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Government safety regulators are closing an investigation into two previous recalls of the Ford Focus after determining that Ford Motor Co. has satisfied its concerns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her second comprehensive budget after the 2024 general elections. The budget proposals are expected to focus on the ongoing theme of helping India transition to the envisioned "Viksit Bharat" of “Amrit Kaal." Hence, the focus will be on employment generation, skill development, and providing relief to a large mass of people distressed by inflation, with the overall objective of pushing up the GDP growth rate.

The annual review season at a big bank is a strange phenomenon – it isn’t quite the same thing as the bonus round, but nor is it completely separate.  Although the biggest driver of compensation is always your market value, in the sense of what your boss thinks you might be offered elsewhere, it’s often difficult to get the really big payouts if you’re not scoring well.  And if you are trying to get promoted to Director or Managing Director, you really need to be lighting up those “Exceptional” or “Significantly Exceeds Expectations” rankings to fill out your promotion case.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top billionaire investor and D-Mart promoter Radhakishan Damani opposed the candidate for chairmanship proposed by British American Tobacco (BAT for its Indian unit VST Industries Ltd, leading to his rejection at a shareholder vote, according to voting disclosures and an executive privy to the development. Opposition from Damani, who owns nearly a third of India's third largest cigarette maker, marks a rare episode of opposition from the investor who holds more than 1% shares in 11 publicly listed companies.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A dozen companies including state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (Bhel) and the Indian entity of Korean automaker Kia Motors will be excluded from the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for automobiles and auto components, two people aware of the matter said, since these companies have made no investments under the scheme since it was launched in 2021. Some of these companies including Kia India Pvt.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Government capex would align with nominal GDP growth in times to come while private capex is expected to gather pace over the next three to five years, driven by higher capacity utilisation and an uptick in investments in emerging sectors such as renewables and electric vehicles, according to Hari Shyamsunder of Franklin Templeton. Shyamsunder, vice president & senior institutional portfolio manager—emerging markets equity—India at the company, said the slowdown in corporate earnings in the second quarter ended September was temporary.

The benchmark S&P 500 is up more than 24 per cent for 2024, even after a major stumble this week, and Wall Street has historically often enjoyed a strong annual close, according to the Reuters report. Since 1969, the last five trading days of the year combined with the first two of the following year have yielded an average S&P 500 gain of 1.3 per cent, a period known as the «Santa Claus Rally», according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. But this year, there are signs Santa Claus may disappoint, Reuters reported.

Renuka Thakur Singh's five-wicket haul powered India Women to a commanding 211-run victory over West Indies Women in the first ODI of the series at the Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara on Sunday. Having secured a 2-1 win in the preceding T20I series, India Women extended their dominance in white-ball cricket. The emphatic win on Tuesday gave the Women in Blue an early lead in the ODI series. West Indies, led by Hayley Matthews, won the toss and opted to field. However, Harmanpreet Kaur's team set a daunting target for the visitors in the first innings.

In absolute terms, the jump to 1.78 million from 1.16 million active companies is the highest for any five-year period, with officials and analysts attributing the surge to the country’s robust economic growth prospects over the medium-to-long term and greater ease of doing business. The decriminalisation of dozens of minor offences under the Companies Act since 2019 also helped, they added.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nissan, once a symbol of Japan’s carmaking prowess, spent the past five years trying to regain its footing after the arrest of longtime leader Carlos Ghosn, only to find itself in a precarious spot again. The carmaker has been slashing jobs, cutting vehicle production and reporting lower profit.

FPIs) were quite severe on two sectors viz. financials and oil & gas where they sold shares worth over Rs 1 lakh crore. They have been net sellers in a month on five occasions while remaining net buyers seven times. As on December 20, 2024, they had bought domestic shares worth Rs 6,770 crore.

Arsenal side swept Crystal Palace aside 5-1 on Saturday to move just three points behind leaders Liverpool, as per a report. Gabriel Jesus, who scored a hat-trick against Palace in the League Cup at the Emirates on Wednesday, netted twice at Selhurst Park and was only denied a third by the width of a post, with Kai Havertz pouncing, AFP reported. Palace forward Ismaila Sarr, who had pulled his team level at 1-1, failed to make the most of two inviting opportunities early in the second half. Instead Arsenal added two more, climbing back into third place above Nottingham Forest, who had leapfrogged them earlier in the day.

However, for many of the city's citizens, all of that craziness has now vanished and transformed into sheer grief. Others are experiencing high levels of tension, and some are wondering if they will be better protected in the future. It is now dark in the Christmas market. It has been cordoned off completely. There is a lot of anger regarding security, and there is a lot of grief among many people right now.

It’s been an action-packed year for the Bank of Canada, with policymakers cutting interest rates five consecutive times by a total of 175 basis points.

metal stocks, amid lingering concerns over a slower pace of rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve. The BSE Sensex was trading 300 points, or 0.41%, lower at 78,896.67. The Nifty50 was down 62.25 points, or 0.26%, trading at 23,889 around 9:53 am.

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Investment bankers are urging Toronto-listed companies to buy a business or raise some money as deal volumes in Canada have fallen to their lowest levels in 23 years.

A protracted downturn in natural gas prices has battered the balance sheets of some oil and gas producers in Western Canada, driving insolvencies in the sector to their highest level in three years.

Despite moving to Canada from India in 2018 as an international student and receiving a work permit upon graduating two years later, Dinesh* lives in Ontario today as a visitor even though that was obviously not the original plan.

Imagine it: You buy a house, and the bank offers you a single rate of interest that will keep your mortgage payments steady for the next 30 years.

immigration officials stopped her from boarding a flight to Toronto. The arrest followed the discovery of irregularities in her passport, which had been tampered with to hide certain details about her travel. Satveer Kaur, a resident of Punjab, was set to travel to Toronto to join a new job after completing her higher studies in Canada. However, when officials examined her passport, they found that the arrival date of September 28 had been deleted. The police later revealed that Kaur had removed this date to prevent her parents from knowing when she had returned to India. According to a police official, «She said that her parents were unaware about her arrival on Sept 28. She did not want her parents to know about it as she had gone to meet her friend.»