FIVE Financial News

By Andrea Shalal

Saudi women sentenced to decades in prison over social media use have been held arbitrarily and should be released, according to UN expert findings seen Saturday by AFP. The lengthy jail terms handed down last year to Salma al-Shehab and Nourah al-Qahtani, primarily over Twitter posts criticising the government, have heightened global scrutiny of repression under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is trying to rebrand the Gulf kingdom as open for business and tourism. In a report dated June 19 and shared with AFP, the UN's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, an independent expert panel, determined the women had been held arbitrarily and that «the appropriate remedy would be to release» them.

Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton as the British Grand Prix takes place on July 9, 2023. Verstappen is set to continue his winning spree that begins with Silverstone, but Hamilton and Mercedes have dominated the race for a bigger part of the century with seven times wins. Supporters of a strong environment group demonstrated and invaded the track which ended the possibility of winning the race for the Dutchman. Hamilton also beat Verstappen in 2021 and one year ago the Dutch driver lost as his tyre failed him. The Red Bull Racing driver has maintained his performance in Australia winning all five major races. But Ferrari, Mercedes, and Fernando Alonso can surprise any time. Weather is another force that can play the spoiler at Silverstone. The British GP is scheduled for Sunday and the first practice took place on Friday at 12.30 pm. The qualifying race will take place Saturday at 3 pm. Terrestrial TV Channel 4 and satellite TV Sky Sports will broadcast all races. All4 and Sky Go App will live stream the races. Silverstone Circuit is the home of British GP. It is situated at the site of Silverstone RAF bomber. Besides F1 races, it also hosts GP motorbike races, MotoE, BTCC, British Superbike Championship, and Silverstone Classic.

Quordle is a popular word puzzle owned and run by the Merriam-Webster company. You could play Quordle on a personal computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. The rules: each player has to guess four words, with each word consisting of five letters. The Quordle is to be solved in nine attempts only. The Quordle general puzzle is equally tough as compared to the sequence puzzle.

dementia to become more confused in the late afternoon and into the night. At the outset, I should emphasise the term «sundowning» is overly simplistic, as it's a shorthand term that can encompass a vast number of behaviours in many different contexts. When assessing changed behaviours in dementia, it's always better to hear a full and accurate description of what the person is actually doing at these times, rather than to just accept that «they're sundowning.» This set of behaviours commonly described as «sundowning» often includes (but is not limited to) confusion, anxiety, agitation, pacing and «shadowing» others. It may look different depending on the stage of dementia, the person's personality and past behaviour patterns, and the presence of specific triggers. Why then, do such altered behaviours tend to happen at specific times of the day? And what should you do when it happens to your loved one?

boots and dog tags that Alan Alda wore to portray the wisecracking surgeon Hawkeye on the beloved television series «M-A-S-H» meant so much to him that when the show ended 40 years ago, he kept them. But he's now ready to let the pieces go, in service of another passion: his center dedicated to helping scientists and doctors communicate better. Heritage Auctions is offering up the worn boots and military identification tags on July 28 in Dallas. Alda, 87, said he wore the boots and dog tags for the 11-season run of the show centering on a Korean War medical unit. Alda's character, Benjamin Franklin «Hawkeye» Pierce, was a talented surgeon who helped ease the stress of working in a war zone with quick quips and practical jokes. When the show ended in 1983 with an episode written and directed by Alda, it attracted the largest U.S. audience for any TV show in history. The boots and dog tags, given to him by the costume department, «made an impression on me every day that we shot the show,» said Alda, who won five Emmys for his work on the sitcom. Over his long career, Alda has also been a writer and filmmaker, and has worked on Broadway and starred in movies. Currently, he hosts a podcast on communicating called «Clear+Vivid.» «There's an old belief among actors that when you put the shoes of the character on, it's easier to believe you're the character and I think the boots had that effect on me,» Alda said.

Wordle was created and developed by software engineer Josh Wardle for his wife. It was later bought over by The New York Times (NYT). Now, the Wordle is to be played on the NYT website or mobile application. The single-player requires you to guess a word consisting of five letters, in six chances. We are here to help you with the clues to today’s Wordle 749 — July 8, 2023. Read on to know more.

Rajiv Mehrishi are among the directors appointed on the board of demerged financial services unit of Reliance Industries Ltd, the company said on Saturday. Reliance had previously announced plans to demerge its financial services undertaking into Reliance Strategic Investments Limited (RSIL) and rename and list it as Jio Financial Services Limited (JFSL). It will lend to consumers and merchants based on proprietary data analytics and will eventually branch out to insurance, payments, digital broking and asset management. Every Reliance shareholder will get one share of the new firm for every share held in the parent. While the effective date of the demerger has been fixed as July 1, July 20 has been fixed as the record day for allocating shares of the new company, according to the company's stock exchange filing. The spinoff, which will create fifth-largest financier in terms of capital and compete directly with the likes of Paytm and Bajaj Finance, will complement Reliance's consumer businesses, which include India's largest wireless operator with about 428 million users, top retail chain with over 17,000 stores.

By Andrea Shalal and Yew Lun Tian

Trident Ltd have returned as much as nearly 3,600% in the past ten years. Accordingly, if an investor had invested Rs 10,000 in the stock 10 years ago and stayed put, the investment would have turned to nearly 4 lakh, according to an analysis by ET Markets. In the last five years, the shares have surged 326% and jumped nearly 665% in the last three years.

₹10 each for every 1 fully paid-up equity share of ₹10 each of RIL. It said that the shareholders of the company holding equity shares in physical form are requested to send a letter to the Registrar and Transfer Agent of the Company (, Kfin Technologies) (“KfinTech") containing details like name, address, email ID, PAN, contact number, and details of Demat account among others through email, post, speed post, courier, or hand delivery to reach to the KfinTech no later than five working days before the Record Date (i.e., on or before Friday, July 14, 2023) to enable RSIL to issue the Resulting Company New Equity Share(s) in dematerialised form.

mid-cap funds as they invest in lesser-known and under-researched companies. Small cap schemes can witness intense volatility and higher downside, particularly during bearish market phases. but they can even outperform all categories of mutual funds over the long term.

In a total rejection of the idea of AI taking away jobs from humans, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar termed it as “nonsense, bakwas, and zero". He reminded people of the 90's decade when people used to think that "Y2K will wipe out the world".

After rallying 10.5% this week, PSU bank stock Canara Bank is showing signs of a potential breakout from a long consolidation phase, says Rupak De, Senior Technical analyst at LKP Securities.“A bullish rounding bottom formation has been formed, further confirming the positive outlook for the stock. This pattern indicates a potential reversal in the trend from bearish to bullish,” says the analyst who has a target price of Rs 355 and Rs 370 on the counter.Edited excerpts from a chat:Nifty has now been scaling new peaks every other day. Are the charts giving overbought signs? On Thursday, the Nifty reached another all-time high after two days of consolidation, indicating a breakout in the upward direction.

Victor Wembanyama, the highly anticipated top draft pick, had a challenging debut for the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA Summer League. Standing at an impressive 7-foot-4 (2.24m), the 19-year-old French prodigy faced struggles throughout the game, particularly with his shooting. He made only 2-of-13 shots from the floor, including a disappointing 1-of-6 from 3-point range. Finishing with nine points, eight rebounds, five blocked shots, and three assists in just over 27 minutes on the court, Wembanyama expressed his awareness of the learning curve he faces in order to live up to the tremendous hype surrounding him as the NBA's best prospect since LeBron James nearly 20 years ago. Reflecting on his performance, Wembanyama humbly admitted, «Honestly, I really didn't know what I was doing on the court tonight. But I'm trying to learn for the next games, and the important thing is to be ready for the season.» As he made his first foray into NBA competition against fellow young talents and newcomers, the French sensation recognized the need to improve his speed and reaction time when executing plays.

NATO was created to deter Soviet tanks and missiles in Europe. Now it is also in the business of deterring China’s global ambitions, spurring concern among some members about mission creep and accusations by Beijing of inciting confrontation.

OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush has been described as a charismatic figure driven by his own arrogance. Rush is responsible for the ill-fated deep-sea submersible that tragically collapsed during an expedition to the RMS Titanic. A former passenger on the ill-fated vessel recounted his experience, shedding light on the unsettling journey aboard the submersible.

₹2 lakh per kg to ₹3 lakh per kg in a single year, reported ET. Now, people have to pay ₹3,250, for 10 gm of Kashmiri saffron, which is equivalent to the price of 47 gm of silver, according to the report. One of the main reasons behind the sharp rise in Kashmiri kesar is its acknowledgment by the Indian government.

Fresh off the strongest first half for the S&P 500 in five years, the rooting out of unbelievers has shown signs of picking up speed. A source of anxious buying when the tide turned upward, short sellers who came into 2023 preparing to feast have been backing away from positions as stocks rally.

Narendra Modi will dedicate to the nation the six-lane greenfield expressway section of the Amritsar-Jamnagar Economic Corridor on July 8. As per an official release, spanning over 500 km in Rajasthan, this section which runs from village Jakhdawali in Hanumangarh district to village Khetlawas in Jalore district, is built at a cost of around ₹11,125 crore. As per the statement, this expressway will have a substantial impact on reducing travel time and enhancing connectivity between major cities and industrial corridors.

Russia's war in Ukraine as the fighting passed the 500-day mark with no end to the conflict in sight. More than 9,000 civilians, including 500 children, have been killed since Russia's February 24, 2022 invasion, the UN's Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) said in a statement on Friday, though UN representatives have previously said the real count is likely to be much higher.