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Speaking before the Treasury Committee today (10 December), Rathi said the FCA cannot prevent all the negative outcomes resulting from more risk taking, adding that «sometime in the next few years, one or two more things will go wrong». However, he continued that, this was necessary in order to change risk appetite and bolster UK economic growth. The FCA CEO's statements came amid growing criticism from politicians and industry members that UK regulation is hampering risk appetite for investment in the country. FCA has 'near impossible' job to balance growth and consumer protection...

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will pay a $15 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to four financial advisers who stole millions of dollars of advisory clients’ and brokerage customers’ funds

Supreme Court on Tuesday said courts must exercise caution in dowry harassment cases to prevent misuse of law and avoid unnecessary trouble to innocent family members observing a tendency to implicate husband's kin. A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and N Kotiswar Singh said a mere reference to the names of family members in a criminal case arising out of a matrimonial dispute, without specific allegations indicating their active involvement, should be nipped in the bud. «It is a well-recognised fact, borne out of judicial experience, that there is often a tendency to implicate all the members of the husband's family when domestic disputes arise out of a matrimonial discord. Such generalised and sweeping accusations unsupported by concrete evidence or particularised allegations cannot form the basis for criminal prosecution,» it said. The top court, therefore, said courts must exercise caution in such cases to prevent misuse of legal provisions and the legal process and avoid unnecessary harassment of innocent family members.

morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl. The alarming resurgence of this drug poses significant risks, especially as overdose deaths linked to carfentanil have surged. According to the CDC, nearly 70% of all U.S. overdose deaths last year involved illegally manufactured fentanyls (IMFs), with carfentanil playing a dangerous role. Initially linked to a wave of deaths in 2016, carfentanil had largely disappeared from the drug supply until recently. Between January and June 2024, overdose deaths involving carfentanil spiked approximately sevenfold, rising from 29 to 238 cases compared to the same period in 2023.

Supreme Court that it had written to the state chief secretaries to follow the law laid down by the apex court on the issue of internet shutdowns. A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and P B Varale was informed by the Centre about the top court's judgement on internet shutdowns in Anuradha Bhasin's case. In Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India, the apex court ruled that an undefined restriction of internet services was illegal and orders for internet shutdown must satisfy the tests of necessity and proportionality. On Tuesday, the petition before the bench alleged shutting down of internet services in some states on account of preventing cheating in examinations.

It's the job of American Airlines' chief operating officer to make sure the carrier's flights take off on time and fly safely during one of the busiest travel periods of the year

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How do power outages affect laptop batteries?Power fluctuations are no friend to your laptop either. They can strain both the battery and internal components, which might shorten your laptop’s lifespan. And if you keep your laptop plugged in all the time, there’s a risk of “overcharging," slowly wearing out those precious battery cells.To avoid such issues, consider using a surge protector or an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

People with substance use disorder are not getting a direct say on how most opioid settlement money is used

cash reserve ratio (CRR) should ensure the lenders have sufficient liquidity to meet financing demand until the end of FY25. Bankers said slower credit growth has narrowed the gap between credit and deposits. Additionally, the ₹1.16-lakh-crore liquidity infusion through a lower CRR threshold will prevent deposit rates from climbing. Bankers said that deposit rates are now near their cyclical peak, and special deposit mobilisation schemes may not be revised at the end of this fiscal year.

Department of Financial Services (DFS) has directed banks to adopt advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), to safeguard customers from fraudsters. The decision was taken during a high-level meeting chaired by the Secretary of DFS with representatives from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), public sector banks, private banks, and payment banks. The meeting focused on tackling digital frauds, especially the increasing number of mule accounts used to facilitate illegal transactions.

Eric Adams says police are withholding the suspected killer's name in the Brian Thompson case. Thompson was murdered earlier this week. The mayor explained withholding the name prevents tipping off the suspect.

ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has asked Meta to prevent WhatsApp-originated pesky messages and calls, many of which lead to financial frauds. «We have taken it (scams issue) up with Meta. This is a continuous process. They (scamsters) will keep discovering newer ways, making people worry,» MeitY secretary S Krishnan told ET. Lately, there has been a rampant misuse of WhatsApp, a popular instant messaging (IM) and voice-over-IP (VoIP) service provider, by scamsters for sharing dubious content, which led to users being conned. The telecom regulator had sought MeitY's intervention to check financial frauds perpetrated through OTT platforms, since such apps are regulators under the IT Act and don't fall under the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

«The prime area of concern is the health of our forces which needs to be reviewed from time to time. Cardiovascular diseases and diabetes are seen as major contributors,» he said, adding that the government is committed to addressing these issues through increased funding and healthcare support for the forces. The event, which marked a milestone for the cardiology community, brought together experts and professionals committed to advancing cardiovascular health in India.

unsolicited commercial calls received by consumers. «The Department of Consumer Affairs had started working on prevention of pesky calls, and we had to engage with all the stakeholders in this,» Khare told reporters on the sidelines of a CII event here. The Department of Telecommunications was also coming out with rules, he said, adding, «we slowed down because we wanted to actually give the sector regulator full powers».

The supervisor overseeing the clerk's work approved the erroneous transaction without catching the mistake. She was later fired by the bank for failing to verify the transaction properly, sparking a legal battle that eventually landed in the German labour court.

Honda is recalling nearly 206,000 SUVs in the U.S. because the fuel filler neck can separate from the filler pipe in a crash, allowing gasoline to leak and increasing the risk of a fire

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield says it won't tie payments to the length of time a patient went under anesthesia

National Green Tribunal has observed that the health of crores of pilgrims visiting the Maha Kumbh fair will be impacted if effective steps are not taken to prevent the discharge of sewage into the Ganga in Prayagraj. The 40-day Maha Kumbh Mela, expected to draw millions of devotees from across the globe, is scheduled to commence on January 14 with the Makar Sankranti 'snan' (holy bath) and will conclude on February 26 with the Mahashivratri snan. The green body was hearing a plea claiming 50 drains were discharging sewage directly into river Ganga, in an eight-km stretch from Rasulabad in the city to the Sangam (confluence of river Ganga and Yamuna).

Risk is a constant in our lives. Some say the constant is change, but don’t these two go hand in hand?

A top White House official says at least eight U.S. telecom firms and dozens of nations have been impacted by a Chinese hacking campaign