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Telstra’s investors should vote against the re-election of Maxine Brenner to the telecommunication group’s board because of “material failures” in her oversight at Qantas, an influential proxy advisory firm has told clients.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced settled charges against broker-dealer Citadel Securities LLC for non-compliance with Regulation SHO, a framework aimed at curbing abusive short selling practices. The regulation mandates broker-dealers to appropriately mark sale orders as either long, short, or short exempt. Such records play a pivotal role for regulators in monitoring and preventing illicit short selling activities.

UniSuper and two European pension funds will consider building wind farms in Tasmania after investing hundreds of millions of dollars each to buy timber plantations once owned by collapsed Tasmanian group Gunns.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexico's president announced that he expects to have a new action plan in the next couple weeks to better address a toxic spill that fouled a river nine years ago and was blamed on one of the country's top mining and transportation companies.

As the crypto industry witnesses rapid growth, regulatory challenges arise in tandem. David Hirsch, who heads the SEC's Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit, raises alarm bells for the crypto sector, emphasizing that more charges will be brought against exchanges and DeFi projects perceived to be violating securities laws. 

The Bihar government has conducted this exercise with unstinted resolve — a task which could not be done by other state governments. But others will follow, and we will be swamped with figures of relative strength of castes.

Enforcement Directorate is not expected to be «vindictive» in its conduct and must act with utmost probity and fairness, the Supreme Court has held, and directed the anti-money laundering agency to henceforth furnish the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing «without exception». In a significant verdict having far-reaching ramifications, the apex court said being a premier investigating agency charged with the onerous responsibility of curbing the debilitating economic offence of money laundering in the country, every action of the ED in the course of such exercise is expected to be «transparent, above board and conforming to pristine standards of fair play in action». «The ED mantled with far-reaching powers under the stringent Act of 2002, is not expected to be vindictive in its conduct and must be seen to be acting with utmost probity and with the highest degree of dispassion and fairness,» a bench of Justices AS Bopanna and Sanjay Kumar said.

A prosecutor accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing at least $10 billion from his customers as opening statements began in a federal court trial in New York City

MUMBAI : The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday said it is statutorily empowered to lift the corporate veil and find out the truth whenever the interests of the investors are affected or likely to be affected. Sebi’s comments came while arguing in the Bombay Dyeing matter before the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT). A bench led by Justice Tarun Agarwala was hearing Bombay Dyeing’s petition challenging Sebi’s October 2022 order against the company.

Polygon (MATIC) is bouncing back amid major proposal progress towards Polygon 2.0 and a surge in whale MATIC transactions - leaving some asking 'is it too late to buy Polygon?'.

Ubisoft's once-annualized action game series. For devoted Assassin’s Creed enthusiasts, the excitement is palpable. Here are the release details for Assassin’s Creed Mirage based on your platform and time zone. Release Time on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S Assassin’s Creed Mirage officially debuts on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, spanning PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S platforms. Ubisoft has adopted a staggered release approach, so your playtime will hinge on your chosen platform. For console players, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will unlock at the stroke of midnight, local time, on Oct. 5. Those on Xbox consoles can preload the game now, while PlayStation console users can commence their downloads starting at midnight, local time, on Oct. 3. Impressively, Mirage maintains a modest file size, standing at just 32 GB on PS5. If you’re an avid PC gamer, the release times for Assassin’s Creed Mirage are as follows:

The Nifty 50 fell 0.47% and ended below the 19,450 level, while the S&P BSE Sensex declined 0.44% to 65,226. Eleven of the 13 major sectoral indices logged losses, with index heavyweight banks falling 0.98%.

NCP) president Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said that after Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress leader was being taken seriously and someday he would provide leadership to the nation. Speaking during an interaction at the India Today Conclave, he reiterated that there was no question of him joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Saudi Arabia and Russia reaffirmed that they will stick with oil supply curbs of more than 1 million barrels a day until the end of the year as a rally in prices falters.

London | Abu Dhabi| Sultan al-Jaber, president-designate of this year’s UN climate summit, said the oil and gas industry must prepare for an inevitable “phase down” of fossil fuels as he warned the sector should not be seen to work against decarbonisation efforts.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. The government’s action comes after the National Company Law Tribunal ruling in Go First’s case which put a moratorium on lessors to repossess aircraft. However, government officials told ET that the notification will not impact the Go First case, as it cannot be applied retrospectively. Lessors are stuck in long court battles as they try to recover their aircraft even though the bankrupt carrier now has the protection of law not to return them despite payment defaults.

As Uptober continues to fuel dramatic on-chain moves, Big DOGE token (BDOGE) has skyrocketed +1,000 - but could it be too good to be true?

₹800,000 (just under $10,000) per year and cannot be members of SC, ST or OBC groups. More than 98% of Indians, [as estimated, would qualify for it if only that income cut-off were to apply]. By focusing solely on economic conditions, rather than marginalization and discrimination based on social identity, the new EWS quota effectively turned the original reservation policy on its head.

Manipur BJP MLA Rajkumar Imo Singh in a letter to union home minister Amit Shah has sought action regarding the foreign terror links with Manipur based organisations abroad in Canada and other countries. Imo Singh who is son-in-law of Chief Minister N. Biren Singh stated in the letter, “It is now a well-known fact that foreign terror groups are playing a very big role to create instability and prolong this conflict, which has been going on for the last five months.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has undertaken a -7.71% retracement move to test accumulatory support at the 20DMA, but with price action tumbling - is Bitcoin Cash going to zero? 

IDFC First Bank fell over 3% to the day's low of Rs 91.30 in Wednesday's trade on the NSE following the approval of the floor price for its upcoming Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) issue. The company's Capital Raise and Corporate Restructuring Committee authorised opening of the issue in the Board meeting held on Tuesday. The floor price has been set at Rs 94.95 per equity share. A meeting of the committee of the bank will be held on October 6, 2023, to consider and determine the issue price of equity shares and discount, if any. The price action in IDFC Bank shares was accompanied by significant volumes as more than 3.41 crore shares changed hands on the NSE around 1:40 p.m.