian officials for the Fath-360 and another ballistic missile system built by Iran's government-owned Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO) called the Ababil.

Recession fears are never far away these days, as shown by last week’s market turbulence.

USA Gymnastics has submitted an appeal against the International Olympic Committee’s decision that gymnast Jordan Chiles must return her Paris Olympics bronze medal in floor exercise.

Stablecoins come in various formats. Many of the most popular stablecoins are backed by the United States dollar and offer a decentralized method of holding fiat currency. However, there are also stablecoins backed by other cryptocurrencies, algorithms, and even gold. Gold-backed stablecoins have seen quite an uptick, with prominent projects like Tether getting involved.

Congress on Monday rejected the Sebi statement about the latest Hindenburg report and demanded the Supreme Court hand over the probe into the US-based short-seller's charges against the Adani group to a Special Investigation Team or CBI in view of the reported conflict of interest of the market regulator's chief Madhabi Puri Buch. «Clearly, no institution is sacrosanct in Amrit Kaal. Did the Sebi chairperson recuse herself from the Adani investigations? Do these conflicts of interest explain the prolonged investigation, a delay that has benefited both Adani and the Prime Minister while damaging Sebi's reputation? How can a match proceed if the umpire herself is compromised? The Supreme Court, empowered by the Constitution, must transfer the investigation to the CBI or a Special Investigation Team given the likelihood of Sebi's compromise.

NovaTech and its married co-founders, saying they fraudulently raised over $650 million from more than 200,000 investors worldwide, including many Haitian-Americans. NovaTech and co-founders Cynthia and Eddy Petion allegedly promised investors their money would be safe, with Cynthia Petion assuring they would be «in profit from day one.» The SEC said the Petions instead used new money mainly to repay earlier investors and pay commissions to promoters, while siphoning millions of dollars for themselves. It said the scheme lasted for four years until NovaTech's May 2023 collapse.

Olympics reading the US, China, Japan, Australia, France, the Netherlands, Britain, South Korea, Italy and Germany, one is bound to ask: why do some countries fare better than others? Discussions usually attribute wins and losses to individual abilities, training and dedication. These factors are undoubtedly crucial. But there could be other determinants like economic prosperity. In each of the last three Summer and Winter Olympic Games, the top 10 medal-winning countries have been high-income countries based on World Bank's income-level classifications, with the exception of China (upper-middle income) in Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and OAR (Olympic Athletes from Russia — upper-middle income) in PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics. However, research has found a range of determinants beyond economic prosperity — team size, growth rate, expenditure on health, population, etc — to have a significant impact. We investigated the association between the total medal count for each country at the Beijing 2022 Olympics and their GDP per capita (PPP). A moderate positive relationship is observed with a correlation coefficient of 0.62.

Biocon Biologics, the biosimilar unit of Biocon, said it expects to launch six biosimilar products in the US, and is prioritising debt reduction to spur growth and lift margins. «Six product launches are scheduled in the next two years, subject to USFDA approvals,» Shreehas Tambe, chief executive and managing director, told ET in an interview. He added that the company is also exploring ways to reduce finance costs by optimising debt repayment timelines and interest rates.

But India has made a strong comeback in Sri Lanka, wresting significant advantage from China. And going by the grammar and tone of S Jaishankar's just-concluded visit to Maldives, Muizzu, too, seems to be course-correcting. So, there's more than what meets the eye — a fresh dynamic that reflects changing geopolitical and economic realities. Take the Maldives. In May, IMF warned the country against a ballooning Chinese debt folio. A month later, Fitch downgraded its rating on grounds of 'increased risks associated with the country's worsening external financing and liquidity metrics'. It assessed that weakening foreign-reserve buffers and rising external government debt 'increase the challenges for the new government to meet its substantial upcoming external debt-servicing obligations and keep the currency peg to the US dollar'.

Bharti Global's acquisition of a strategic stake in BT (formerly British Telecom) is an unprecedented diversification for the Indian telecom industry. Sunil Mittal has pursued subscribers in Africa after building up an enviable base in his home market and has placed big bets on European satellite communications. The latest investment gives him exposure, at least as an investor, to better-yielding markets.

Google experienced a significant outage affecting users across the globe. Starting around 9 am ET, individuals reported issues accessing key Google services, including Gmail, the search engine, YouTube, and more. Downdetector, which monitors online outages, recorded a sharp increase in complaints, revealing a widespread impact. Regional Impact and Service Breakdown The outage particularly affected major US cities such as Los Angeles and New York City, with additional reports from Houston, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, and Chicago. According to Downdetector’s heat map, 57% of the reported problems were related to Google’s search functionality, 31% were linked to website performance, and 11% concerned Google Drive.