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Alinta Energy has approached the NSW government offering to sell electricity from the Eraring coal power station should the state government secure the extension of the plant’s operating life.

Wesfarmers posted an 18.2 per cent surge in full-year sales to $43.55 billion, ahead of market expectations, underpinned by strong earnings from its two key retail banners Bunnings and Kmart Group.

Fenerbahce SK defeated FC Twente in the UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round by 5-1. The Turkish club has won all of their last seven matches. Fenerbahce beat Samsunspor 2-0 in their Super Liga campaign on Monday. Earlier on August 13, they thrashed the Gaziantep team 2-1 at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

Amidst ongoing discussions about the trajectory of Bitcoin's value, the cryptocurrency market is abuzz with speculation. 

Paul McCartney has revealed plans to return to Mexico City for a concert on November 14. The performance is part of his international Got Back Tour and marks his first appearance in the Mexican capital in six years. The former member of The Beatles shared the news in a video via Instagram, with the Mexican promoter Ocesa also confirming the event in an official statement. «I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be heading to Mexico for some concerts with my Got Back Tour in November. Mexico holds wonderful memories for me. Whenever we're there, we have a blast. So let's make more great memories… let's rock… let's roll. And let's have a party! Party!» McCartney conveyed through the promoter’s press release. Ocesa disclosed that general ticket sales for the concert are scheduled to commence on September 2 at 2 p.m. Central Mexico time. A pre-sale exclusively available for Citibanamex cardholders will begin a day earlier, on September 1 at 2 p.m. local time, accessible through www.ticketmaster.com.mx. Paul McCartney embarked on the Got Back Tour on April 28, 2022, starting in Spokane, Washington, and visiting 13 cities across the United States. In June 2022, McCartney headlined England's Glastonbury Festival. McCartney, now 81 years old, will stage his first performance in Mexico City since 2017. On that previous occasion, he held an emotive show at Estadio Azteca, attended by approximately 48,300 people, according to the promoter's records. During that event, he expressed solidarity with Mexicans in the aftermath of the September earthquakes that year.

Wall Street is really suffering through the dog days of August.

real estate investment trusts (Reits) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to make them more acceptable to investors. Mint explains: Reits and InvITs function like mutual funds—a sponsor raises capital and invests it in real estate or infrastructure projects. Both are investment pooling vehicles.

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Reuters citing data from analytics firm S3 Partners. According to the report, S3 Partners said that bearish bets on the world’s largest chipmaker, have cost investors $11.36 billion in paper losses so far this year, neck-to-neck with Tesla as the worst performing short bet. Shares of Nvidia rose 7.4% at $506.30 before the opening bell on Thursday.

Transparency matters, especially where investor money is concerned. But, not all fund houses are transparent about all their decisions. In March, market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) shot off a show-cause notice to L&T Mutual Fund, seeking justification for some of its fund management decisions.

Nvidia's (NASDAQ:NVDA) latest quarterly earnings, unveiled last night, were nothing short of a thrilling surprise, exceeding already high expectations by a significant margin.

Air India pilots' grouping has raised fatigue concerns in the wake of flight crew rosters generated using a new rostering tool, saying that extended waiting periods between duty time will jeopardise crew alertness and performance. «Extended waiting periods, occurring before active flight duties, run counter to enhancing crew readiness and, in fact, contribute to the accumulation of fatigue over time,» the Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) has said. In a letter to Air India Head of Safety Henry Donohoe last week, IPG said it has been recently observed that the relentless pursuit of operational efficiency and economic gains has led to an unintended overshadowing of the primary intent behind Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) regulations. The Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) are laid down by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to ensure adequate res timings for pilots and cabin crew staff. The issue of fatigue among pilots is in focus following the death of an IndiGo pilot recently.

Despite higher provisions for credit losses and a quarter in which “everything went against” Royal Bank of Canada’s City National franchise in the United States, the bank beat third-quarter earnings estimates, aided by lower taxes and strong performance in Canada including growth in loans, deposits and credit card balances in the three months ending July 31.

Shares of the major American chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) rose in premarket trading on Thursday after the company revealed significantly stronger earnings than expected for the second quarter.

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Perpetual chief executive Rob Adams has moved to consolidate control of the enlarged investment manager as he unveiled a “refreshed strategy” following its acquisition of rival Pendal.

Raymond James upgraded Prudential Financial (NYSE:PRU) to Strong Buy from Market Perform, with a price target of $125 per share in a note Thursday. The new price target represents a potential 38% upside in the stock.

Solana (SOL) is a high-performance blockchain that supports fast, secure, and scalable decentralized applications. Solana leverages a novel consensus mechanism called Proof of History (PoH). This enables Solana to process thousands of transactions per second with low fees and latency.

Shiba Inu (SHIB) is a meme coin that was created as a joke and a rival to Dogecoin. However, Shiba Inu has gained a lot of popularity and support from the crypto community, especially after Shiba Inu was listed on Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange. In an attempt of moving away from a meme coin position and to reposition Shiba Inu as a serious project, Shiba Inu has also implemented its own whitepaper, called Shibpaper.

Binance is the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume and one of the most influential players in the industry. Binance Smart Chain is a fast and low-cost blockchain network that hosts many decentralized applications (DApps) and tokens. Binance has its own native token, Binance Coin (BNB), which is used to pay for fees, access various services, and participate in token sales on the Binance platform.

Ethereum is the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization. Ethereum is the most popular platform for smart contracts and decentralized applications (dApps). Ethereum successfully completed its merge upgrade.