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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2020, theWall Street Journal reported that two senior executives at SoftBank Group—Nikesh Arora and Alok Sama—had been targeted by internal rivals in a smear campaign. According to the report, these rivals had sent letters to the Japanese investment firm’s board levelling serious allegations against the two executives, triggering investigations into their India-focussed investments.

«It is a huge responsibility to sit in the Treasury as the first female chancellor of the exchequer and be able to use my position to improve life for women across the UK – one that I do not take lightly,» Reeves said at a ‘Women in Economy' event hosted at Number 11. «By backing the Invest in Women Taskforce we can establish one of the world's largest dedicated investment funding pools for female-powered businesses, helping grow our economy,» the chancellor added. Women in Investment Awards winner's interview: Nicola Day from Greenbank Investments Her endorsement comes as found fe...

The Mastercard Foundation’s new money-management arm is in expansion mode, and executives have been finding new employees from one place in particular — the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

The creation of a multi-billion-dollar investment fund seeded with federal government money and designed to attract additional investments from Canada’s large pension plans is among ideas put forward as former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz pursues his mandate to help Ottawa find ways to direct pension billions into the Canadian economy, according to two sources with knowledge of the proposal.

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food inflation, State Bank of India (SBI) chairman C S Setty has said. The US Federal Reserve's first cut in interest rates in more than four years is expected soon, triggering central banks in other economies to follow suit. «On the rate front, a lot of central banks are taking independent calls. While Fed rate cut would influence everyone, RBI would be mindful of the food inflation before taking a call on interest rate cut,» Setty, who took over the reins of the bank recently, told PTI in an interview. «That is what our view is, and our view is also that the rate cut during the current calendar year may not happen, probably we may have to wait for Q4 (January-March 2025) unless there is a good improvement in terms of food inflation,» he said.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : In what may result in the first review of the new Indian criminal codes, the Centre has started discussions on the misuse of Sections 85 and 86 of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS) that criminalize domestic violence against women by their husbands and in-laws, said Union law and justice minister Arjun Ram Meghwal in an interview. The development comes after the Supreme Court expressed concerns over the replication of Section 498A of the now-repealed Indian Penal Code in the BNS without adequate safeguards for husbands and their relatives against frivolous complaints.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BlackRock , Microsoft and United Arab Emirates state-backed investor MGX are partnering on a new artificial-intelligence infrastructure fund that aims to raise $30 billion to invest in data centers and related power infrastructure. After raising the private-equity capital from investors, the partnership could deploy up to $100 billion in total capital when including debt financing, the parties said Tuesday.

Republican presidential candidate, reported receiving a call from Democratic rival Kamala Harris days after surviving an assassination attempt at his Florida golf club. Trump shared this information during a Fox News town hall with Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Trump mentioned that President Joe Biden also communicated with him about "Secret Service protection." «President Biden called me yesterday (Tuesday). He was very nice… a nice conversation. I appreciate that he called,» Trump stated at the event. Trump also noted his conversation with Harris, saying, «I got a very nice call from Kamala… It was very and we appreciated that.» He emphasized the need for political unity and his aim to «make America great again.»

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amazon.com’s decision to require its corporate staff members to be in the office every weekday sparked frustration among employees and curiosity among executives at other companies interested in seeing worker reaction. Some at Amazon said they were surprised and disappointed.

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The Mastercard Foundation’s new money-management arm is in expansion mode, and executives have been finding new employees from one place in particular — the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.

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Latinas are making substantial contributions to the U.S. economy.

Kamala Harris is set to conduct a rare extended campaign interview Tuesday, taking questions from a trio of journalists from the National Association of Black Journalists just a month after former President Donald Trump 's appearance before the same organization turned contentious over matters of race and other issues. The Trump interview opened a chapter in the campaign in which the Republican candidate repeatedly questioned Harris' racial identity, baselessly claiming that she had only belatedly «turned Black» at some point in her professional career. Trump has since repeatedly questioned Harris' racial identity on the campaign trail and during the September presidential debate Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has repeatedly dismissed Trump's remarks as «the same old show.» During her September debate with Trump she said it was a «tragedy» that he had «attempted to use race to divide the American people.»

Donald Trump was asked a series of questions pertaining to his vision of cryptocurrency and its impact in the US and global economy, the former US President was seen faltering multiple times, and appeared to be trying to deviate from the topic, as per a report by Daily Express US.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has launched his family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, with an interview on the X social media platform

Tata Group is transitioning into green businesses, semiconductor manufacturing, and mobile phone part production to prepare for future demands, said Chairman N Chandrasekaran in an interview with the Financial Times. This move includes Tata Steel's decision to close blast furnaces at its UK unit, resulting in 2,500 job cuts as the company shifts to green steel-making. Chandrasekaran stressed the necessity of these steps, stating, «However painful...these are transitions that need to be done.» Tata Steel has incurred a loss of 5 billion pounds on the UK business since acquiring it in 2007 as part of the Corus Group. Leaning towards sustainable practices, Chandrasekaran has been steering Tata Group towards electric vehicles and renewable energy while managing debt and profitability. He advised the CEOs of various Tata entities to focus on financial fitness, saying, “every company has to be focused on financial fitness… don't worry about growth, fix the fitness. Performance will come."

renewable energy’s RE-Invest 2024 (renewable energy investors’ meet and expo) began in Gandhinagar on Sept 16. Orb Energy is one of the key companies trying to make solar power affordable, accessible, and hassle-free. It has installed over 300 MW of solar systems for more than 1,330 commercial and industrial customers. It has delivered 167,700 systems across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors. The company recently launched its first 35 MW (DC) ground-mounted solar park at Arsikere, Karnataka. Spanning 110 acres and delivering 5.24 cr units of green power while reducing 45,000 tonnes of CO2 every year, this solar park has been developed specifically to empower SMEs in the region. In an interview with KumKum Dasgupta, co-founder and CEO of Orb EnergyDamian Miller discusses the company’s journey, how it stands out as a leading solar panel manufacturer, and the future of solar in India.