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More than half of the firms on the Commonwealth’s legal services panel have failed to meet pro bono targets, putting at risk their ability to win lucrative government work.

First-time home buyers who borrowed in the interest rate trough and bought a house at the previous price peak are rolling on to new variable interest rates that are higher than the buffers applied by banks when customers took out the loan.

The lure of the yellow metal can be unwavering. So much so that many investors ensure to make a significant allocation to gold investments. With the prices of gold constantly fluctuating and even touching a decent bottom in recent years, many investors have started investing in gold exchange-traded funds (gold ETFs). 

Vancouver police have released new images of Randall Hopley, notorious convicted sex offender and fugitive sought Canada-wide for walking away from his Vancouver halfway house ahead of a court date.

After leading her small town through a historic and devastating wildfire season, one of Quebec’s youngest mayors is taking a step back from politics to take care of herself.

New Zealand vs Sri Lanka Live Score Updates: The NZ vs SL match is ‘do-or-die’ for the Black Caps. New Zealand face Sri Lanka in a critical match in Bengaluru on November 9. The Kiwis kicked off the ICC World Cup 2023 with a resounding victory over England, winning by 9 wickets.

Lupin Ltd share price gained up to 1.7% on the NSE, in the opening trades on Thursday as company reported strong profit growth of 277% for the quarter ending September being driven by the strong sales growth recorded in the US markets. The Launch of limited competition opportunities like- generic Spiriva (respiratory treatment drug), generic of Prezista (antiretroviral drug) and generic Suprep (Bowel kit) under exclusivity are likely to helped driven growth in the company’s US sales.

A Minnesota iron foundry has been violating air emissions laws for at least five years, but the state agency responsible for enforcing air permits didn’t take action against the company

Genpact on Wednesday announced that Balkrishan (BK) Kalra would become the next chief executive officer of the company, effective February 9. The New York-headquartered company said that the current CEO NV (Tiger) Tyagarajan, who is also the president, would retire after over 12 years at the helm.

The News Minute. The weather department predicted thunderstorms in Bengaluru until November 10.

Siddhartha Khemka, V-P, Head of Research (Retail), MOFSL, says “the passenger vehicle segment within the auto universe has been consistently doing well. But of late, we have seen good recovery especially in the festive season, where demand for some of the two-wheelers have been pretty strong and some of the niche players have reported good numbers like Eicher. But the foray into EVs is helping companies like TVS Motors to show a stronger growth. In the two-wheeler space in terms of valuations, Hero Moto continues to trade at a steep discount to something like Bajaj Auto and Eicher.” How are you seeing this QSR space develop and how do you see this moving because the trend of burgers versus pizza seems to be continuing even as of now. Plus, you do have those factors coming in from food inflation at some point of time as well. So, overall, in this QSR space, anything that you find attractive or what are you looking at here? Yes, definitely, there has been a case in the last few quarters where there is a clear-cut differentiation between the pizzas and the burgers.

Asian share markets rallied on Thursday and the dollar was weaker after most U.S stocks edged higher and the S&P 500 recorded its longest winning streak in two years, with investors on high alert for signs that global interest rates have peaked. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat, although up 4.6% so far this month. The yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury notes reached 4.5059% compared with a U.S.

World Cup 2023 brilliantly with a thumping win against defending champions England (win by 9 wickets) looked all set to dominate the tournament. As it stands now, they are on the verge of getting eliminated if they don’t win this cricket match. They have 8 points from 8 matches and are currently threatened by Pakistan and Afghanistan for the fourth position.

Dividend stocks 2023: Shares of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd and Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd will be in focus when stock market opens today. The board of directors of these companies have declared interim dividend for its eligible shareholders. As per the information available on the website of Indian exchanges, Godrej Consumer Products Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹5 per share and the board of Nippon Life India Asset Management Ltd has declared an interim dividend of ₹5.50.

euro was near a 15-year high on the yen and was firm against the dollar on Thursday, following hawkish remarks from European policymakers and the prospect of falling energy prices. At $1.0703 the common currency withstood a rising greenback after the European Central Bank's chief economist said he had not seen enough progress in taming inflation. Overnight, the euro touched its highest since 2008 at 161.73 yen, having broken out since the Bank of Japan left short-term rates on hold last week as investors see the pair as safer than navigating the risk of an intervention in dollar/yen. The euro is also up 0.5% this week to 87.14 pence. Ireland's central bank chief Gabriel Makhlouf said on Wednesday further interest rate hikes should not be excluded, something markets do not expect at all, while Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said the «late mile» to the inflation target may be the toughest. «While the market has been focusing on the prospects of rate cuts from (G10 central banks) next year, many of the respective central bankers have been pushing back against this speculation,» said Rabobank senior strategist Jane Foley. «As long as inflation remains above target, policy makers are likely to want to keep alive the risk of further tightening particularly since a significant drop in market rates could worsen inflationary risks.» The unloved yen failed to get much of a boost from a fall in U.S.

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The South Korean gaming behemoth WeMade has scored a success by securing a new domestic crypto exchange listing for its WEMIX coin.

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₹1,500 crore for acquisitions in the near-to-medium term to grow the company’s India and contract development businesses, chief executive officer Nikhil Chopra said in an interview. “India is contributing around 53% to the overall company, and 12% is contributed by the CDMO (contract development and manufacturing organization), which combined is 65%, and we want to take it up to 80% by FY27. Chronic segment, which contributes about 55% of the Indian business, is our major area of focus for acquisitions as we intend to take that contribution to 60%," Chopra added.

₹10,000 crore today) for the online tutoring company in the US, and removing Riju Raveendran, the brother of the edtech giant’s founder, from the SPV’s board. The ruling is significant because the case filed by Glas Trust Co., the trustee representing 37 lenders, against the Indian company in Delaware was the first court case that sparked two related courtroom battles in New York and Miami. “The plaintiffs in this action, Glas Trust Co.