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Any year-end rally in stocks could prove short-lived because equities don’t fully reflect the outlook for rates remaining higher for longer, according to Jean Boivin, who heads the research arm at BlackRock Inc.

ElectroRide by Goenka Green, a multi-brand electric vehicle retail chain has received orders from Uber and Jubilant FoodWorks to provide customised end-to-end EV mobility solutions. The mandate aims to advance clean and sustainable urban transportation with light commercial vehicles on long-term rental as well as outright purchase basis. 

The number of companies on the Australian sharemarket is set to shrink even further as private equity giants swoop and ASX hopefuls are scared off by onerous governance requirements and “noisy shareholders”.

Jeep India has strengthened its retail footprint with the inauguration of a new dealership — SGA Jeep, here, as it plans to increase its dealership network to 80 by the end of the year, the company said on Sunday. Currently, Jeep India is present in 64 cities across the country and has over 72 touch points. The SGA Jeep, in the city, is spread across 2,100 sq ft and would offer the full range of JEEP — Grand Cherokee, Wrangler, Meridian and Compass in the region.

Associate of Democratic Reforms (ADR), BJP has the largest share of candidates with criminal backgrounds who will be contesting in the upcoming Chattisgarh state assembly elections. Out of the all the candidates, 26 disclosed a criminal case on them.

Cipla Palliative Care and Training Centre in Pune on Friday afternoon, the Times of India reported. He was 83.

Elon Musk, during a conversation with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at an AI summit in London, made a prediction that artificial intelligence (AI) could render traditional paid work obsolete, the BBC reported. The 50-minute interview covered various aspects of AI, including the potential for humanoid robots capable of chasing "you anywhere". Musk and Sunak acknowledged London's prominence as a hub for the AI industry and discussed how AI could revolutionise education.

DETROIT (Reuters) — The United Auto Workers union's tentative contract deal with General Motors (NYSE:GM) contains significant steps toward one of UAW President Shawn Fain's top goals: Ending wage «tiers» that divided UAW-GM workers into upper and lower pay classes.

By Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider

With just two months left to go in 2023, the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite has been the top performer of the major U.S. indexes by a wide margin thus far, soaring 27% year-to-date.

AU Small Finance Bank (AU SFB), the largest small finance bank in India, has partnered with ixigo, one of the leading travel platforms, to introduce a premium co-branded credit card tailored for contemporary travellers. This collaboration leverages the financial acumen of AU SFB and ixigo’s extensive presence in Tier-2 and Tier-3 markets to provide customers with a seamless fusion of exclusive financial incentives and unmatched travel advantages, said AU Small Finance Bank.

Technical factors no longer stand in the way of a year-end rally in the S&P 500 index, according to Bank of America Corp.’s Michael Hartnett.

Money market funds continue to attract the majority of inflows, with total inflows reaching an annualized basis of $1.3 trillion, according to BofA equity strategists.

By Himanshi Akhand

Most of us only think about our taxes come tax season, which is typically the two months leading up to the April 30 annual filing deadline, but it’s really the last two months of the calendar year when taxpayers should be paying attention.

Taylor Swift has extended her Eras Tour to December 2024 by adding new dates. She has added three dates at the BC Place in British Columbia on December 6, 7, and 8. Gracie Abrams will be standing as the opening act. Earlier, Swift announced dates in Toronto, Ontario and six dates at the Rogers Centre slated for November 2024. The pop icon took a break between her last North American dates, which had an official close at the SoFi stadium in August. She will resume the tour with a series of shows in South America. She has already hit Mexico and Argentina and will be in Brazil through November 26.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 183.24 points, or 0.55%, at the open to 33,457.82. The S&P 500 opened higher by 30.40 points, or 0.72%, at 4,268.26, while the Nasdaq Composite gained 169.02 points, or 1.29%, to 13,230.49 at the opening bell.

Stocks rallied as investors reacted to the possible peak of the Federal Reserve’s historic tightening campaign and processed the latest major company earnings.Rates-sensitive real estate stocks led the advance in Europe’s Stoxx 600 index, which is set for its longest winning streak since July. US equity futures pointed to an extension of Wednesday’s gains on Wall Street as Asian stocks headed for their biggest gain in almost four months.Novo Nordisk A/S rose after reporting that third-quarter sales surged amid the frenzy for its blockbuster obesity and diabetes drugs.

(Reuters) — Wall Street futures on Thursday got a boost from hopes that the Federal Reserve had reached the end of its tightening campaign, while a number of upbeat corporate forecasts also lifted sentiment.

Asian shares and bonds extended a global rally on Thursday as a non-committal Federal Reserve Chair had markets double down on bets that U.S. interest rates have peaked and cuts are on the way. Investors are now awaiting the results from Apple later in the day, a bellwether for consumer demand and the tech sector.

Wall Street's major indexes closed higher on Wednesday with the Nasdaq's 1.6% advance leading gains, after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged and comments from its top official fueled investor optimism rate hikes were done even though the central bank left the door open for more. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said policy makers would proceed carefully although they were not yet confident financial conditions were restrictive enough to get inflation as low as the central bank would like. Trading was choppy at the start of Powell's press conference but the major equity indexes started to regain lost ground after about 20 minutes, then went on to hit session highs. This was because the Fed's top official «wasn't as assertive about higher-for-longer» rates as he has been in past press conferences, according to Michael James, managing director of equity trading at Wedbush Securities in Los Angeles. Charlie Ripley, senior investment strategist for Allianz Investment Management, wrote that while there is still a potential risk for the Fed to raise rates again, Powell's commentary suggests that «the bar has become higher for rate hikes.» Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda wrote that while Powell insisted he was keeping options open for a hike «he didn't seem very convincing.» The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 221.71 points, or 0.67%, to 33,274.58, the S&P 500 gained 44.06 points, or 1.05%, to 4,237.86 and the Nasdaq Composite added 210.23 points, or 1.64%, to 13,061.47. Among the S&P 500's 11 major sectors only two lost ground with energy falling 0.3% while consumer staples edged down 0.06%.