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NHL offseason is in full swing as teams scramble to secure game-changing players through free agent deals and trades. With the draft recently concluded, the focus has shifted to the free agency market, which officially opened on July 1.

West Indies will not be part of the ODI World Cup for the first time in the history of the tournament after being eliminated from the Qualifiers — a result that plunged country's cricket to an unimaginable low, on Saturday. Coming into the do-or-die Super Six contest, West Indies, packed with some bona-fide T20 superstars, suffered an embarrassing seven-wicket defeat against Scotland after managing a modest 181 in 43.5 overs. It was an impressive show by the Scots, especially by all-rouder Brandon McMullen, who first took three wickets, and then scored a patient 69 off 106 balls to steer his side to a famous victory.

5G systems near major airports. Aviation groups have warned for years that 5G signals could interfere with aircraft equipment, especially devices using radio waves to measure distance above the ground and which are critical when planes land in low visibility. Predictions that interference would cause massive flight groundings failed to come true last year, when telecom companies began rolling out the new service.

Mumbai: Sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and minivans, the two segments with significant sales traction, see a spike in incentives. The minivan segment saw average incentives jump from Rs 33,720 in May this year to Rs 43,727 in June 2023. The SUV segment, too, saw similar incentive increases from Rs 32,296 to Rs 42,215 for the same period.

twin balance sheet advantage that’s benefiting the economy, having rebounded from a twin balance sheet problem in 2014, said finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. On assuming power then, the government realised banks were going through a crisis, she said at an event on Saturday. The government’s 4R strategy helped them turn around.

Rahul Gandhi to marry. Given that Sonia Gandhi keeps getting upset over her son's refusal to get married, was it just an affectionate elder politician offering advice to a younger leader, that too on a public platform? Or, did Yadav really eye a stronger opposition unity through an envisioned 'Baraat Jodo Yatra' when he said that all opposition leaders would come as 'baraati's for Gandhi's wedding? Or did his advice go much beyond that? A significant number of successful politicians in India are/were indeed conspicuously single/unmarried.

On a more positive note, the last three years have seen an easing in the stagnation of exports. Since 2020-21, Indian exports have grown in value as well as volume and their composition is seeing a perceptible change. While the share of traditional exports such as textiles and apparel, leather goods, iron ore, minerals, light engineering goods and gems and jewellery has declined, the share of electronics, machinery, equipment, petroleum and branded drugs has increased.

India’s merchandise exports have undergone a major shift in recent years. The change has been rather silent except for the occasional buzz about export of iPhones. But it is not just about Apple’s flagship product. India’s share in the global export of machinery, phones, automobiles and petroleum has grown significantly between 2015 and 2022. Meanwhile, there has been a marked decline in India’s share in its traditional export items such as gems and jewellery, apparel, meat and leather articles. Exports of textiles, clothing and made-ups, for instance, fell by about 17% y-o-y in FY2023. Is this change temporary or will this be a permanent feature of our trade order? An analysis of the data by Delhi-based trade think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) shows India’s exports in the category called electronics, telecom, mobile phone etc., jumped from $7.9 bn in 2015 to $26.6 bn in 2022 — from 0.41% share of world market to 0.71%, a 73% rise. In machinery, India’s global market share rose from 0.75% to 1.05%, a growth of 40%. The analysis for the same period lists other performing sectors such as petroleum (share in global trade went up from 1.87% in 2015 to 2.45% in 2022) and automobile and its components (from 1.11% to 1.32%). All figures pertain to calendar year.

HDFC Bank's managing director and chief executive Sashidhar Jagdishan on Saturday said the country's largest lender aims to double every four years. In a letter to the over 4,000 employees from HDFC who joined the bank's rolls on Saturday, Jagdishan said the future is bright, and the work on realising the potential of the merger starts now. «The runway for financial services and mortgage, which are so underserved and under penetrated, is going to be very large.

A newly-listed crypto project, MEME token, took the crypto space by storm after it clocked over 20,000% in 24 hours. 

Canada, Germany, Australia, and many more have been facing an acute shortage of labour due to an ageing population and a low birth rate. Looking beyond borders, these countries are streamlining their immigration systems at the federal, state and regional levels to attract the best talents from fields like IT, healthcare, STEM, education, etc.

«We believe that furthermore upside momentum is going to continue in the coming week and possibly Nifty can scale up to the level of 19,350 to 19,400 in the continuation of this uptrend as most of the underperforming sectors are now contributing and market breadth has improved quite significantly,» said Rajesh Palviya of Axis Securities. Edited excerpts:Nifty crossed 19,200 on Friday session while Bank Nifty touched its all-time high level. So as per you what is the next stop?We have seen a very strong rally in the market.

Covid-19 controls, roared back to help power global growth. Instead, halfway through 2023, it’s facing a confluence of problems: Sluggish consumer spending, a crisis-ridden property market, flagging exports, record youth unemployment and towering local government debt. The impact of these strains is starting to reverberate around the globe, impacting everything from commodity prices to equity markets.

The trading range got wider as Nifty moved in a 555-point range. The financial space continued to relatively underperform the frontline Nifty. The headling index closed on a strong note with a net gain of 523.55 points (+2.80%) on a weekly basis.

Market participants keenly watched a panel discussion involving Federal Reserve Chair Powell, Bank of England Governor Bailey, ECB's President Lagarde and Bank of Japan's Governor Ueda wherein these leaders discussed the economy, interest rates and their respective outlooks. The key takeaways from their discussions and views are that except Bank of Japan, the rest of the three central bankers deem inflation to be way above their respective target levels. Inflation control is their priority and they will continue to remain hawkish to quell the inflationary pressure.

Klaytn Foundation, the organization behind South Korea's prominent Layer 1 blockchain Klaytn (symbol: KLAY) , has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Matter Labs, the team responsible for developing Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution zkSync Era. This collaboration aims to advance the integration of zkSync Era's Hyperchain implementations on Klaytn, marking a significant technological endeavor to incorporate a Hyperchain Layer powered by ZK-Rollups on a blockchain outside of Ethereum. The partnership will focus on the following areas of exploration:

Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs) have become synonymous with mutual funds, particularly equity mutual funds. These plans allow investors to invest a certain sum regularly, usually at the beginning of each month, which helps develop a financial discipline and avoid market timing.

Subscribers of National Pension System (NPS) will soon get the option to opt for systematic lump sum withdrawal (SLW) on a periodical basis — monthly, quarterly, half-yearly or annually till the age of 75 years. The facility will be available for both Tier I and Tier II accounts and will be available only for normal exit and not for premature exit or exit due to the death of the subscriber.

NBFCs barring the giant HDFC have generated returns greater than 20%. NBFC Stocks which underperformed the banks in FY2023 have started to outperform them now. So what has changed in this short span of time? What has led to this increased optimism in NBFC Stocks? A significant reason has been the anticipation of interest rates peaking out and potential cuts in the near future.

Aviation groups have warned for years that 5G signals could interfere with aircraft equipment, especially devices using radio waves to measure distance above the ground and which are critical when planes land in low visibility. Predictions that interference would cause massive flight groundings failed to come true last year, when telecom companies began rolling out the new service. They then agreed to limit the power of the signals around busy airports, giving airlines an extra year to upgrade their planes.

Nifty closed above 19,000 and the Sensex settled above 64,000 for the first time, led by financials, automobiles and IT shares. The gauge of top 50 Indian companies hit a high of 19,201.70 before closing at 19,189.05, up 216.95 points or 1.14% from the previous close. The Sensex closed at 64,718.56, up 803.14 points or 1.26% from Wednesday's close, the biggest single-day gain since March 31.