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As Bitcoin declined sharply touching $49,000 on Monday, this in turn triggered a huge sell-off in markets.

It’s not just Simone Biles — a number of gymnasts and coaches are speaking out about the “weird and awkward” atmosphere during the individual balance beam final at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Monday.

₹15 trillion was wiped out in a single day, even as the volatility index shot up 60%. Like Chaos Theory, at first it looked as if a little flap in the US over a fast-weakening jobs market—and hence recession risk—had triggered a market quake in Japan, with tremors felt everywhere else. The web of causes and effects that shook stock indices, however, isn’t all that hard to explain.

Bitcoin (BTC) prices could be back to above $60,000 by the end of the week, a Russian economist has claimed.

shockwaves through the market. India, while fundamentally strong, is not immune to these external headwinds. Earlier this quarter, Buffett had already offloaded stocks in Bank of America and BYD, boosting his cash reserves to $280 billion.

Indian expats, including those at the CXO level ,looking to relocate to India primarily from the US, UK and Canada over the last year, recruitment agency Randstad India told ET. However, Randstand did not quantify the size of the surge of Indian expat applicants. The manufacturing industry is expected to double in size over the next five years from employing around 2.5 to 3 million people to around 5 million by around 2030, Yeshab Giri, Chief Commercial Officer, Operational Talent Solutions at Randstad India, told ET. Government emphasis with big ticket incentives in addition to benefiting from the China plus one strategy has seen the electronics manufacturing sector in particular opening up more opportunities for these expats. The government boosters are seen aiding local manufacturing to get stronger.

With countries around the world trying to rein in Big Tech, the latest antitrust ruling in the US against Google marks a big victory for regulators—the last big one having come when the US Justice Department took Microsoft to court in 1998. On Monday, US District Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google had violated antitrust laws through an illegal monopoly in the search engine market.

Paris Olympics has seen too tough and intense basketball action this time as almost all team participating in this sport have been performing extremely well throughout the Olympic journey. Among them, Team USA has outdone them all in the main team event in men's basketball, while targeting their fifth consecutive Olympic gold medal here.

Equity benchmarks dropped in Japan and Australia, while futures pointed to modest gains in Hong Kong. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 rose on Tuesday — following a Japan-led rebound in Asia — with both climbing 1% after a global meltdown. Wall Street’s “fear gauge” — the VIX — saw its biggest plunge since 2010.

US stock market today is up and running after days of volatility. Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 0.8 percent at 38,997.66. The broad-based S&P 500 gained 1.0 percent to 5,240.03, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index also advanced 1.0 percent to 16,366.85. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 25.14 points, or 1.2 per cent, to 2,064.30. Wall Street stocks rebounded Tuesday after three straight days of losses, with analysts pointing to bargain hunting and US bond markets bouncing. The gains in New York also followed a quieter day in most overseas stock markets and came as Caterpillar and Uber reported solid earnings, lifting shares of both companies. Major indices fell more than 2.5 percent on Monday in a move seen as a reflection of worries about a US recession following Friday's disappointing jobs data.

Netflix will air WWE Monday Night Raw from 2025 and OTT giant subscribers across the world are eagerly waiting for the premier Wrestling event. This has led to questions whether RAW will have uncensored content or not since it will be aired on OTT platform. Now WWE supertstar Braun Strowman has claimed several wrestlers want to use expletives while intimidating their competitors, as per a report on dexerto. Earlier during its much-famed «Attitude Era», WWE used to air matured content. However, stricter TV rules and PG rating ensured toned down suitable for all viewers.

Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to make way for the formation of an interim administration and released former prime minister Khaleda Zia from detention, a day after Sheikh Hasina resigned as PM and fled the country amid escalating protests and civil unrest. Negotiations on composition of the interim administration continued through the day, even as law-and-order situation deteriorated, with attacks on minorities and Indian assets, including the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Dhaka, according to people familiar with the matter. The police, facing wrath of protesters-dozens of whom were reportedly killed in firing in recent weeks-issued an apology and declared an indefinite strike. 'US revokes Hasina visa, UK refuses asylum'

Major cryptos rebounded sharply on Tuesday after Monday’s huge sell-off, though traders continued to flock to the on-chain micro-cap markets on the hunt for top crypto gainers today that might deliver quick exponential gains.

Raymond James has extended its network in Ohio as it onboards a veteran advisor from Wells Fargo into its ranks.

Crypto critic Molly White and Public Citizen researcher Rick Claypool filed an amended complaint against Coinbase on August 1 for allegedly breaking campaign finance laws amid pushback from the crypto exchange’s Chief Legal Office Paul Grewal.

A renewed wave of dip buying spurred a rally in stocks after a roughly $6.5 trillion selloff that shook markets around the globe.

While the advice and financial industry girds itself for a $90 trillion Great Wealth Transfer, only a minority of Americans expect to leave a financial gift for their descendants, suggests new research from Northwestern Mutual.

Monday’s market drop got to some retirement investors, who responded to the volatility by selling large cap stock and target-date funds and stable-value, bond-, and money-market funds.

The US stock market faced a severe test yesterday, with key benchmarks plunging as investors digested a perfect storm of bearish economic and market headlines.

It’s turn-around Tuesday for financial markets today, with major cryptos surging back after taking a beating on Monday and investors scouring the market for top crypto performers today that might make them quick gains.

Bank of Montreal has sold about £300 million (US$381 million) of Thames Water’s senior debt at an almost 30 per cent discount, according to people familiar with the transaction.