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Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday asked chartered accountants to adequately familiarise themselves with new and growing areas of auditing, including ESG (environmental, social, and governance) and carbon accounting, and to adopt technology to improve their productivity. Developing expertise in new areas will help not just their clients but also the broader ecosystem, Sitharaman said at an event held by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in Bhubaneswar.

Indian market in 2014. According to industry insiders, the razor-thin profit margin on smartwatches raises concerns over the long-term viability of many brands. Even those that manage to survive this might struggle to woo budget-conscious customers into transitioning to more lucrative premium products, they said.

US mortgage rates jumped to the highest level in more than 20 years. The average for a 30-year, fixed loan was 7.09%, up from 6.96% last week and the highest since April 2002, Freddie Mac said in a statement Thursday. The recent climb in borrowing costs, and home prices that are pumped up by a critical inventory shortage, have pushed housing affordability to its worst point since 1984, according to Black Knight Inc.

Minneapolis City Council members narrowly passed a measure on Thursday that would establish a minimum wage for drivers of Uber, Lyft and other ride-share companies in the city. The mayor can still veto the measure. Many of the drivers are African immigrants who have been pushing for higher wages at the state and city levels for several months.

low pressure area over the Bay of Bengal on Thursday, the IMD forecast very heavy rainfall at several places of Odisha till August 19, prompting the state government to put the district authorities on alert. The cyclonic circulation over the northwest Bay of Bengal has intensified into a low pressure area and under its influence, an intense cloud band is now moving across coastal Odisha into the interior districts, the IMD said.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Economic growth in the Netherlands will be much slower than earlier expected this year, as a recession in the first half of 2023 ended a strong post-COVID 19 boom, government policy adviser CPB said on Thursday.

Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday announced that WhatsApp users can now send photos in HD quality. To ensure sharing photos over WhatsApp remains fast and reliable, Standard Quality will continue to be the default option photos are sent in. «Sharing photos on WhatsApp just got an upgrade — now you can send in HD,» Zuckerberg posted.

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate jumped this week to its highest level in 20 years, grim news for would-be homebuyers already facing high home prices caused a lack of supply

Two groundwater treatment systems will be installed near the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in northern Michigan as the U.S. Department of Defense looks to address “forever chemical” contamination

China’s yuan has dipped briefly to a 16-year low against the dollar, raising questions about whether Beijing might weaken its currency to help struggling exporters and reverse a deepening economic slump

stagflation, a combination of economic stagnation with high inflation remains low in India despite a surge in prices, the Reserve Bank of India said in its August bulletin on Thursday. «Stagflation risk remains low for India with a probability of only 3% with easing of financial conditions, stability of the INR/USD exchange rate and steady domestic fuel prices,» a study conducted by the central bank showed. The uptick in June inflation mutated in July with the unprecedented shock to tomato prices spilling over to prices of other vegetables, said the RBI in its State of the Economy article. Earlier, on August 14, rising food prices sent consumer inflation soaring to a 15-month high of 7.44% in July compared with 4.87% in the previous month, breaching the upper tolerance band of RBI’s inflation target of 2-6% for the first time in FY24 and dashing any hopes of an early rate cut. High-frequency food price data for August so far shows prices of cereals and pulses continued to increase this month, according to the bulletin. Tomato prices, on average, registered a further increase, although more recent data indicates some pullback in prices, the RBI added.

₹1,510.86 crore. Domestic institutional investors (DIIs) after investing in the domestic market for straight-four sessions sold shares for ₹313.97 crore. As per NSE data, on August 17, FIIs' buy value was at ₹11,205.13 crore and sell value at 12,715.99 crore -- resulting in an outflow of ₹1,510.86 crore.

The U.S. labor market continues to flex its muscle, as applications for jobless claims fell again last week and remain at healthy levels despite high interest rates and elevated inflation

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Treasury yield on Thursday reached its highest in 10 months, underpinned by fears that U.S. interest rates might stay higher for longer, contributing, along with China's economic woes, to world stocks languishing at five-week lows. Benchmark 10-year yields reached 4.312%, testing October's 4.338%, a break past which would be its highest since 2007.

Helen Babineau wants to return to her home province of Nova Scotia, but that just isn’t in the cards right now.Originally from the Cape Breton community of Chéticamp, Babineau moved to the Northwest Territories with her then-husband in 2019 for a work opportunity.When the marriage ended, she returned to Nova Scotia in June 2021 – but not for long. The following year, she found herself moving back up north as life had become unaffordable at home.“I can support myself here, whereas in Nova Scotia, I couldn’t,” Babineau, 53, said in a phone interview from her home in Yellowknife last week.“I would like to move back to Halifax, where my children are, but I can’t afford to.”Babineau is just one of many Nova Scotians who feel like they are being priced out of their home province due to the rising cost of housing, groceries, and other essentials.A big part of the issue, she said, is the province’s low wages.

Spot gold was up 0.3% at $1,896.70 per ounce by 1144 GMT, trading near its weakest level since March 15 of $1,888.30. U.S. gold futures steadied at $1,927.80.

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RBI). The August 2023 bulletin was published by the central bank on Thursday. The unprecedented shock to tomato prices spread to the pricing of other vegetables, according to the RBI, which caused the increase in inflation from its June reading to change in July.

The Shiba Inu price has dropped by more than 7.5% today, with its slide to $0.00000888 coming after the full public launch of the much-anticipated Shibarium layer-two network.

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