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Amrit Jiwan, general counsel and senior director, Canon India as its president. The industry association representing top IT hardware brands have also appointed Sanjay Lodha and Bhawna Agarwal as vice presidents. Lodha is the chairman and managing director, Netweb Technologies. Agarwal heads strategy and growth, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged his performance during last Thursday's presidential debate wasn't his best, but blamed it on jet lag after two overseas trips earlier in June. Biden has faced mounting questions about his 2024 reelection bid after last week's shaky debate performance, with one House of Representatives fellow Democrat on Tuesday publicly calling on him to withdraw from the race. Speaking at a campaign event in McLean, Virginia, on Tuesday evening, Biden admitted the debate against former President Donald Trump, his Republican rival, did not go well.

Minaya will join on 3 September and will report to Robin Vince, president and CEO of BNY.  Once Minaya joins, Smits will transition to chair of BNY Investments to help oversee the change through to the end of 2024. Smits joined BNY in 2020 from Newton Investment Management, where she was CEO for four years. 30% Club's Smits on pushing for parity and moving 'beyond the boardroom' Prior to Newton, she served on the Executive Committee at private equity firm Adams Street Partners from 2001 to 2014, having been Chief Investment Officer from 2008 to 2014. She is currently the glob...

When California’s minimum wage increase went into effect in April, fast food workers across the state went from making $16 to $20 overnight

Honda Cars India on Monday reported a 5 per cent fall in wholesales in the domestic market to 4,804 units in June. The company had dispatched 5,080 units to its dealers in the domestic market in June 2023, Honda Cars India Ltd (HCIL) said in a statement. Exports, however, grew two-fold to 4,972 units last month against 2,112 units exported in June last year, it added.

Ericsson has reported a 44% on-year fall in sales in the second quarter of calendar 2024 in market area Southeast Asia, Oceania and India, primarily due to a moderation in network capex spends by India's top two telcos, Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio, post-completion of their pan-India 5G rollouts. Ericsson's sales in the Southeast Asia, Oceania and India market area plunged to 7.7 billion crowns (₹6,116 crore approx) in Q2 2024, from 13.8 billion crowns (₹10,961 crore) in the year-ago period. Sequentially, the vendor's net sales in this region was down 10%. «Sales decreased by -44% YoY. Networks sales declined primarily in India as investment levels have normalised after a record year in 2023,» Ericsson said in its earnings report Friday.

PARIS : France’s elections have produced a fractious parliament that threatens an unprecedented period of political paralysis, revealing a country that is deeply split along lines of class, geography and religion. No party came close to a majority, and the lawmakers elected Sunday are now grouped into blocs with profound differences. The New Popular Front, an alliance of leftist parties that won the most seats in parliament, is a diverse coalition whose most powerful faction is a polarizing, far-left party, France Unbowed.

Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., says students will borrow more in the future, thinking taxpayers will pay it off on ‘The Evening Edit.’

The second round of the high-stakes legislative election on Sunday will almost certainly impact how much say France's president has in the fields of defense and foreign affairs

Rings of Power’ Season 2 will have more intense fight sequences and the viewers may watch the dangerous and gory fight scenes than before in the series. Elrond, portrayed by Robert Aramoyo, will be the main attraction in the middle of a chaotic battle. Talking to 'Empire Magazine', Season 2 co-showrunner Patrick McKay said that the plan with Season 2 would be to do something much bigger, on a much grander scale that would take place not just overnight, but over multiple days, weeks, months, and episodes.

A national registered investment advisor has launched its own trust company to further expand its service offering to clients.

Narendra Modi on Thursday said the 'Make in India' initiative can add to engines of global growth and help democratise the global economy, and highlighted the importance of creating multiple, reliable and resilient supply chains. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in Astana to attend the SCO Summit, delivered Modi's remarks at the extended format meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Council of Heads of State here in the Kazakh capital. Modi said that India has contributed significantly to enhancing the economic agenda of the SCO grouping with institutionalised mechanisms such as the SCO Startup Forum and Special Working Group on Startup and Innovation. With 130,000 startups in India, including 100 unicorns, our experience can be useful to others, a Ministry of External Affairs statement cited the prime minister as saying in his remarks.

The Senate will pursue a spending increase next year of about 3.4% for defense and 2.7% increase for non-defense programs under a bipartisan agreement reached by the Senate Appropriations Committee

Neuberger Berman Group's Steve Eisman expects the outsized strength in US megacap technology shares will «last for years,» as artificial intelligence becomes more accessible to consumers via electronic devices. People will want new AI apps on cellphones and personal computers, spurring the «biggest refresh cycle in history» as they purchase upgraded gadgets, he told Bloomberg Television in an interview on Thursday.

The issue of Tibet is back onto the international centre-stage with the visit of a seven-member US Congressional delegation to Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, this month to meet the Dalai Lama and members of the Tibetan government-in-exile. During the visit, former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lashed out at Chinese President Xi Jinping saying that the Dalai Lama’s contribution will live on in perpetuity while Xi Jinping will fade into obscurity.

Inflation decelerated again in June, bringing further relief to consumers' wallets.

The Biden administration is imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum shipped from Mexico that were made elsewhere

Kumaraswamy has accused the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government in Karnataka of «unnecessarily quarrelling» with the Centre and said that it won't help. The JD(S) leader, whose party is part of the ruling NDA at the Centre, also said Prime Minister Narendra and the BJP leadership have confidence in him, and that he wants to fulfill their expectations. «I know this government (in Karnataka is) unnecessarily quarrelling with the Central government. First of all, I request the Karnataka government that — quarrelling will not help. Or throwing mud against the Central government will not help. Whatever is the issue, come, discuss with us,» Kumaraswamy said. Speaking to PTI videos, he said, «mutually with good confidence, we can do the work successfully. (Instead) every day (they are) criticising in public, daily they are making statements (against the Centre)...Unnecessarily criticising the Central government without any fault on part of the Central government. The fault is in your (state govt) court only.»

Democrats are in a state of panic and there are multiple reasons for it. Biden’s approval ratings are on the decline and several of the potential replacements are trailing behind Republican candidate Donald Trump who is also a former president. There is only person who is capable of defeating Trump. She is former First Lady Michelle Obama. Various national surveys have given her a double-digit lead over Trump. This should have been some sort of relief for the Democrats. However, the former First Lady has said that she is not interested in a political career. The never-ending woes for the Democrats continue.

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz is optimistic about crypto legislation regardless of whether Biden or Trump takes control of the White House next year.

₹7.09 trillion in FY24 from ₹2.58 trillion in FY20 and ₹1.41 trillion in FY15. Kapoor expects this amount to grow significantly as PLI schemes for auto, semiconductors, medical devices, drones, white goods, and computer hardware gain traction.