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Akshat Kasera, the founder of an AI startup recently took to LinkedIn to reveal how he decided not to hire an engineering graduate as he had asked about his pay package in the interview.

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, on January 21, in a letter sent to con...

US Treasury Department will start taking «extraordinary measures» next week to avoid risking a default on government debt, Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Remember the “new normal” after the great financial crisis? One analyst thinks it’s over and we’re heading back to the “old normal,” which ultimately means a world with more volatility and higher interest rates and a lower Canadian dollar, but with some silver linings, suggests Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay Inc.

The United States Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok on Friday, meaning the short video platform has until Sunday to shutter its U.S. operations or find a buyer. The law calling for the closure or sale of the Chinese-controlled social media app — which has more than one billion monthly active users worldwide, including 170 million in the U.S. and 14 million in Canada — was passed in April. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court began hearing arguments from the company’s legal team, which was hoping to overturn the ban. Prior to Friday’s ruling, TikTok had insisted it is unwilling to sell and will shut down in the U.S. The Financial Post’s Yvonne Lau explains the ban and what it will mean for the millions who use the platform, both in the U.S. and in Canada.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The government is looking at a second window for the Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDs) to allow transactions of as low as ₹1 lakh to ₹10 lakh, two officials said. It is also looking at including a credit guarantee scheme into it, the officials added.

The Bank of Canada expects to end quantitative tightening during the first half of this year and will return to more normal levels of asset purchasing.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre on Thursday promised to reverse the Liberal government’s controversial changes to capital gains taxes if he takes power in the next federal election.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) data has been making headlines for its deep dive into India’s standard of living and evolving consumption patterns. The latest HCES 2023-24 fact-sheet, released hot on the heels of the 2022-23 micro-data, offers a treasure trove of insights into shifting consumption over the past year.

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Delhi under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has shot up more than 600% over the past 10 years.

stock market predictions in recent days too. Now, recent reports are giving us a throwback to the kind of candor and wit Warren Buffett possesses which also gives us a hint about how down-to-earth he is about his daily lifestyle and spendings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China is walking a tightrope on its currency. Economic fundamentals suggest a weaker yuan, but the specter of capital outflows still haunts Beijing, making it wary of any sharp moves in the currency.

joint parliamentary committee (JPC), is progressing at a good pace and «positive results» will come out soon, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal said on Tuesday. Speaking at an event organised by "Panchjanya", a magazine associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Meghwal, while refusing to comment on the «sub-judice» Places of Worship Act, said if the Supreme Court asks the Centre to file an affidavit, it will submit one that is in «national interest».

Thailand’s Cabinet approved a draft bill legalizing casinos with the aim of boosting tourism and a sluggish economy Some forms of gambling, such as betting on boxing and horse racing, are allowed but casinos remain illegal in the Southeast Asian country

The Bank of Canada’s rapid interest rate cuts have seemingly not helped Canadians feel much better about their financial pictures as MNP LTD reports a new low in its outlook on personal debt.

Election Commission has asserted it is a «vital instrumentality» aimed at providing level playing field in polls. According to the bills brought by the government to implement 'one nation, one election', there is an imperative need for holding simultaneous elections for various reasons including polls becoming expensive and time-consuming. The Constitution amendment bill to implement 'one nation, one election' said the imposition of a Model Code of Conduct in poll-bound parts of the country puts on hold the entire development programmes and causes disruption in normal public life. It said that frequent poll code imposition also impacts the functioning of services and diverts the man manpower from their core activities to election duties for prolonged periods.

According to a TOI report, the house was owned by businessman Dhirendra Shrivastava, who has been living in Dubai for the past six months. The house had a room, kitchen, and toilet on the right side, while the left side contained two bedrooms and a hall. The two sides were connected by a staircase that led to the upper floor, which remained in Shrivastava's possession. In July 2024, Balveer Rajput, a resident of Ingoria in Ujjain, rented the ground floor. He had repeatedly asked the landlord, who was in Dubai, to unlock another room for his family, which included his wife and two children aged 10 and 11, as the room had been kept locked by the previous tenant. Eventually, the landlord gave permission to unlock the room.

The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is calling on the federal government to restore clarity to the upcoming tax filing season by pre-emptively nixing its proposed changes to capital gains taxes.