2020 Financial News

When the Securities and Exchange Commission implemented its Marketing Rule in November 2022, there was caution, but also expectation of modernization and greater flexibility.

NBCC (India), the state-owned construction firm, jumped 8.4% in today's early morning deals, reaching ₹141 apiece after the company received orders worth ₹491.45 crore from multiple clients.In an exchange filing on Wednesday, the company announced that it secured a ₹112 crore order from the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) for the construction of a multi-facility healthcare complex. Additionally, it won a ₹73.27 crore order from the Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities for the construction of the Infrastructure Complex (IIC) with peripheral development in Bargarh District, Odisha.Also Read: 4 auto stocks including Bajaj Auto, TVS Motor hit new all-time highs – here's whyThanks to strong order wins this year, the stock has rewarded shareholders with a return of 79% over the past six months and 219% over the last year.

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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. can triple the size of its private equity unit in the next five years, said Anuj Ranjan, the head of the business, in an interview with Bloomberg TV.

The Bank of Canada cut its key interest rate Wednesday and Canadian banks are following suit.

beauty industry with her groundbreaking 'Fenty Beauty' cosmetics line in 2017, pop diva Rihanna introduced a skincare lineup, 'Fenty Skin' in 2020. Four years down the line, the billionaire singer has once again made a foray into the beauty industry and announced on Tuesday that she would launch her latest venture, Fenty Hair, on June 13, reports ABC News'. Rihanna took to social media and posted a promotional video of herself in a blonde pixie cut and trench coat. She wrote, "@fentyhair is pulling up and it's time to finally have the hair experience you've been waiting for."

The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday, marking a significant turning point in the central bank’s efforts to tame inflation.

The people who experience the US economy disagree with the people who measure it, and the most likely reason is inflation: Most Americans still see it as a major problem, while economists don’t. But this debate recently veered from economics to semantics. Has the common definition of ‘inflation’ changed, and do economists just need to accept it? Felix Salmon of Axios answers ‘yes’ to both questions.

Chirag Paswan's capability as a politican as well as being a 'real' political heir of his father Ram Vilas Paswan, who died in 2020.

An incumbent district attorney pursuing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin has fended off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico’s primary election to ensure her reelection

Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold off his stake in Revolt, the media company the rapper and entrepreneur founded over a decade ago

implications for Native American communities, the state's oil industry and the #MeToo movement. New Mexico has a closed primary system that limits participation to voters who register with major parties, leaving out Independent or unaffiliated voters, but not Libertarians. Making it through to the general election might hinge on small margins because of generally low turnout.

Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde, whose seven seats along with Chirag Paswan’s five are going to be crucial in helping the NDA gain majority in the Lok Sabha, could seek from the BJP a “free hand” in governing Maharashtra and greater representation of Shiv Sena leaders in the new government.

Text messages obtained by Global News raise questions about whether Employment MinisterRandy Boissonnault engaged with his former business partner on deals a year after he joined the federal cabinet, but Boissonnault denies that he’s the “Randy” referenced in the exchange.

₹31 trillion on Tuesday, as the national vote count belied predictions of punters, pollsters and politicians. The Nifty and Sensex plunged the most in four years as it became clear that the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will fall short of the 272 seats required to form a government on its own. While the BJP-led NDA secured a comfortable majority, the numbers were far below Modi's call for 400 seats, and exit poll predictions of above 350.

Pacific Power, part of PacifiCorp, says it has agreed to a nearly $180 million settlement with over 400 Oregon plaintiffs

Jyotiraditya Scindia, industrialist Naveen Jindal and UP Minister Jitin Prasada are among the turncoats who won the Lok Sabha polls while Ashok Tanwar, Sita Soren and Preneet Kaur joined the list of those who had defected to the saffron party but could not succeed. Aviation Minister Scindia won from Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh by a margin of over five lakh votes.

Mint that the opposition getting substantial votes is also a sign that checks and balances are in place. Sajjan Jindal, chairman of JSW Group, in a statement on today's election results, said, “Very difficult to gauge the mood of public in a vast country like ours. This is amply clear from today’s numbers! What we are witnessing today is something nobody expected and showcases how a democracy of our size functions.""The biggest question on the mind of investors is whether the pace and quality of reform will continue as it has over the past 10 years without the single majority.

₹2,79,369 crore in Indian stocks, though they have net sold stocks April onwards. Indeed, domestic investors also turned to investing in stocks after covid. The number of demat accounts jumped from 39.4 million in December 2019 to 154.4 million in April 2024.

Lok Sabha polls while Ashok Tanwar, Sita Soren and Preneet Kaur joined the list of those who had defected to the saffron party but could not succeed.Aviation Minister Scindia won from Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh by a margin of over five lakh votes.In 2019, Scindia had contested the polls from Guna on a Congress ticket but lost to BJP's Krishna Pal Singh. The constituency has been a stronghold of the Scindia family, represented by his grandmother Vijaya Raje Scindia, popularly known as the Rajmata of Gwalior, for four consecutive terms from 1989 to 1998 as a BJP member.ALSO READ: Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live UpdatesIn 2020, he revolted against the Congress and joined the BJP along with his 22 loyalist MLAs in Madhya Pradesh, which resulted in the BJP assuming control of the state government.Industrialist and two-time MP Naveen Jindal had joined the BJP in March this year, ending his two decade long association with the Congress.

Indian Railways continued to register highest ever freight loading in May 2024.