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A watchdog report says a Minnesota state agency’s inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids created the opportunities that led to the theft of $250 million in one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases

President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Greunberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after Gruenberg’s tenure became marred by allegations of workplace abuse that led to him to resign

A power company in Puerto Rico has restored electricity to most areas affected by a massive outage that hit the U.S. territory this week

₹6,588 per barrel on the multi commodity exchange (MCX). -The US Labor Department said the producer price index (PPI) for final demand dropped 0.2 per cent last month. Separate data showed weekly initial jobless claims exceeded estimates for a 10-month high.-The US Fed held interest rates steady on and pushed out the start of policy easing to as late as December.

In an open letter to fund groups, Maguire said investment businesses' usual tack when a fund manager leaves their organisation is to feign indifference, claiming the fund's process is team-based, with the departing manager engaged in more of a management and client-facing role. «This defensive message may be intended to protect the fund management business, but we believe it has the opposite effect,» Maguire said. M&G's Fedeli: Taking on the CIO role, 'the big industry disruptor' and global opportunities He added that a more upfront communication would be preferable, for example th...

‘Mornings with Maria’ panelists react to December’s better-than-expected jobs report, detailing its expected impact on the labor market and U.S. economy.

JPMorgan Asset Management chief market strategist Gabriela Santos analyzes the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision making on 'The Claman Countdown.'

Delhi Police is in the process of preparing a "100 Day's Action Plan", after the newly formed central government asked all the ministries and departments to give final touches of their planning of work for the next 100 days of Modi 3.0. According to sources, Delhi Police Commissioner Sanjay Arora has asked all the unit heads to submit «100 Day's Action Plan» by June 14, which may be later submitted to the Union home ministry. A letter was sent to all the special commissioners and joint commissioners of their respective units, seeking a plan for the next 100 days for their 'verticals' by the Delhi Police Headquarters earlier this week, the sources said. A senior police officer, who did not wish to be named, said the heads of the units have held multiple rounds of talks and meetings, and drew their plans for them to be submitted to the police headquarters.

Union Budget 2024-25 has commenced after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman directed the officials to initiate the process, emphasizing the need for meticulous planning and comprehensive analysis. The Union Budget is likely to be tabled in Parliament by the third week of July. Sitharaman who had retained Finance Ministry will be presenting her sixth budget by mid-July. After taking charge, the Finance Minister announced that the Modi govt intends to move on the reforms path to boost macroeconomic stability and growth. The Budget will also incorporate elements of the 100-day plan that PM Narendra Modi had asked his team of officers to prepare. The idea is to use the inputs and then set the agenda for the next 12 months as also for 2030 and 2047, when govt expects India to be a developed country.

Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms and Luxembourg-based SES to provide gigabit fibre internet has won approval from the Indian space regulator to operate satellites there, a government executive said. The three approvals issued to Orbit Connect India — which aims to provide satellite-based high-speed internet access — come as companies from Amazon.com to Elon Musk's Starlink have been vying for the go-ahead to launch satellite communication services in the world's most populous nation. The authorisations have not been previously reported. They were granted in April and June from the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre, known as IN-SPACe. These allow Orbit Connect to operate satellites above India, but further approvals are needed by the country's department of telecoms to begin operations.

You have to hand it to Apple Inc. After a tone-deaf ad last month that made the company look oblivious to AI’s impact on the world, its marketing department has now rebranded AI as ‘Apple Intelligence.’ It’s a feat only the company could pull off. Customers of Macs and the latest iPhones will use it to rewrite emails, transcribe and summarize calls, generate images and cross-reference information from Apple apps.

Washington was shot and killed by an off-duty security guard while he was attempting to return a faulty airsoft gun to a sporting goods store last week.Aaron Brown Myers, 51, was arrested for fatally shooting the teenager outside a Big 5 Sporting Goods store at a strip mall in Renton, Wash. on June 5.

Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, he sent in loyalists, including ex-boring company exec Steve Davis and cousin James Musk, to “examine whether existing employees were value for money," according to a report by The Telegraph. He soon slashed 6,000 workers or 80 per cent of then-Twitter, now X, in a move that shocked the industry.The report added that employees were reportedly asked to justify their roles and state which colleagues should be retained.

Senators criticized top federal officials over the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished in recent years

Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission

There may be relief at hand for those in the long-winded queue for organ transplants, with the Union government planning to open up organ exchange between unrelated individuals. Currently, most organ donations happen within families; however, two blood groups often do not match, and the patient has to wait indefinitely for availability. Now, the health ministry is planning to allow one family to exchange with another if there is a match.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the reforms momentum will continue, which will spur growth and ensure macro-economic stability, presenting an “optimistic economic outlook” for the coming years.

'The Big Money Show' co-hosts Brian Brenberg and Taylor Riggs discuss inflation in America, the Fed's monetary decision, student loan handouts and the majority of Trump supporters prioritizing families.

The government is considering launching an incentive scheme to boost domestic manufacturing of toys, keeping in view the high employment potential of the sector. This follows a series of steps taken over recent months to support the industry, including hike in import tariffs to curb inflow of cheaper products from abroad, and tightened quality norms for imports.

Telecom operators will have to remain content with a 20-year lease of spectrum as the department of telecommunications (DoT) has decided not to extend the same to a 30-year period.

7th Pay Commission News: Days after the Lok Sabha poll results, the West Bengal government has increased the dearness allowance for over a million government employees in the state. The DA is hiked by 4% to 42% and will be effective from April 1, which means employees will also get 2 months’ arrear when they receive the June month’s salary.