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Scape has followed up a $1 billion-plus fundraise with a $1.4 billion debt deal tied to green targets, that will enable the borrower to convert the debt into sustainable financing in future.

Pubs billionaire Bruce Mathieson snr says a margin loan against his 15 per cent stake in Endeavour Group has not constrained his family’s capacity to do other deals, including buying more shares in The Star Entertainment Group.

Electric bus outfit TrueGreen Mobility is set to hit the fundraising trail again, setting the scene for investors to cross-check punchy growth forecasts from previous pre-IPO rounds.

New Delhi: India said the Global Hunger Index suffers from “serious methodological issues" after the 2023 edition saw the country slip four places to rank 111 out of 125 countries. India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in 2022. This year, the GHI ranked Pakistan at 102, Bangladesh at 81, Nepal at 69 and Sri Lanka at 60.

NEW DELHI : Qualcomm intends to build its China model in India where it will support the local semiconductor ecosystem by licensing technologies to local companies and startups, and bring volumes for production at semi conductor fabrication units that are expected to come up in the country in the long run, Qualcomm’s newly-appointed India president Savi Soin said in an interaction with Mint. “Our CEO has said that if fabs or Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly and Testing (OSATs) come to India, we are going to bring business here. Any conversation we’re having with partners or government is that we bring tech and volumes.

NEW DELHI : Infosys Ltd and HCL Technologies Ltd on Thursday said their 2023-24 revenue growth will be weaker than their earlier forecasts as their large foreign clients tighten purse strings amid economic uncertainties. With India’s largest tech services company, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, already witnessing a revenue decline in the second quarter, this portends a depressing year for at least three of India’s Big Five tech companies. Infosys, India’s second-largest technology services provider, on Thursday slashed its growth guidance for a second straight time and now expects it at 1-2.5% in constant currency terms in 2023-24.

NEW DELHI : A united front of mothers combatting the menace of vaping addiction among Indian youth has written to women parliamentarians, including Nirmala Sitharaman and Smriti Irani, flagging the easy accessibility of vaping devices and urging them to join their cause. In their letter, the 'Mothers Against Vaping' highlighted that despite the ban on e-cigarettes and vaping devices, their use among children and youth has surged to alarming proportions.

India's retail inflation eases to 5.02% in September, comes within RBI's tolerance mark after two months Most experts expected retail inflation to be in the range of 5.3 per cent to 5.5 per cent as they pointed out a significant decline in select food items. The recent drop in inflation to a three-month low is a significant positive development on the macroeconomic front. Notably, the September CPI inflation rate at 5.02 per cent is below the upper threshold of the RBI's acceptable range of 2 to 6 per cent.

PRINCETON (MINNEAPOLIS) : Five law enforcement officers were shot and wounded Thursday morning in an incident near the east-central Minnesota city of Princeton, authorities said. The suspect was not in custody and the incident was ongoing hours later. Three of the officers were taken to North Memorial Hospital in the Minneapolis suburb of Robbinsdale while two were taken to a hospital in St.

(Reuters) — The U.S. health regulator on Thursday blocked the sale of six flavored e-cigarette products by British American Tobacco (NYSE:BTI) (BAT (LON:BATS))-owned R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company under its Vuse Alto brand.

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Stablecoin issuer Circle has teamed up with Coins.ph, a major Philippine crypto exchange and crypto wallet provider, to enhance financial inclusion and improve remittances in the Philippines.

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In recent days, the Federal Reserve's messages have been anything but consistent, leaving investors in a quandary when it comes to predicting the US dollar-related currency pairs' movements. Earlier this week, a series of dovish statements from Fed members led to a dip in the probability of interest rate hikes, giving some support to the US dollar, which has been in a correction phase.

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Artificial intelligence might be driving concerns over people's job security — but a new wave of jobs are being created that focus solely on reviewing the inputs and outputs of next-generation AI models.

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The investing puzzle How many of us understand the right asset allocation to have in accordance with our risk profiles, time to the goal, liquidity needs and return expectations? India has more than 1,500 mutual fund schemes, over 400 portfolio management services (PMS) providers, 200-plus alternative investment funds (AIFs), more than 500 non-convertible debentures (NCDs) and bonds, over 100 fixed deposit options and thousands of other investment products. How does one decide which ones to invest in and which ones to avoid? The problem does not stop at deciding the right asset class or product category, but also zeroing in on specific funds, asset management companies and fund managers. For example, in the last three years, the worst-performing small cap fund gave 27.5% annualized return, but the best gave 47.7% annualized returns.

Adam Mosseri stated that Threads has no intentions of actively promoting hard news or political content on its platform. He reiterated this stance during a recent Instagram creator event, as reported by TechCrunch. Mosseri emphasized the platform's commitment to empowering creators without leaning heavily into news, clarifying that they are not against news content.