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KPMG Australia chief executive Andrew Yates had his pay cut by $600,000 to $2.2 million in fiscal 2023 because of a slowdown in consulting work and deals in the second half of the financial year.

artificial intelligence, a billboard at a construction site in Antwerp, Belgium, in June read «Hey ChatGPT, finish this building.» Artificial intelligence, the technology that powers chatbots like ChatGPT, won't be assembling apartments or erecting stadiums anytime soon, but in construction — an industry stereotypically known for clipboards and Excel spreadsheets — the rapid embrace of the technology may change how quickly projects are finished. Drones, cameras, mobile apps and even some robots are increasingly mapping real-time progress on sprawling job sites, giving builders and contractors the ability to track and improve a project's performance.

SBI Youth of India, she was shocked to see the farm waste being generated and the practice of stubble burning. “So much of renewable resources were being wasted. There was a surplus of it,” she says.

Klar has received a $100 million debt facility from investment firm Victory Park Capital to expand the company's loan book in a country where few residents have access to credit. «This will let us provide better offers to our users, whether that's larger credit lines or reduced interest rates,» CEO Stefan Moller said in an interview ahead of the announcement.

Grit has raised $7 million in a seed round, the startup said on Tuesday. Founders Fund and Abstract Ventures led the round, with participation from Quiet Capital, 8VC, A* Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, SV Angel, Operator Partners, CoFound Partners, and Uncorrelated Ventures.

Feroze Azeez, Deputy CEO, Anand Rathi Financial Service, says, “there should be no real estate investment. Debt could be 10%, 20%, 30% and 60%, 70% equity. India will do very well for the next 10 years.

«The mergers between two entities and the matters related to Mr Goenka family only, not related to the merger. And now that they have got a very clean chit, NCLT approval without any kind of conditions around creditors or any condition around the SEBI SAT issue, I think the merger will eventually go through without him,» says Karan Taurani, Senior VP, Elara Securities.Just going as per your last note, you had said that there is not going to be too much of an adverse impact on the merger with respect to the SEBI order because Punit Goenka has already stepped down from the board. But just wanted to get in your thoughts on the fresh set of news.So, if you look at this I think the last time when SEBI SAT came up with the statement I think they had given a timelines of almost about five weeks to complete the process.

Aptech MD and CEO Anil Pant passed away on 15 August (Tuesday). The computer company informed in a BSE filing about Pant's death.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, the two tech giants engaged in another round of subtle verbal sparring. Zuckerberg posted on Instagram story, “Send me the location" along with the screenshot of Musk’s tweet where he had first challenged the Meta owner. Responding to this, the X-owner accused Zuckerberg of apparently not accepting the challenge.

Russia’s central bank has made a big interest rate hike in an emergency move designed to fight inflation and strengthen the ruble

International Assets Advisory CEO Ed Cofrancesco discusses the FOMC's stress test for big banks and his stock picks to short.

National Association of Home Builders CEO Jim Tobin explains how local governments have tied up housing construction projects.

SaaS) startups that continue to attract investors despite a funding winter are ramping up hiring in a job market flooded with resumes amid layoffs by bigger tech players. Founders of enterprise software and SaaS startups that ET spoke with confirmed active hiring as access to talent across functions of engineering, product, sales and marketing of technology products has increased significantly in recent months.

Bank of India is shifting its focus on lending with higher profitability even if it means giving up some opportunities where earnings are next to nothing, said CEO Rajneesh Karnatak. In an interview with Joel Rebello, he said although there are risks building up in some segments of retail loans, they are just transitory and banking can only get better as economic prospects improve. Edited excerpts:Bank of India has just gotten out of its worst phase with the return of profits and falling bad loans. Where does it go from here? In any transaction, or business we are doing, we are trying to make commercial sense out of it, whether it is on the credit side or while taking deposits.

Listed packaging solutions business Pact Group Holdings has sold half of its crate pooling business to infrastructure investor Morrison & Co for a $380 million enterprise valuation.

(Reuters) — CBS News said on Monday Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews, award-winning journalist and veteran news executive, has been named president, after Neeraj Khemlani stepped down from the position on Sunday.

Transurban chief financial officer Michelle Jablko will succeed Scott Charlton as chief executive of the $43 billion tollroad group, which delivered a five-fold increase in annual net profit to $92 million.

United States Steel Corp. seems poised to be soon purchased by a competitor, with two bidders revealed in a matter of days and more in the wings

Crypto startup Auradine has managed to secure a staggering $81 million in its debut funding round, even without a product or customers to its name, a recent article from Fortune Crypto has revealed.

REA Group, owner of Housing.com, PropTiger.com, and Makaan.com, reported a 46% rise in its revenue from India in the financial year ended June 2023, while their Australian business saw a mere 1% uptick. India's share in the group's overall revenue has expanded to 6.7% in FY23 from 4.8% in FY22, REA said in an investor presentation. REA India posted a revenue of Australian $79 million for FY23 ended June against A$54 million in the previous year.

Gerry Goldberg’s clients have varying reactions to congressional efforts to remove the limit on deductions for state and local taxes that has been in place for several years.