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oldest blazar ever observed. This cosmic giant, a supermassive black hole named J0410−0139, is located 12.9 billion light-years away from Earth. Its powerful jet, aimed directly at Earth, makes it the most distant blazar ever recorded, surpassing the previous record-holder by 100 million years. The findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, mark a milestone in the study of supermassive black holes and their formation in the early universe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Microsoft and Google can translate, say, Spanish to English, but who can translate finance speak? Up-and-coming compliance software firms are leaning into artificial intelligence to help crack esoteric trader argot, as Wall Street and London watchdogs increasingly dive into traders’ jargon-loaded and even coded messages to help fight financial crime.

According to data from the Office for National Statistics today (17 January), the 0.3% monthly fall in December followed a downwardly-revised 0.1% increase in sales in November 2024, and came below economists' predictions, who expected a 0.4% rise last month, according to a poll by Reuters. Food stores sales fell 1.9% in December, with the strongest decline recorded by supermarkets. Services uplift UK economy as it swings back to 0.1% growth in November 2024 The ONS noted that sales in specialist food stores, such as butchers and bakers also dropped, followed by alcohol and to...

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—Days before his inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump made clear in a two-hour private meeting with Senate Republicans that he wouldn’t wait on them to start implementing his biggest policy priorities: overhauling the immigration system and dramatically reshaping the country’s relationship with its economic allies and adversaries. With the experience of governing and a better knowledge of the levers of power, Trump has drafted expansive plans for tariffs and border restrictions, the centerpieces of his 2024 campaign.

Few Democrats found ways to negotiate with Republicans quite like Shalanda Young — whose work as White House budget director stopped several potential economic crises from erupting

It Ends With Us actor and director Justin Baldoni has sued his co-star Blake Lively and her husband, Deadpool actor Ryan Reynolds, for defamation on Thursday in the latest step in a bitter legal battle surrounding the dark romantic drama.

Blue Cloud Softech Solutions on Monday, January 20, today becomes the last day to buy the shares of these companies in order to qualify for the stock splits announced by them. Shareholders who buy the stock at least one day before the ex-date are eligible for the offers as settlement happens the next day. Those buying the stock on the ex-date are not eligible for dividends/splits/bonus issues etc.

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) reported an 11.9% rise in consolidated net profit in December quarter, driven by its energy, retail and digital services units, beating analyst estimates. Consolidated profit after tax rose to ₹21,804 crore from ₹19,488 crore in the year earlier. Net profit attributable to owners of the company was up 7% to ₹18,540 crore from ₹17,265 crore a year earlier. A Bloomberg survey of analysts had pegged profit at about ₹18,326 crore. Revenue from operations increased 7% to ₹2.43 lakh crore from ₹2.27 lakh crore in the year earlier. Consolidated ebitda increased by 7.8% to ₹48,003 crore. «It gives me great pleasure to see Reliance grow exponentially over the years and set new benchmarks that demonstrate the inherent strength and resilience we have across all our businesses,» said Mukesh Ambani, chairman and MD of RIL. «The delivery of record ebitda and profit after tax at a consolidated level for this quarter is a testament to this.»

A blast of extreme cold is poised to descend on the central United States this weekend before spreading to New York and the rest of the East Coast, testing power grids and threatening to break temperature records.

LTIMindtree on Thursday reported a 7.1% decline in its consolidated net profit for the quarter ended December 31, 2024, to Rs 1,085 crore versus Rs 1,169 crore posted in the year-ago period. The revenue from operations in Q3FY25 stood at Rs 9,661, witnessing a 7.1% gain over Rs 9,017 crore posted in the same period a year ago. On a sequential basis, the profit after tax (PAT) was down 13.2% versus Rs 1,251 reported in Q2FY25.

Waaree Renewable Technologies, a leading provider of EPC solutions, on Thursday reported a 16.7% year-on-year (YoY) decline in its net profit to Rs 53.50 crore for the third quarter ending December 2024. The company also declared an interim dividend of Re 1 per share for its shareholders. During the quarter, the company’s net profit attributable fell to Rs 53.50 crore, compared to a profit of Rs 64.25 crore in the previous corresponding quarter last year. Meanwhile, the total income for the quarter saw an increase of 12.4% to Rs 364.12 crore, compared with Rs 324.67 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services report estimates net household financial savings rose to 7.3% of GDP in the first half of the 2024-25 financial year (FY25). This is nearly double the 3.7% recorded during the same period the previous year (FY24). Improved savings allow the government and businesses to tap into local funds for investments, boosting the economy.

In a trading update today (16 January), the firm noted the outflows remained at the same level as in Q3 2024 and offset the £3.2bn inflows recorded in the last three months of 2025. Funds under management and administration (FUMA) however, rose slightly over the period to £109.2bn, from £108.8bn at the end of September 2024 and £105.3bn at the end of 2023. Rathbones AM poaches from Schroders for business development director role Total net flows in the investment management arm's discretionary and managed propositions rose to around £400m from £100m in the third quarter, «reflectin...

JPMorgan’s net income soared 50% to more than $14 billion in the fourth quarter as the bank’s profit and revenue easily beat Wall Street forecasts, and other major banks reported banner earnings for the year

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Supreme Court on Wednesday sought responses from the Centre and Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea moved by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, challenging recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961.

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