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Shares of GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) climbed more than 2% Wednesday after the company outlined a strategic three-year plan focusing on enhancing revenue growth, profitability, and achieving operational excellence.

Quiver Quantitative — New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) has taken a significant stride in its financial journey by securing an equity investment exceeding $1 billion, led by Steven Mnuchin’s Liberty Strategic Capital, along with Hudson (NYSE:HUD) Bay Capital and Reverence Capital Partners. This infusion of capital marks a pivotal moment for the regional bank, which has faced its share of challenges in recent times. The announcement coincides with the appointment of Joseph Otting, a former comptroller of the currency, as NYCB's new CEO, succeeding Alessandro DiNello. This change at the helm signifies a fresh direction for NYCB, which aims to bolster its market standing and address its credit risk profile.

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Vinod Khosla, who is the cofounder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures, has called out Elon Musk for suing OpenAI. He termed Musk's move «a case of sour grapes». Khosla has been an investor in OpenAI since 2019 when the company became «for profit».

MUMBAI : Public-sector bankers who would hang up their boots at the end of a long career are increasingly joining boards of private-sector banks, which are welcoming these experienced hands to help navigate a demanding compliance landscape. To a smaller extent, state-run banks are also seeing a similar influx from the private sector, as they seek complementary skills to compete better for customers. Boards of several top private banks are led by former public-sector officials, either from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), or the civil service.

The New York Times, Donald Trump on Sunday met Musk and a number of wealthy Republican donors. It is said that Trump is hoping to have a "one-on-one discussion" with the SpaceX CEO. However, the owner-executive chairman of X (formerly Twitter), took to his microblogging platform to clear that he is not funding either the Republicans or the Democrats for the upcoming US Presidential elections.

ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, in a Fortune interview last week, said, 'We have opportunities to make fuels with lower carbon in it, but people aren't willing to spend the money to do that.' Ergo, the public is to blame for still showing little intention of moving away from gobbling petro dishes. This is much like blaming people, not the easy availability of guns in the US, for gun crime — 'If they moved to knives, America would indeed have had gun control.' Or, as a climate economist put it, 'It's like a drug lord blaming everyone but himself for drug problems.' But let's take Woods' claim seriously for a minute.

Women face tough financial prospects in retirement.

OpenAI has attacked a lawsuit from Elon Musk, saying he supported making the ChatGPT maker a for-profit company

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways says it saw a $143 million in profit last year, citing an increase in passengers as fueling the gains

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to testify in the House today (Wed., Mar. 6) and markets will be all ears on topics that offer guidance on the outlook for interest-rate cuts.

Rockefeller is welcoming an industry veteran into its leadership team as it undertakes a significant reorganization. Christopher Kirk is joining Rockefeller Capital Management’s leadership team as its new managing director and head of investment and client solutions.

Canada’s biggest pension funds have largely rebuffed recent pressure to pour more of their billions of investment dollars into their home market, but a new campaign backed by 90 business leaders including chief executives of some of the country’s biggest companies appears set to escalate the debate.

ZURICH (Reuters) — The chief executive of Swiss bank UBS chastised European regulators for letting the United States get ahead in banking since the financial crisis, amid continuing debate over the future of global mega banks.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -German police believe a letter by a far-left group claiming responsibility for an arson attack that forced Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA)'s European Gigafactory to shut down is authentic, a spokesperson for police in the state of Brandenburg said on Wednesday.

RealVision CEO Raoul Pal, a former Goldman Sachs hedge fund manager, suggested that periods of significant liquidation offer favorable buying chances for Bitcoin.

IIFL Finance, JM Financial and even Paytm Payments Bank. The central bank on March 4 had imposed an embargo on IIFL Finance’s gold loan business and then on JM Financial Products’ loan against shares & IPO financing business the next day, citing persistent regulatory non-compliance and governance issues.

IIM Bangalore (IIMB), has partnered with GPS Renewables, a full-stack, clean fuels technology and engineering company, for the second edition of Campus Founders – a student entrepreneurship programme aimed at supporting college-based startup founders and recent graduates in transforming their startup ideas into thriving businesses. The collaboration assumes significance as GPS Renewables was co-founded 12 years ago by two IIMB graduates Mainak Chakraborty and Sreekrishna Sankar. Campus Founders focuses on innovative solutions in sustainability, climate change and hardware development. The four-month long programme is tailored to cater to students' needs, allowing them to evolve their ventures while still pursuing their studies.

In a panel discussion hosted by ETMarkets, CoinSwitch Kuber CEO Ashish Singhal expressed optimism regarding the regulatory landscape's evolving stance towards innovation within India's digital ecosystem. Singhal also shed light on the company's efforts to educate beginners, the growing interest of businesses in blockchain technology, interactions with regulatory authorities, and strategies for navigating the complex regulatory landscape. Edited excerpts:

Motovolt Mobility is betting big on sales of its newly launched e-scooters for both passenger and cargo transportation in the country, a top company official said. The multi-utility e-scooter, manufactured at its Taratola factory, was launched on Tuesday. Adoption of electric mobility is increasing in the country, CEO of Motovolt Mobility Tushar Chowdhury said at the launch event here. Motovolt Mobility, which had earlier unveiled e-cycles, has entered into a technical collaboration with German company eROCKIT for the manufacture of e-scooters, priced at Rs 1,22,000.

₹8,515.55 apiece on the BSE. Bajaj Auto share buyback for raising up to ₹4,000 crore opened today, March 6, and will close on March 13. As per the share buyback scheme, Bajaj Auto will repurchase 40 lakh equity shares, amounting to 1.41% of total outstanding shares, through the tender route.