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Meta Platforms has elevated prominent Republican Joel Kaplan to be its chief global affairs officer, replacing Nick Clegg.

net neutrality rules. The decision is a blow to the outgoing Biden administration that had made restoring the open internet rules a priority. President Joe Biden signed a 2021 executive order encouraging the FCC to reinstate the rules.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The rupee is expected to further weaken in the coming months as Trump’s presidency strengthens the dollar at least in the near-term, experts said, adding that the central bank's interventions in the currency market are likely to ease. In 2024, the local currency lost 2.9% but the depreciation was lower than some of the other Asian currencies.

Louisville punter Brady Hodges said he opted out of the Sun Bowl this week because the Cardinals’ NIL collective did not pay money promised to him in September

Rep. Michael Rulli, R-Ohio, reacts to a tentative deal for port workers and Tim Walz saying he's a knucklehead over his previous Tiananmen Square claims. (Courtesy: CBS News)

Manmohan Singh.

Earnings for companies within the S&P 500 are expected to have grown by about 9.4% in 2024, according to FactSet

Donald Trump is sworn in as the US President on January 20, the country is in the grip of violence. Right after a terror strike in New Orleans in which a US military veteran drove an a pickup truck with a black Islamic caliphate flag into a New Year crowd celebrating in iconic Bourbon Street, killing 15 and injuring dozens of others, another US military veteran in a suspected suicide bombing exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside Trump Hotel in Las Vegas.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What impact will the next US administration have on economic growth and inflation? The answer isn’t clear, because while some of President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed policies would boost growth and reduce inflation over time, while others will have the opposite effect. On the positive side of the ledger, Trump will be pro-business overall, and this fact alone could stimulate economic activity by unleashing the ‘animal spirits’ that drive business investment, innovation and growth.

Xiaomi India has appointed Sandeep Singh Arora as its chief business officer, strengthening its leadership team following the exit of company president Muralikrishnan B.

Gold may have trumped the BSE Sensex in terms of 2024 returns, the race to reach the 1,00,000 milestone will be on, in 2025 as well. While there is a consensus that the feat is unlikely to be achieved by either asset class, this year, experts remain divided on the likely winner. Nilesh Jain, Head Vice President, Equity Research Technical and Derivatives at Centrum Broking said that the chances of gold hitting the 1 lakh mark first, was higher given the economic uncertainties, geopolitics and Donald Trump taking over as the US President on January 20. According to him, Sensex could test levels around 95,000 by the end of 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SINGAPORE—During Donald Trump’s first term, U.S. companies argued that a trade war with China was bad for Americans.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national president N Chandrababu Naidu is planning to revive his party in Telangana and step into this year’s local body elections in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.

Dipan Mehta, Director, Elixir Equities, says the earning season and the Trump presidency are the two important events or trends to look out for in 2025. Mehta is hoping for the best because the September quarter was pretty disappointing. Be it a mild turnaround in December quarter or a continuation of September quarter – that will determine the trend for the market. The market can go either which way. It can rally back up to its all-time highs or correct further from these levels. Mehta also says that there is a good trading opportunity within the banks, especially tier II PSU banks. He is more positive on them than the private sector banks, but it is a short term, maybe a few months, one or two quarter type of a play. In the medium to long term, he is underweight banks.

New Orleans attack posted videos «indicating that he was inspired by ISIS» hours before ramming a truck into a New Year's crowd, US President Joe Biden said Wednesday, citing the FBI.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s President Xi Jinping had a message for Taiwan in his New Year’s speech. “We Chinese on both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same family," he said.

One person died and seven others were injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck that appeared to be carrying fireworks caught fire and exploded outside a Las Vegas hotel owned by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s company, authorities said.

Asian stocks were primed to begin the New Year on a cautious note after an inauspicious end to an otherwise stellar 2024 for global equity investors. Futures on benchmarks in Shanghai declined after mainland Chinese gauges tumbled in December’s final day of trading. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 indexes dropped for a fourth consecutive session in a year-end pullback that shaved more than a trillion dollars from large-cap market values.

US President- elect Donald Trump is poised to become the first elected US President in modern history to actually receive two state visits from the British Royal Family as preparations are already underway for an invitation following his return to the White House in the month of January of the year 2025, reported The Telegraph. This unprecedented move actually reflects a specific strategy by Sir Keir Starmer's government to leverage Donald Trump's admiration for the monarchy to eventually strengthen UK-US relations.