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After a year marked by caution and shifting expectations spurred by rising borrowing costs, economists believe the Canadian housing market could be in for a rebound in 2024.

Stocks and bonds retreated before key inflation readings from the U.S. and China later this week and the earnings season kicks off on Friday. 

Citi strategists lowered their rating on Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) today, causing shares to fall about 2% in pre-market trade.

I am retiring from Reliance Industries on 31 December 2024. I will have 300 earned leaves and 100 sick leaves encashable at the time of retirement. What is the most tax-efficient way to encash my leaves before March 2024? Shubham Agrawal, Senior Taxation Adviser, TaxFile.in: The leave encashment received during your employment is fully taxable.

Total sales grew 1.7% in December, compared with almost 7% growth a year earlier, the British Retail Consortium and consultancy KPMG said in a report Tuesday. Sales of non-food items declined over the three months to December, with shoppers particularly avoiding big-ticket purchases such as furniture and homeware. Clothing, jewelry and technology were other gift categories that struggled. 

interim budget 2024 before the Lok Sabha elections later this year. Over the last few years, capital gains taxation is one aspect of individual taxation which needed some reform. While some changes have been made over the years, the structure is still pretty complex and difficult to comply with for a layperson.

₹29.2 crore on its opening day. The film minted the lowest so far on its third Monday, January 8. Dunki minted ₹218.17 crore net in 19 days at the Indian box office as per the latest estimates given by industry tracker Sacnilk.com.

Holders of the world’s second-largest memecoin by market capitalization, Shiba Inu (SHIB), are starting to invest in a new ICO that has nothing to do with their dog-gone Ecosystem.

By Tim Hepher, Rajesh Kumar Singh and Valerie Insinna

Investing.com-- Inflation in Japan’s capital fell as expected in December and was now within spitting distance of the Bank of Japan’s annual target, likely heralding a similar trend from nationwide inflation.

Health Canada on Monday emphasized its commitment to taking swift action to “safeguard” the country’s prescription drug supply after a U.S. ruling that could see certain drugs imported south of the border from Canada.The warning comes days after the U.S.

NEW DELHI : The Union government may allocate ₹2.2 trillion towards food subsidy in the forthcoming budget to pay for higher farm support prices and an extended free food scheme, a top official said. The allocation, which could be 10% higher than last year’s, would be at a time the government is focused on ensuring food security and keeping food inflation in check. While the food subsidy allocation for 2023-24 was ₹1.97 trillion, the outgo in the current fiscal has already crossed ₹2 trillion, Union food and public distribution department’s secretary Sanjeev Chopra said.

Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system

Lord of the Rings is holding a widespread history in film, with the legendary trilogy of Peter Jackson turning 20 years old recently and the Hobbit trilogy released in the theatres a decade ago. Since that time, there have been several attempts to bring The Lord of the Rings back again, however, 2024 is going to turn out to be the year when the franchise returns in a big way. The film industry has been going through some key transitions with the trend of comic book movies beginning to slow down and the major studios starting to seek out new franchises and stories for taking their place.

shares fell 8.6% in early U.S. trading on Monday and were set to erase nearly $13 billion in market value following the temporary grounding of some of its best-selling 737 MAX jets by the U.S.

By Michael S. Derby

(Reuters) — Growth in the global electric-vehicle market is set to slow to 27.1% this year as a reduction in state subsidies makes the cars less appealing to buyers, according to research firm Canalys.

Slatestone Wealth chief market strategist Kenny Polcari says Americans are reconsidering what the CPI report means on 'Making Money.'

₹2000. The charges started reflecting on its booking engine late last week and have been updated on its website today as reported by Hindustan Times. The prices which ranged from 150 to 1500 have been revised and now range from ₹150 to ₹2000, an increase of 33% at the upper end.

lunar lander close to human remains and a marketing activity by a manufacturer of sports drinks. Since the landing of Apollo 17 in the year 1972, Peregrine Mission – 1 is the first US spacecraft to land on the surface of the moon, taking off at 7:18 am UK time. Astrobotic, the American company is controlling the robotic lander of a garden shed's size. The start-up has been paid $108m for getting the five scientific instruments that will be carried to the moon. The cost stands at a fraction of the cost for the launch of its mission.

Sri Lanka's navy said Monday it was joining a US-led maritime taskforce to protect international shipping against attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels. «We will be joining 'Operation Prosperity Guardian' led by the US Navy,» naval spokesman Gayan Wickramasuriya said, with the deployment of a patrol vessel crewed by more than 100 people. Huthi fighters have launched more than 100 drone and missile attacks on targets in Israel and the Red Sea, disrupting traffic in the key shipping route that carries up to 12 percent of global trade. The Iran-backed Huthis say they are targeting Israel and Israeli-linked vessels to push for a stop to the offensive in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has been battling Hamas militants since October 7. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said that Huthi attacks had raised freight costs and were impacting exports of garments and tea. The South Asian island nation is emerging from its worst economic crisis in 2022, when months of street protests led to the ouster of then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The country defaulted on its $46 billion external debt and is now being supported by a $2.9 billion four-year bailout loan from the International Monetary Fund. Wickramasuriya said the move would add no additional cost as the vessel was already patrolling Sri Lanka's vast maritime boundary. The US-led maritime force announced late last month includes Britain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and other nations. Last month neighbouring India deployed several warships in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden after a string of shipping attacks, including a drone strike near India's coast that the United States blamed on Iran.