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Arvind Sanger, Managing Partner, Geosphere Capital Management, says Trump's threats of tariffs are just the starting point in negotiations, not the final goal. Because of this, the market continues to rise. Another interesting point is that this year's rally isn't just fueled by the Magnificent 7. It's much more widespread. This is a positive sign, indicating a general sense of economic optimism rather than just focusing on those seven companies and ignoring the rest. What will the US President do next, no one knows. I at least do not know. Do you? Arvind Sanger: None of us know, but the market has correctly been rising because the bet is that at the end of the day, Trump's tariff threats are a negotiating tool. They are not a tool to destroy the US economy because eventually tariffs hurt everybody. So, the market is making the bet that deregulation is coming, taxes are going to stay low. The one area where I worry is that there is a hope that maybe there will be a lot of cost savings from DOGE and Elon Musk, and I am not sure how much they will be able to extract, but there is some hope that there will be something there.

United States is set to cut the size of its diplomatic mission in China by up to 10%, the South China Morning Post reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Google's new campus 'Ananta' in Bengaluru says it further solidifies city's reputation as India's Silicon Valley.

Trump’s actions – namely that they are well thought of and have specific objectives in mind. So too could be his threat to impose reciprocal tariffs on countries, including India, on a selective basis.

Donald Trump denounced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a «dictator» on Wednesday and warned he had to move quickly to secure peace or risk losing his country, deepening a feud between the two leaders that has alarmed European officials.

«The ongoing indecisiveness in the index is keeping participants on edge, and this volatility may persist on Thursday. We maintain our view of adopting a stock-specific approach, focusing on resilient sectors and themes, particularly those holding strong even during market downturns, and accumulating them gradually,» said Ajit Mishra – SVP, Research, Religare Broking.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military services to identify $50 billion in programs that could be cut next year in order to redirect those savings to fund President Donald Trump's priorities.

In the midst of United States President Donald Trump‘s threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from all countries beginning next month, a consensus in Canada is emerging that parts of this country’s trade policy regarding metals are broken.

Federal Reserve officials in January agreed they would need to see inflation come down more before lowering interest rates further, and expressed concern about the impact President Donald Trump's tariffs would have in making that happen, according to meeting minutes released Wednesday. Policymakers on the Federal Open Market Committee unanimously decided at the meeting to hold their key policy rate steady after three consecutive cuts totaling a full percentage point in 2024. In reaching the decision, members commented on the potential impacts from the new administration, including chatter about the tariffs as well as the impact from reduced regulations and taxes. The committee noted that current policy is «significantly less restrictive» than it had been before the rate cuts, giving members time to evaluate conditions before making any additional moves. Members said that the current policy provides «time to assess the evolving outlook for economic activity, the labor market, and inflation, with the vast majority pointing to a still-restrictive policy stance.

Pope Francis is currently the most powerful Catholic in the world in the position of the oldest pope in a century, but there are already thoughts about his successor due to his declining health. Currently, Pope Francis is aged 88 years and he has now developed pneumonia in his lungs and is currently hospitalized while he battles the infection, as per sources from the Vatican.

Joe Rogan Experience podcast in overall downloads and views over the past month, as per a report.

Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday finally announced its chief ministerial name for Delhi after the party held a legislative meeting in the national capital and 48 MLAs voted for one name. The 50-year-old victorious candidate from Shalimar Bagh constituency was chosen as the new CM of Delhi, but who is she?

Wall Street's main indexes opened marginally lower on Wednesday on worries over U.S. President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats and head of minutes from the Federal Reserve's January meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 78.2 points, or 0.18%, at the open to 44,478.12.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday claimed that Uddhav Thackeray planned to make Eknath Shinde the chief minister of Maharashtra after the 2019 polls, but first the BJP and later MVA allies including Sharad Pawar played a spoilsport.

Audits, including the tax ones, should remain the preserve of chartered accountants, as they are best trained for these tasks, new president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) Charanjot Singh Nanda asserted on Wednesday, opposing suggestions to treat other professionals as accountants.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk conducted by Sean Hannity on Tuesday evening, in which the president and his adviser were pull of praise for each other. Trump promised the US Doge Service would cut “hundreds of billions” in waste from the federal budget, a number experts say is highly unlikely to be reached.