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TOKYO (Reuters) — Japanese real wages extended their fall to a 16th consecutive month in July, government data showed on Friday, as salaries failed to keep up with rising prices.

Former Major League Baseball star Brandon Phillips and current women's pro wrestler Jade Cargill took on professional sports franchise ownership together less than a year ago

The Wall Street Journal. The move has been initiated in sensitive departments to government-backed agencies and state companies, instructing staff not to bring their iPhones to work. Apart from this, Beijing intends to extend that restriction far more broadly to a plethora of state-owned enterprises and other government-controlled organizations.

Vedanta Resources is planning to meet bondholders in Singapore and Hong Kong as the next year deadline of debt repayment is coming closer. The owner of publicly listed Vedanta Ltd, is currently facing next year's deadline for the repayment of about $2 billion of notes next year. The non-deal roadshow is expected to take place as soon as next week, reported Bloomberg citing sources.

INDIA is preparing a list of anchors of TV media channels whom the alliance will boycott and the leaders from different parties will not participate in debates and shows run by those anchors, sources said. According to sources in the know, the list will include those anchors who do not give adequate space to opposition leaders in their debates as well as try to «impose a narrative» that runs against the interests of the opposition and often works in favour of the ruling BJP. The alliance's 'working group for media' is scheduled to hold a meeting on September 8 where discussions regarding the issue will also be held, amongst other issues. The INDIA bloc is likely to release the list in a month and restrictions will be followed until the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, a member-leader of the working committee told ET on conditions of anonymity.

India’s manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) rose to a three-month high in August, following an increase in orders and output. However, India’s services-sector growth slowed down in August after hitting a 13-year high in July. Mint explains the significance of PMI data.

Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) is cautiously optimistic of momentum sustaining on the back of new vehicle launches and early signs of revival in rural markets. However, it cautioned the risk from insufficient monsoon rains could fuel inflation and impact consumer demand. Data compiled by the FADA show that while passenger vehicle registrations went up 6.53% from a year earlier to 315,153 units, those of two-wheelers increased by 6.29% to 1,254,444 units and commercial vehicles by 3.23% to 75,294 units. FADA president Manish Raj Singhania said vehicle registrations indicated steady growth across the segment compared with last year.

A record selloff in Chinese stocks by global funds has pushed their positioning to the lowest since October, with money managers unswayed by the stimulus measures that have been coming through over the past few weeks. 

Teachers’ Day or Shikshak Divas is celebrated annually on September 5 in India to commemorate the birthday of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the country’s first Vice President and former President, scholar, philosopher, and Bharat Ratna awardee, who was born on this day in 1888. Teachers play a pivotal role in shaping our lives, providing guidance, and imparting knowledge that goes beyond textbooks.

Advancement in technology has raised the ability of credit data companies to access information about bank customers enhancing the dependability of the data, but it leaves out vital portions of an individual's financial life that would make a difference to his cost of borrowing. Information bureaus that compile credit scores depend on data from banks that show how as a borrower one had behaved — whether one paid dues on time or missed payments leading to delays, or whether the borrower has defaulted. The score fails to consider the personal wealth, financial investments or even the savings lying in banks that determine a person's ability to meet obligations.

Financial Times. As per data analyzed for the FT by the Kyiv School of Economics, the four biggest banks in China have quadrupled their exposure to Russia's banking sector since the war in the Ukraine region, Bloomberg reported.

block deals worth Rs 21,821 crore that were executed in more than three dozen companies from the large, mid and smallcap segments. In the largecap space, 15 companies witnessed significant block deals worth Rs 7,711 crore, led by Jio Financial Services with 49 block counts, totalling Rs 2,505 crore. The next in line were Bharti Airtel (Rs 1,879 crore), Zomato (Rs 871 crore), HDFC Bank (Rs 784 crore) and Reliance Industries (Rs 257 crore).

Global funds purchased $1.6 billion of Indian shares on a net basis last month through Aug. 30, according to the latest exchange data compiled by Bloomberg.

A number of major carbon traders are finding that offsets they bought may now be valueless.

Plain Facts publishes a compilation of data-based insights, complete with easy-to-read charts, to help you delve deeper into the stories reported by Mint in the week gone by. The Indian economy reported a strong performance in the quarter ended June on the back of services sector growth, while the government announced a price cut of ₹200 on LPG gas cylinders. Maruti Suzuki is planning to invest ₹45,000 crore to boost production.

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, certifications are given to buildings that meet standards that conserve energy, water, waste and other environmental goals. Governments are also introducing increasingly stringent energy codes for commercial spaces. Still, more than 80% of buildings don’t have smart systems to efficiently manage their energy use.

MONTREAL — Laurentian Bank of Canada reported a third-quarter profit of $49.3 million, down from $55.9 million in the same quarter last year.

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce reported lower profit for the third quarter of 2023, dragged down by a significant jump in provisions for credit losses.

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TORONTO — CIBC reported its third-quarter profit fell more than 10 per cent compared with a year ago as the amount it set aside for bad loans in the quarter tripled.

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