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Global battery maker CATL says it will expand its electric vehicle battery swapping in China in 2025

global capability centres (GCCs) reward leadership with handsome base salaries, bonuses and stock options, executive search and hiring firms like EMA Partners, Insist Consulting, Michael Page, Randstad, Teamlease and Avsar said. While US CXO salaries have grown by 15% between 2020 and 2024, Indian counterparts have seen a rise of nearly 40% in the same period, according to data from recruitment firms. Although the difference between leadership remuneration is vast in absolute terms, when adjusted for purchasing power parity (PPP) and factors such as cost of living and inflation, the difference has narrowed, experts said.

household budgets, potentially worsening stressed urban demand. Starting this month, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies such as Hindustan Unilever, Godrej Consumer, Dabur, Tata Consumer, Parle Products, Wipro Consumer, Marico, Nestle and Adani Wilmar are rolling out price hikes to offset higher commodity costs and increased customs duty, said executives at companies and FMCG distributors. The entire basket — from tea and edible oil to soap and skin cream-will be 5-20% more expensive, marking the biggest price hike in 12 months. Companies' production costs have swelled due to 22% increase in import duty on edible oil this September, and up to 40% in calendar year 2024. In 2023 too, the cost of key commodities such as sugar, wheat flour and coffee had surged.

constitutional amendments required to synchronise general and state elections, an idea referred to as 'One Nation, One Election' (ONOE). These proposed amendments — three amendments and inclusion of a new article — emerged from the recommendations of a high committee chaired by former president Ram Nath Kovind, who put together a 18,000-pg report nine months ago explaining how synchronising the electoral calendar could be done. The proposed Act lets go of some important recommendations of the committee, such as including local elections. It makes provisions for the mechanisms required to induce and maintain synchronicity. Two key aspects are:

In her letter of resignation, Chrystia Freeland criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in pushing for gimmicky tax holidays and one-time rebates rather keeping the government’s fiscal powder dry in case Canada faces aggressive Trump tariffs. She is absolutely right, of course. Bad things can happen — like the COVID pandemic — that ratchet up debt burdens and interest costs and eventually impair growth by raising interest rates or taxes.

The U.S. market gained more than 25% for the year to date through mid-December 2024

Barcelona's subway system is using regenerative braking to help power both its convoys but also recharge electric cars at street level

The holidays are meant to be a time of celebration with family and friends

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the cement sector struggles with muted prices, some firms may feel more heat than others. A case in point here is Dalmia Bharat Ltd.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. could receive up to $15 billion in federal loans to help the utility modernize its power grid and expand clean energy infrastructure across central and northern California

Inflation in the U.K. has risen to its highest level since March

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal have both called for lower borrowing costs in recent months, and some economists have said the RBI could be doing more to encourage lending to boost growth. ALSO READ: RBI's MPC didn't cut rates this time around. But, there is more to this story...

Railways on Wednesday dismissed as «baseless» claims that passengers would be allowed to travel free of cost during the Maha Kumbh Mela, and said no such provision exists. «It has come to the attention of Indian Railways that certain media outlets are circulating reports claiming that passengers will be allowed to travel free of cost during the Maha Kumbh Mela,» it said in a statement. «Indian Railways categorically denies these reports, as they are entirely baseless and misleading,» the statement said. «Travelling without a valid ticket is strictly prohibited under the rules and regulations of Indian Railways and constitutes a punishable offense. There are no provisions for free travel during Maha Kumbh Mela or any other occasion,» the ministry added.

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday will likely signal a slower pace of interest rate cuts next year compared with the past few months, which would mean that Americans might enjoy only slight relief from still-high borrowing costs for mortgages, aut...

Honda and Nissan are in talks to set up a holding company, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, a move that would allow them to share more resources amid competition upending the global industry. The talks, first reported by the Nikkei newspaper, would allow the two automakers to cooperate more closely on technology at a time when the industry is being rewritten by the likes of Tesla and Chinese rivals. The talks are aimed at setting up an umbrella holding company that Nissan and Honda would then fall under, said the person, who declined to be identified because the information had not been made public.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says the incoming Trump administration should proceed cautiously as it considers proposals for new natural gas export terminals

Grubhub Inc. will pay $25 million to settle a dispute over alleged deceptive business practices with the Illinois attorney general and the Federal Trade Commission

Canada’s inflation rate slowed to 1.9 per cent in November, slightly below forecast and down from two per cent in October, a deceleration that economists said should give the Bank of Canada room to continue to ease its policy rate.

The rate of inflation slowed to 1.9 per cent in November, once again slipping under the Bank of Canada target of two per cent.