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HFCL (Himachal Futuristic Communications Limited), a company with diverse operations in telecom infrastructure, saw its shares jump 8.52% in today's early trade, touching a new 52-week high of ₹96.10 apiece following the company's announcement of a strong order win. On Friday, the company said it secured an order worth ₹623 crore for the supply of indigenously manufactured Telecom Networking Equipment for the 5G network of one of the domestic telecom service provider.

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Walt Disney and Mahindra group officials have joined the Board of Directors of US India Strategic and Partnership Forum, which the organisation said is testimony to the success story of American companies in India and a growing presence of Indian conglomerates in the US. The two officials are Dorothy Attwood, senior vice president of Global Legal, Policy and Compliance for The Walt Disney Company, and Amarjyoti (Amar) Barua, Executive Vice President (EVP) of Group Strategy at the Mahindra Group to the Board of Directors, the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF) said in an announcement. Attwood, in her current role, is responsible for the company's international legal and government affairs functions around the world, outside of the US, and leads strategic public policy initiatives as well as ESG and Sustainability globally across all business segments.

Reliance Industries: The company reported its December quarter results along expected lines. Its telecom and retail segments contributed significantly to revenue and EBITDA, while oil-to-chemicals revenue declined on lower price realisation led by a decline in average Brent crude oil prices, the company stated in exchange filings. Its consolidated PAT for Q3FY24 rose 10.9 % year-on-year (YoY) to ₹19,641 crore, compared to PAT of ₹17,706 crore (adjusted to reflect the demerger of the financial services business), in the same quarter last year.

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) company, xAI, has secured $500 million in commitments from investors toward a $1 billion goal, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The artificial intelligence (AI) startup xAI is discussing a valuation of $15 billion to $20 billion, though terms could still change in the coming weeks, the report added, citing people familiar with the matter.

Microsoft said on Friday that a Russian state-sponsored group hacked into its corporate systems on Jan. 12 and stole some emails and documents from its staffs' accounts. A Russian hacking group known in the cybersecurity industry as Nobelium, or Midnight Blizzard, used a «password spray attack» starting in Nov. 2023 to breach a Microsoft platform, the company said in a blog. Hackers use this technique to infiltrate a company's systems by using the same password across multiple accounts.

₹5,208 crore, was also up 3% sequentially from Q2FY24; and revenues, at ₹25,368 crore, were up 2.5% over the previous quarter. Brokerages such as BofA, ICICI Securities and JM Financial had estimated revenue increase to be around 2.3-3% sequentially and about 10% on-year, while net profit was estimated to grow around 2.7-3.8% and 12%, respectively. The telecom carrier’s average revenue per user (APRU) remained flat at ₹181.7 sequentially, missing estimates of a rise to ₹183.

₹19,641 crore, as newer businesses found their feet. RIL’s profit beat the Bloomberg estimate of ₹18,080 crore, but weakness in the core oil-to-chemical (O2C) business is proving to be a headache for the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate. “Reliance’s O2C segment quarterly revenue fell 2.4% y-o-y to ₹1,41,096 crore primarily on account of lower price realization led by 5.3% y-o-y decline in average Brent crude oil prices," the company said in a statement.

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banned onion exports after the imposition of a minimum export price of $800 per tonne did not serve the purpose of discouraging sales to overseas markets. Though the price of onion has eased in recent days the government is on watch to not let it increase due to the tightness in supply.

₹19,641 crore. In the same quarter last year, the company's PAT was ₹17,706 crore (adjusted to reflect the demerger of the financial services business). The company's gross revenue rose by 3.2 per cent YoY to ₹2,48,160 crore led by continued growth momentum in consumer businesses.

Senco Gold & Diamonds on Friday announced that it has become the first Indian jewellery brand to join Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) Network. Through this maiden integration, Senco Gold and Diamonds extensive catalogue will be available across various shopping apps within the expanding ONDC Network, facilitating smooth and efficient transactions. The move will strengthen Senco's presence across ONDC seller apps.

Investing.com — Oilfield services giant SLB (NYSE:SLB) has reported fourth-quarter profit that topped analyst estimates and bumped up its dividend.

More than 40% of all CFO searches done by Korn Ferry in recent times were around new age companies that are planning to get listed, said Rahul Kakkar, partner and India head, CFO Practice, at the leadership advisory and senior executive search firm.

Indian startups dropped about 80% on year this week, totalling $143.9 million across 26 different deals. Companies, across seed, early and late stages, had raised about $722 million in 30 rounds in the period from January 13 to 19 last year, as per data from Tracxn.

₹2 crore per episode, making non-fiction shows a more cost-effective proposition," a recent Ormax report said. In general, reality shows have a higher new user-to-returning user ratio compared to fiction, owing to their wider appeal and limited supply of non-fiction shows on OTT, Ormax said. Further, they provide more avenues from an advertising revenue perspective, due to brand integration and sponsorship possibilities.

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