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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday there “isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States” after U.S. president-elect Donald Trump threatened to compel a merger through “economic force.”

Dowey and Ward will be based in London and will report to Tom Riley, head of global thematic strategies for AXA IM Core. The former joins from Liontrust Asset Management, where he was a fund manager and co-head of the global innovation investment team. In October 2024, Investment Week revealed that Dowey was preparing to leave Liontrust, following five years at the UK asset manager, but his next move was unknown as the time. Liontrust co-head of Global Innovation team James Dowey set to depart His new colleague Ward joins from Barings, where he served as head of global tech...

If you face a temporary cash crunch and are in an urgent need of funds, you can use the gold sitting in your locker to tide over your cash flow issues.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As terrible as the pandemic was for the world, one positive outcome was that stock markets piqued the interest of the youth in India. As work-from-home ensued and stock markets rallied, retail investor participation in Indian equities skyrocketed.

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Malaysia and Singapore leaders have signed an agreement to create a special economic zone to attract global investment and ease the cross-border flow of goods and people

Quant Small Cap Fund, the largest fund managed by Quant Mutual Fund, reduced its stake in five stocks in December, including Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Aadhar Housing Finance, eClerx Services, India Shelter Finance Corporation, and Om Infra.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a first, Infosys Ltd has asked employees to think out of the box and come up with new ideas that can be scaled up and offered to clients as part of a business incubator programme. A core objective of the ‘Be The Next Business Incubator’ programme, which is open to all employees across job levels, locations and subsidiaries, is to generate new revenue streams and growth opportunities for the Bengaluru-based company, according to an internal mail sent by Infosys to its employees on 26 December, which Mint reviewed.

Nine people, including eight jawans of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) and a civilian driver, were killed after Naxals blew up their vehicle with a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district on Monday. This was the biggest strike by Maoists on security forces in the state in the last two years and the first assault in 2025.

ICICI Securities on Monday settled a case pertaining to the alleged violation of stock brokers rules with capital markets regulator Sebi, after paying Rs 40.2 lakh towards settlement charges. The order came after ICICI Securities proposed to settle the matter without «admitting or denying the facts and conclusions of law», through a settlement order. «In view of the acceptance of the settlement terms… The adjudication proceedings initiated against applicant (ICICI Securities) vide show cause notice (SCN) dated May 17, 2024 is disposed of in terms of the settlement regulations,» Sebi's adjudicating officer Amit Kapoor said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence agents have emerged as one of the most exciting aspects of generative AI for business because they take chatbots to the next level, performing complex tasks without help from humans. These autonomous AI agents can follow instructions and do things from checking a car rental reservation at the airport to screening potential sales leads.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Buying Property? Don’t Forget These Extra Costs That Can Add 7-11% to Your Budget Think you’ve nailed your property budget? Think you’ve accounted for every expense in buying your dream home? Think again—overhead costs like taxes and government fees could add a hefty 7-12% to your final bill. The biggest cost is that of stamp duty, a tax levied by state governments on the sale of property.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The factory floor of Schneider Electric’s plant in Conselve, Italy, hums with urgency. Workers at the power-equipment company’s facility, which is in the midst of a major expansion, are busily assembling advanced cooling systems for the data centres underpinning the development of artificial intelligence (AI).

Indian-origin woman, was abandoned by her biological mother and later adopted by a Spanish couple. Now, as an adult, she has returned to Odisha, India, in search of her birth mother. A researcher in children's education based in Spain, Sneha embarked on this journey with limited knowledge of her past. Her Spanish parents, Gema Vidal and Juan Josh, have supported her throughout the process, even accompanying her to India in her quest to trace her roots.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian government recently imposed a minimum import price (MIP) of ₹20,108 per tonne on soda ash until 30 June 2025. This decision, communicated by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), aims to curb the inflow of lower-cost imports and protect the local manufacturing sector.

The Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa” has claimed the No. 1 spot on the North American box office charts over the first weekend of 2025

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Virat Kohli for neither playing domestic cricket nor working hard to iron out the technical flaws in his game, former pacer Irfan Pathan on Sunday questioned star batter's place in the side and called for an end to the superstar culture in the Indian team. Kohli and Rohit Sharma were woefully out of form during the just-concluded Test series against Australia. The 1-3 defeat resulted in team losing out on qualifying for the World Test Championship final.

WestJet has denied compensation to a devout Taylor Swift fan whose cancelled flight triggered a 10-hour drive through the night from Prince George to make the singer’s shows in Vancouver last month.Carol Hansson says she and other Swifties on the flight incurred hundreds of dollars in costs after the cancellation less than 24 hours before Swift took the stage for the first of three concerts at BC Place.She says the Calgary-based airline told her the cancellation was due to “unplanned aircraft maintenance” and was required for safety purposes.WestJet confirms that in a written response and says Hansson is therefore not eligible for compensation under Canada’s Air Passenger Protection Regulations.The regulations say that in situations “within airline control but required for safety purposes,” airlines have obligations for a passenger’s treatment and completion of their itinerary — but not compensation.Hansson says WestJet delayed the evening flight from Prince George for about five hours, before cancelling the Dec. 5 service.Airlines are also obliged under the regulations to offer alternate travel in the same class of service for disruptions beyond three hours, but Hansson says she was offered a Dec.

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