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25.09 / 14:29

markets BLOCK Apple Justice Department Features Courts U.S. Justice sues Visa in antitrust case over debit card markets

The United States Department of Justice sued Visa Inc., alleging the global payments giant illegally monopolized the debit card market, in the Biden administration’s first major antitrust case in the financial services industry.

25.09 / 05:29

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Italy's UniCredit appears to have caught German authorities off guard with a potential multibillion-euro merger of Frankfurt-based Commerzbank, a move that has triggered a fiery response from Berlin.

25.09 / 05:17

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PC Jewellers today surged 4% to its new all-time high of Rs 157.30 on BSE after the company on Tuesday announced that it will consider and approve a stock split in its upcoming board meeting scheduled on September 30. “A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company will be held on Monday, September 30, 2024, inter-alia, to consider and approve the alteration in the share capital of the Company by sub-division / split of existing equity shares having face value of Rs.10/- each, fully paid-up, as may be determined by the Board of Directors and consequent alteration of Memorandum of Association of the Company,” said the company in a filing to the exchanges.

24.09 / 15:17

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shares in Exxaro Tiles Limited through its European subsidiary BofA Securities Europe SA on Tuesday at a price of Rs 6.4 crore via block deal. The price it paid for each share of this smallcap counter was Rs 96.22. The stock today ended at Rs 95.90 on the NSE, gaining by Rs 15.51 or 19.29% over the Monday closing price of Rs 80.39.

24.09 / 15:17

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Odisha's Keonjhar district, a 70-year-old woman named Pathuri Dehury was compelled to crawl nearly two kilometers from her home to the panchayat office to collect her old-age pension, as she is unable to walk due to her health. A video of Dehury crawling along the village road has since gone viral on social media. Raisuan gram panchayat sarpanch Bagun Champia reported that he alerted the administration after seeing the woman’s struggle on television and in newspapers. «I have also verified from the villagers that the woman is not able to walk properly due to her age-related aliment,» the Sarpanch said.

24.09 / 12:43

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Last month, echoing a U.S. announcement three months earlier, the federal Liberals announced a 100 per cent tariff on the import of Chinese electric vehicles (EVs). China wasted no time striking back where it would hurt most, launching an anti-dumping investigation into Canadian canola exports. While there’s no evidence of dumping, there’s a very high likelihood the move is a procedural pretext to halting canola imports. China has long been the biggest canola buyer and was expected to purchase 70 per cent of this year’s bumper crop.

24.09 / 12:35

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block button that will allow all public posts to be visible even to blocked accounts. Musk clarified on X, following a tweet by former Tesla engineer and AI researcher Nima Owji that the platform's new policy will not allow blocked accounts to interact with users, but will still show up in their feeds. “The block function will block that account from engaging with, but not block seeing, public posts,” he said.

24.09 / 10:55

UPS BLOCK Trade PVH rights Investigations China says it will investigate fashion firm PVH for suspected boycott of Xinjiang products

China's Commerce Ministry says it will investigate the fashion company PVH, which owns brands like Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein, for suspected violations of trade rules

24.09 / 10:55

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A recently elected state lawmaker is among those who were arrested outside a Hawaii hospital

23.09 / 22:33

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Hongji is a crypto and tech reporter. He graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a Bachelor's and a Master's. He has previously interned at HTX (Huobi Global),...

23.09 / 09:03

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ULSAN, South Korea—Just a few months ago, U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro admired a new South Korean warship built in this port city at the world’s largest shipyard.

23.09 / 01:57

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NTPC Ltd’s subsidiary NTPC Green Energy seeks to raise ₹10,000 crore from its proposed public issue of fresh shares. Soon after the announcement, NTPC shares hit a lifetime high of ₹431.85 on Thursday.

22.09 / 18:35

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A “growing number” of international students are claiming asylum in order to stay in Canada after being allowed in on student visas, Immigration Minister Marc Miller says, calling it an “alarming trend.”

22.09 / 11:59

markets BLOCK Digital CEO RAI information NCLAT junks plea of Liberty Shoes's former CEO seeking ease of norms to sue firm

NCLAT has dismissed the petition of Adesh Kumar Gupta, former CEO and Executive Director of Liberty Shoes, seeking an exemption from minimum shareholding norm to file a case of oppression and mismanagement against the company. Gupta has 5.83 per cent shareholding in Liberty Shoes. He was removed as an executive director of Liberty Shoes on September 30, 2023 and ceased to be the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company. However, the company informed the stock exchange about his removal from the board on November 21, a day after the Chandigarh bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), on November 20 last year, dismissed his earlier plea.

22.09 / 10:11

markets Target BLOCK Analysis Trade Experts recommendations Nandan Nilekani's wife acquires Rs 8.55 crore stake in this small-cap logistics firm

Rohini Nilekani, philanthropist and wife of Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, purchased shares worth Rs 8.55 crore in logistics firm Allcargo Gati via open market transactions on Thursday. Rohini Nilekani's smallcap portfolio acquired 8,13,375 shares, representing a 0.62% stake, at Rs 105.21 per share, according to NSE block deal data.

21.09 / 20:29

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Four Greenpeace activists who were arrested for scaling the country estate of former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year to protest his oil and gas drilling expansion plans have been cleared of criminal charges

20.09 / 18:37

BLOCK Trade BTG Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan to sell Brazil mall stake after two decades

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, one of Canada’s largest institutional investors, is set to unload its entire stake in Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA, the Brazilian mall operator it first invested in 2006.

20.09 / 16:35

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Jimmy has nearly 10 years of experience as a journalist and writer in the blockchain industry. He has worked with well-known publications such as Bitcoin Magazine, CCN, Business2Community, and...

20.09 / 16:21

markets FIVE BLOCK security Analysis Trade Experts UBS sells shares worth Rs 480 crore in Concord Biotech, IIFL Securities, 2 more stocks via block deals

UBS was on a selling spree on Friday as the Zurich-based bank and financial services company sold its holding in four stocks through UBS Principal Capital Asia Limited via block deals. The stocks included Concord Biotech, Five Star Business Finance, IIFL Securities and Marksans Pharma and the total share sale aggregated to Rs 480 crore. UBS Principal sold 7,40,159 lakh shares worth Rs 192 crore at a price of Rs 2,589.86 per share which was a 15% premium over the Thursday closing price of Rs 2,250.55. The stock today ended at Rs 2,591, gaining Rs 340.45 or 15.13%.

20.09 / 12:43

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Donald Trump this week pivoted to embrace a niche constituency that few would have expected him to champion—cryptocurrencies and the deep-pocketed investors who have made them their domain.

20.09 / 12:03

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