2020 Financial News

Canadian Security Intelligence Service vehicle.The man, who was supposed to be her mentor and coach, treated his “own needs as more important than doing the job,” she said in an interview.She said she was raped by her colleague nine times while at work in CSIS surveillance vehicles between July 2019 and February 2020.A second officer said she too was sexually assaulted as a rookie by the same officer in surveillance vehicles during covert missions, despite warnings from the first to their bosses that he should not be partnered with young women.They say supervisors told them other women had complained about not feeling safe around the man in the past.“Nothing was done, and I started hearing these stories that there was this history of all these women (who) used to be working at our region. They used to be there, and they all had the same thing to say, and they all just ended up leaving,” the second officer said.The women are among four officers with the B.C.

The share of workers being called back to the office has flatlined, suggesting the pandemic-era phenomenon of widespread remote work has become a permanent fixture of the U.S. labor market, economists said.

Cathie Wood is about to notch her best month ever as her holdings of innovative technology stocks roared back from steep losses in the midst of declining Treasury yields in November.

(Reuters) — An Arizona grand jury on Wednesday indicted two Republican county commissioners, accusing them of felony interference and conspiracy for attempting to delay certification of the 2022 election, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced.

Pakistan Rangers always deny use of its territory for sending drones into India, BSF director general Nitin Agarwal has said. Drones carry narcotics, arms and improvised explosive devices, Agarwal said in Hazaribagh on Thursday during the annual news conference on the eve of BSF raising day. Punjab has a 553 km border with Pakistan and smuggling of narcotics through the land border from Pakistan has been a cause of major concern. The National Investigation Agency is probing the nexus between narcotic smugglers and gangsters.

Alibaba Group Holding is set to lose its position as China's most valuable e-commerce firm to eight-year-old upstart PDD, a watershed moment for an internet industry that Jack Ma's firm dominated for more than a decade. Alibaba slid as much as 1.4% in Hong Kong, putting its market value at about $187 billion and on track to close below US-listed PDD Holdings' $188.3 billion, according to Bloomberg calculations. PDD, the company best known for hit US shopping app Temu and domestic bargains trailblazer Pinduoduo, closed nearly 2% higher in New York on Wednesday. The once-inconceivable shift reflects the turmoil that engulfed Alibaba after Beijing in 2020 targeted the company and its once-outspoken co-founder, kicking off a sweeping crackdown on the powerful tech sector.

From 87,632 far fires reported across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan NCR districts, Uttar Pradesh NCR and DElhi- NCR in 2020, the number is down to 39186 in 2023. Biggest contributor Punjab shows a clear decline- from 83,002 far fires in 2020, 49,922 in 2022 down to 36663 in 2023. A similar trend is seen in Haryana.

BluPine Energy, a unit of London-based private equity firm Actis, has bought solar power assets from Acme group for an enterprise value of ₹1,700 crore, said people familiar with the matter. The acquired assets are housed in 14 special purpose vehicles. «Binding agreements have been signed.

how to plan it. This is present bias, a behavioural tendency we all humans have and also known as the inclination to excessively fixate on the ‘here and now,’ and don’t think about what will happen in the long term. Two German researchers, Alejandro Moreno-Okuno and Natividad Aguilera Navarrete described ‘psychological distance’ as a central concept explaining present bias, which means how near or far things feel in our minds.

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has revised its guidelines on the listing and delisting of cryptocurrencies. This move aims to bolster investor protection and ensure that virtual currency businesses adhere to heightened regulatory standards.

Investment platform, Robinhood, has plans to launch in the U.K. as early as the start of 2024, according to CEO Vlad Tenev.

Alistair Darling, the distinguished figure in the Labour Party, confirmed his demise at the age of 70. His brief hospital stay concluded with his passing, leaving a notable legacy in British politics. A household name since 2007, when then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown entrusted him with the Treasury, Darling steered the department through the complexities of the global banking crisis.

Assembly Elections Exit Polls LIVE Updates The Congress is seeking to punish the saffron party for staging the collapse of the Kamal Nath government in 2020. The state witnessed a 76.22% of voter turnout. The voting for all 230 assembly constituencies in Madhya Pradesh was held on 17 November.

By Shristi Achar A and Amruta Khandekar

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Khalistani separatist and Indian-origin citizen of the US and Canada, is in the spotlight after the US law enforcement authorities on Wednesday announced the filing of a «murder-for-hire» charges against Indian national Nikhil Gupta in what they said was a «foiled plot to assassinate» Pannun in New York City allegedly supervised by an Indian government official. Pannun has been the most vocal proponent of Khalistan in recent years, holding Khalistani referendums in Western countries and announcing rewards to Indian SIkhs for writing Khalistani graffiti and hoisting Khalistani flags. A designated terrorist wanted in India in nearly two dozen cases related to terror and sedition, Pannun has emerged as the biggest figurehead of the Khalistani movement, threatening India and Hindus with impunity, even threatening obliquely to blow up Air India flights recently. Read More:'Matter of concern,' New Delhi says as US indictment names Indian on Khalistani Pannun's murder plot charges Pannun started out as an eccentric activist, who would file cases in American courts against visiting Indian politicians for their alleged role in the 1984 Sikh riots, and has now become the most reocgnised face of the global Khalistani movement. The beginning of Pannun “Children often bring pride to their village or towns, but Gurpatwant has besmirched its reputation with a tag of a terrorist's village and brought us shame,” Sarjan Singh, a resident of Pannun's ancestral village Khankot, on the outskirts of Amritsar in Punjab, had told TOI three years ago.

India expects a clear roadmap on climate financing during the COP28 starting today, where world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will converge to chalk out strategies for climate mitigation. «Climate finance and climate technology are a very crucial segment of all the global efforts in addressing this challenge of environmental degradation. We expect a clear roadmap to be agreed at COP28 on climate finance which would be important for delivering on the new, collective, quantified goals...,» foreign secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra told media persons here in the national capital. Climate finance typically refers to any financing that seeks to support mitigation and adaptation actions that will address climate change. Asked what India's stance on the reduction of coal consumption for its energy requirements was, Kwatra said, «Coal is and would remain an important part of India's energy mix, it has always been, as we move forward to meet our developmental priorities in the country.» «We are proactive in taking practical climate action measures and basing them on a firm conceptual understanding and a very firm belief our development has to be a green development,» he said, adding that though it would be subject to India's own developmental priorities. PM Modi committed to an ambitious five-part «Panchamrit» pledge at COP26 held in 2021.

NIA Thursday strongly opposed Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case accused Shoma Kanti Sen's plea seeking interim bail on health grounds, saying she was suffering from general ailments and there was nothing special about it. Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, appearing for NIA, told a bench of Justice Aniruddha Bose and Justice Augustine George Masih that a medical board can be constituted to verify Sen's medical condition and there is nothing which requires immediate treatment. «The medical report shows that these are general ailments and there is nothing special about it.

Forbes Asia list acknowledges individuals who donate from personal funds, showcasing their commitment to various causes, and three Indians – DLF's KP Singh, Infosys' Nandan Nilekani, and Zerodha's Nikhil Kamat have made the list this year. KP Singh: The chairman emeritus of DLF, made headlines after selling his remaining direct stake in the Delhi-based property developer, raising $89 million. The proceeds will fund philanthropic causes, supporting the KP Singh Foundation established in 2020, as per Forbes.

The Bank of Canada’s public consultations on the creation of a digital Canadian dollar reveal most respondents are opposed to it.

₹133.55, 4.61% lower than the issue price and 3.15% lower than the listing price. Fedbank Financial Services IPO had opened for subscription from Wednesday, November 22, and closed on Friday, November 24. Fedbank Financial Services IPO price band had been fixed in the range of ₹133 to ₹140 per equity share of face value of ₹10.

Charlie Munger, an army veteran and a lawyer by training, in his near century-long life can be best described as the paragon of wisdom. Over the past several decades, Munger has liberally shared his thoughts on investing and life with the world at large through his interactions with the media. Even in his 90s, Munger was mentally sharp and his wisdom unparalleled. His multidimensional approach to investing has left an indelible mark on the investing world.