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BHP has warned investors dividends will suffer under the Albanese government’s “same job same pay” agenda, which the miner expects will strip more than $1.3 billion from its annual earnings based on a conservative reading of the bill, equivalent to 5000 jobs.

Inflation is like a quiet but strong wind that changes the financial world around us. It’s when the cost of things we buy, like goods and services, goes up over time. This unassuming economic factor wields a significant impact on personal finance and investments.

The $4.9 billion HumeLink transmission project is shaping up as the first big test of governments’ will to progress difficult projects needed for the energy transition, says a key adviser to the NSW government.

NavIC, India's homegrown GPS alternative, is the story of how India changed from a country that depended on others for its crucial needs to the one that is confident of creating a place of its own in the global power hierarchy. With Apple agreeing to incorporate NavIC, or Navigation with Indian Constellation, in its latest iPhone15 smartphones, India has taken an important step towards ‘atmanirbharta’, replacing the GPS (Global Positioning System) of the US which smartphone makers in India mostly use.

climate action, the Asia-Pacific needs to start delivering on ambitious emissions targets. The Asia-Pacific's greenhouse gas emissions keep rising and in some respects the region is going backwards. Climate action was the only Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 13) in which outcomes went backwards in the Asia-Pacific between 2015 and 2023. Progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 13, taking «urgent action to address climate change», has been a case of two steps forward, one step back in the Asia-Pacific. Over the past two years, countries in the Asia-Pacific have made strides: China and Indonesia have undertaken to transition their economies to net zero by 2060, Australia and most Southeast Asian countries by 2050. China has massively invested in renewable energy.

Indian students who have been protesting against inflation and are experiencing a housing crisis. The protests started in the second week of September on the campus of Canadore College in North Bay, Ontario. However, three days later, the college administration and students reached an agreement, with the latter promising to take their requests for inexpensive housing into account, according to Indian Express reports.

IPO subscription status: Zaggle Prepaid IPO has been subscribed 1.18 times on day 3, so far. Zaggle Prepaid IPO has opened for subscription on Thursday, September 14, and will close today (Monday, September 18). Zaggle IPO's retail investors portion was subscribed 3.48 times, NII portion was subscribed 1.76 times, and Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB) was subcribed 9%.

Tata Steel share price touched a new 52-week high on Monday's trading session, following the announcement of a joint agreement between the company and the UK government on a proposal to invest in cutting-edge Electric Arc Furnace steelmaking at the Port Talbot site with a capital cost of £1.25 billion, inclusive of a grant from the UK Government of up to £500 million. Tata Steel stock price touched intraday high of ₹134.85 and low of ₹131.85.

Cipla while InCred initiated coverage on Fusion Micro. Also, Morgan Stanley recommended an Equal Weight on Tata Steel, and DAM Capital initiated coverage with a buy rating on AU Small Finance Bank.We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Motilal Oswal on Cipla: Buy| Target Rs 1420 Motilal Oswal maintained a buy rating on Cipla but raised the target price to Rs 1420 from Rs 1130 earlier.

Even though the mutual fund industry in India has been competitive, the growth has remained largely steady, thanks to the strong inflows, particularly in the last three years. With newer players such as Zerodha, Groww making their entry into the $560 billion mutual fund industry, and Jio Financial Services looking to soon enter, the competition is likely to get hot. However,Seemant Shukla ofJM Financial Mutual Fund believes that India is quite an underpenetrated market globally, leaving enough opportunities for both existing as well as new players. “The anticipated growth in India can easily accommodate both existing and new players with varying strategies, be it passive or active investments,” Shukla, who is the chief business officer at the asset management company, told ETMarkets in an interview. Shukla believes that digitalisation and digital channels can contribute in a big way to expand the reach. “Considering that the US has multiple asset management companies for a population of 35 crore, it’s clear that we have a long journey ahead of us,” he said. Edited excerpts:Institutional interest in IPO issues has increased significantly in recent times. What’s driving this frenzy? After experiencing significant growth in 2017-18, the IPO market reached its peak in 2021-22, and since then, continued to maintain strong traction.

India’s resilient growth prospects triggered the recent market rally and helped the benchmark Nifty-50 reach an all-time high. However, experts are advising caution as the valuations are expensive, especially in the mid- and small-cap space.

gig took on a whole new meaning for white collar jobs. Before the pandemic, the gig economy had started to come into its own primarily for blue collar jobs in app-based or online platforms, such as Zomato, Swiggy, Ola and e-commerce retailers.

retail sales remain strong, and the Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates steady this week. For investors with money on the line, the gloom on Wall Street creates a dilemma.

Paine Schwartz Partners has cut the amount it is prepared to pay for Costa Group, Australia’s largest fruit and vegetable processor.

Australia has lost its reputation for being at the cutting edge of financial markets technology, and its restoration requires the ASX to face more competitive pressures and for regulators to encourage blockchain’s homegrown adoption.

Carbon markets are going to be a key tool as Australia, and the world, race towards interim net-zero targets. NAB chief climate officer, Jacqueline Fox, says as a major business bank, with a large market share in agribusiness, NAB has strong insights into both the supply and demand sides of the carbon market in Australia.

The face of South Australian business says nuclear is a “logical solution” and could be introduced in little more than five years, after being collectively slugged hundreds of millions of dollars from the energy market operator’s interventions to keep the lights on.

US Federal Reserve is widely expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday after a summer of mixed economic data, while leaving the door open to another hike if needed. The Fed has raised interest rates 11 times over the last 18 months, lifting its key lending rate to a level not seen for 22 years as it tackles inflation still stubbornly above its long-term target of two percent. After falling sharply over the last year, inflation has ticked up again in recent months due to a spike in energy costs, keeping up the pressure on the Fed. But analysts and traders still broadly expect the US central bank to hold rates steady on September 19-20 in order to give policymakers more time to assess the health of the world's largest economy. «We think the Fed is done with its tightening cycle,» EY Chief Economist Gregory Daco told AFP.

PTI citing a top company executive. “Options for electrification (of vehicles) is something we are studying right now because the customer is at the centre and his (customer's) needs have to be satisfied. Globally, we have a vast expansion of the EV portfolio.

NEW DELHI : India’s public sector oil and gas companies are looking at purchasing ships to transport oil and gas following a Union government directive aimed to ensure energy security, two people aware of the development said. The move comes at a time of rising crude prices, a price cap on Russian oil, and a bar on the use of Russian ships for transporting oil and gas. “The government has been asking oil companies to buy ships....But where are the ships available," said one of the two people, adding that despite poor availability, large oil companies are likely to locate and procure them.

Port Talbot plant will see the UK government make one of the largest-ever investments in the steel industry as they collectively move towards sustainable production. The steelmaker will be setting up a three-million-tonne electric arc furnace (EAF) at Port Talbot, which will not only lower carbon emissions, but will also be high on profitability. Tata Steel will save as much as 150 on every tonne of steel that it will produce at this plant, which in turn, will boost its operating profits to 8-10%, chief financial officer and executive director Koushik Chatterjee tells Nikita Periwal in an interview.