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Speaking at the FCA's annual meeting today (26 September), Therese Chambers, joint executive director of enforcement and market oversight, said all investigations from the regulator had been concluded, but the saga is still far from over more than five years on. Chambers explained that Woodford and Woodford IM were served a formal warning notice in April 2024. Friday Briefing: Woodford is right – Link has a lot to answer for This occurs after the FCA has finalised its investigations and has also provided the parties in question the opportunity to «engage with us to see if they are ...

The corporate quest for profit via real estate holdings is exacerbating Canada’s rental affordability crisis, according to a report from Canadians for Tax Fairness.

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Representatives for NASA, Boeing Co. and the U.S. Coast Guard are slated to testify in front of investigators Thursday about the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic

employment generation. More than three in five employers (64%) in the sector are expanding their workforce in response to growing demand, as per TeamLease Services’ Employment Outlook Report for H1 FY25. With the sector poised to grow 8-10% annually, this revival is indicative of a broader industry recovery. Another 19% report reductions and 17% forecast no change in the size of their workforce.

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The population growth rate continues to grow at a decent pace despite showing signs of a slowdown in the latest quarter, according to Statistics Canada data released Wednesday.

Donald Trump is surging ahead against Kamala Harris, which is a breather for his campaign team, after some of the surveys majorly stated that Harris is ahead in the polls after the second Presidential debate.

Champai Soren, who joined the BJP last month, on Wednesday accused the Hemant Soren government in the state of putting his life at risk by withdrawing all security vehicles assigned to him. The former Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader alleged that withdrawing his security vehicles was a political conspiracy. The state police, however, rejected the charge saying that five vehicles are still engaged with the security of the former chief minister who also enjoys the services of 63 police personnel. «The Jharkhand government withdrew all security vehicles assigned to me, putting my life at risk, under a political conspiracy. I am not afraid of this move. The people of Jharkhand would provide security to me,» Champai Soren told PTI.

labour ministry has directed the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to engage with employers and employees’ associations and nudge them to enroll workers under the Employment Linked Incentive (ELI) schemes announced in the Budget. Labour secretary Sumita Dawra on Wednesday held a meeting with EPFO officials on the ELI schemes as EPFO is the implementing body for the three schemes to be administered by the ministry of labour and employment. “The labour secretary stressed on the need for the field officers to fully understand the various provisions of the scheme and to hold regular interactions with employers’ and employees’ associations to give the required push to the scheme,” the ministry said in a statement issued after the meeting.

Rishabh Pant returned to the international Tests in the Bangladesh series post his recovery after a serious car accident and immediately stamped his class. His brisk scores in India's first match of the series, including a century in the second innings, has brought him back to ICC Test rankings and he is in sixth position. The top 10 rankings in Tests released by ICC in Tests and ODIs saw ups and downs after some intense international cricket action. Yashasvi Jaiswal (751) has moved to fifth rankings, also helped by half-century in the first innings of the Bangladesh match. Pant is behind him at 731 rating points.

State Bank of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, pharmaceutical major Famy Care, family offices and high networth individuals (HNIs). Over Rs 300 crore of the funds raised to date have already been committed towards five projects of the Rustomjee Group in some of Mumbai's prime locations and the fund is now exercising its green shoe option with a target of a final close shortly. The identified projects for investments include projects in Bandra West’s Pali Hill and Mt Mary Road, Versova Beach in Andheri West, Dhuruvadi in Prabhadevi and one more in Pali Hill. The Versova Beach and one Pali Hill project have already secured the necessary approvals, with construction in progress and active upward sales.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Arati Mazumdar has just received her first salary. She breathlessly enters the ladies room — the sole bastion of uninterrupted womanhood in the office of a company making products for housewives — and takes the money out of the envelope bearing her name, holding the crisp banknotes in the manner of a rummy-player fanning a winning hand.

defence production hit a record high of Rs 1.27 lakh crore in 2023-24, with the country exporting military hardware to over 90 nations, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced on Wednesday. The milestone aligns with the 10th anniversary of the 'Make in India' programme under the NDA government. Started under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this initiative aimed to achieve self-reliance across various sectors, including defence. Singh noted, «Ten years since then, many reforms have been made in every sector including the defence sector. India is rising on the defence industrial landscape of the world.» In recent years, several measures were taken to promote domestic defence manufacturing, focusing on enhancing military preparedness, particularly along the China border. Defence exports surpassed Rs 21,000 crore for the first time in 2023-24. The ministry targets increasing this to Rs 50,000 crore within five years.

Shriram Finance has raised $500 million by selling a three-and-a-half-year fixed rate dollar bond at 6.15% to investors across the globe. Strong investor demand helped the company price the bond much lower than initial guidance of 6.50%. «We saw demand of more than $1.5 billion which helped squeeze the pricing at the lower end of the band ultimately. Shriram is a known name in the overseas market so it is possible that they will look at another issue soon,» said a person familiar with the transaction.

An engineer with the National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to testify in front of the Coast Guard about the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic

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safety culture improvements at Boeing may take three to five years to complete. «It is not a six-month program — it is a three-year to five-year program,» FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker said, adding he has spoken to Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and the company's board of directors about the need for safety culture reforms. He said Boeing has made significant improvement in the short term. «On culture it is a long-term project… There is progress but they are not where they need to be.» Congress is holding two days of hearings on Boeing and the company's safety turnaround efforts.