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Federal Reserve officials will likely reduce their benchmark interest rate later this year, Chair Jerome Powell said, despite recent reports showing that the U.S. economy is still strong and that U.S. inflation picked up in January and February

A push for a revenue package that includes hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes and fees in the Maryland General Assembly is raising concerns among some leading Democrats

U.S. safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that steering wheels can fall off of some Toyota SUVs without seeking a recall

MUMBAI : Government reforms aiding the privatization of listed companies could help unlock greater value for investors in the Indian market, said Jonathan Gray, president and chief operating officer at Blackstone, one of the largest alternatives investors globally. "The government has done a lot of incredibly positive things. I think one thing that could help unlock the market here is an ability to take companies private, to help improve them, then bring them back to the market, maybe with more scale," Gray said during a media briefing in Mumbai on Wednesday.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 30.65 points, or 0.08%, at the open to 39,139.59.

Kunal Kashyap, who was heading risk at fintech unicorn Cred, has quit to join rival firm Slice, which is set to become a bank through the proposed merger with North East Small Finance Bank, said two people in the know. “Kashyap will be leading part of the credit business within the newly-formed bank which will be officially launched after regulatory authorities clear the merger,” one of the persons said.

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Tesla will send a team to India this month to scout locations for a proposed $2 billion to $3 billion electric car plant, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. India last month lowered import taxes on certain electric vehicles produced by carmakers that commit to invest at least $500 million and start domestic manufacturing within three years. The company will send a team from the United States by late April to study sites for the plant, with a focus on states that have automotive hubs such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Some of the world’s largest investors have shared their insights about their portfolio allocations and where they expect to see the strongest returns.

Stephen Gilmore oversaw some of the pension-investing world’s best returns at his country’s sovereign wealth fund. He’s now taking one of the industry’s hardest jobs: reviving the fortunes of the much bigger California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

Clicktech, a major seller on Amazon India, is acquiring its peer Appario as part of the ecommerce major’s plan to divest stakes in sellers on its platform. Appario is the largest seller on Amazon India following the closure of Cloudtail, and moves a significant volume of orders for the local arm of the US-based etailer. This is the second time Amazon is divesting its stake from a seller entity to comply with local ecommerce norms.

Bitcoin  investors in Asia are experiencing significant price swings as automated trading protocols react to flows data from US exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that hold the cryptocurrency. 

Who says Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has no influence? Her vision to mobilize a government Climate Corps to promote green politics is becoming a reality. President Biden wants to shrink the real Army, but his budget includes more than $8 billion for a domestic green political army.

Ozer received a staggering 11,196-year sentence after a Turkish court found him guilty of fraud.

Limelight Lab Grown Diamonds has received a strategic investment of US$1 million from two leading retail jewellery chains. The newly raised capital comes in the form of a strategic alliance that will enable Limelight to open new stores and boost its brand presence in the country. Before this, the company had secured an investment from the Emerald Group, Asia's largest jewellery manufacturer, as part of a strategic tie-up to establish Limelight as a one-of-a-kind vertically integrated brand to jointly manufacture, sell and distribute LGD studded jewellery in India and worldwide. The current investment plays a similar role in the company's strategic play to enable faster and more robust growth in the brand's store expansion in the country. At present, the company has 10 stores. It also has 40 plus shop-in-shops spread across 25 cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur, Varanasi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata and others. Madhavan said «We have received good response and support for LGD jewellery from customers across the country. It has also reflected in our sales and has given us the confidence to scale at a faster pace. With the Government’s impetus and focus on this sunrise sector, the investment further propels us towards achieving the goal of scaling our presence in India as well as globally.»

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas explains the 'three basic ways' Biden could reduce national debt.

Congressional Budget Office director Phillip Swagel analyzes where lawmakers stand to slow down debt growth.

«So, regardless of what happened in the past month when people got a little worried about the impact on mid and smallcap due to some notification by the industry body or by a certain other notifications, I guess on average you have a decent medium term time horizon. Things are looking fine to us, we have enough ample opportunities to invest and we are looking for ideas all across,» says Harish Bihani, Kotak Mutual Fund. Just to get a sense from you, this entire debate which everyone is having is it going to be the year of a complete reversal from a largecaps of their underperformance or is it going to be a year of the continued momentum in midcap and smallcap, what is your view on the same. I think from a US perspective it is very difficult for anyone to take a call whether it will be a largecaps’ year or a mid or smallcap year. If you have a longer time horizon like next three to five years across caps, across sectors there is enough opportunity in the market today which is what market and the market participants have recognised over the past few years and that has kept the market buoyant.

Total Solar Eclipse on April 8: North America is set to witness a total solar eclipse next week on Monday (April 8). The cosmic event will start along Mexico's Pacific coast, journeying through Texas and 14 other US states before heading out over Canada, as per an AP report.

Agora, co-founded by Jan Van Eck’s son Nick Van Eck, has successfully raised $12 million in a seed funding round led by Dragonfly to launch a new stablecoin.

«It was always a long row,» said Piet De Staercke of the line to go through passport screening. He, his wife and two sons were visiting Washington and Chicago. «We were a bit scared. But now with the app, it's amazing.» As travel continues to boom following pandemic-related slumps, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expanding the use of technology like the Mobile Passport Control app the De Staercke family used in an effort to process the ever-growing number of passengers traveling internationally. And with events like a rare solar eclipse, the Olympics in Paris, and summer holidays still driving international travel, those numbers don't look set to drop any time soon.