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New Delhi: EV charging infrastructure operator Fortum Charge & Drive India on Wednesday announced its rebranding to ‘GLIDA’. A company statement said that with a renewed vision and a strengthened commitment to sustainable mobility, GLIDA is poised to shape the future of e-mobility through cutting-edge charging infrastructure and innovative solutions.  Sanjay Agarwal, President, Fortum India, said: “Our vision at Fortum has always been to build a carbon neutral planet, where sustainable energy and environmental consciousness go hand in hand.

WWE has played a crucial role in launching the careers of numerous wrestlers who have gone on to achieve stardom in the industry. While some wrestlers have chosen to remain with the company, others have ventured out to compete for different promotions or on the independent circuit. Irrespective of their chosen path, these wrestlers have made notable contributions to the development and advancement of professional wrestling as a whole. Mantaur was also one such personality in the wrestling world.

A unanimous SEC voted Wednesday to consider raising capital reserve requirements for broker-dealers who maintain custody of a substantial amount of customer cash and securities.

blue bonds attractive to investors, including changes to the pricing regulations and ways to deepen the bond market. The move is aimed at giving a big push to sustainable green financing of projects, said a senior official.

The price of Bitcoin is steady at around $30,600, reflecting a nearly 0.50% increase on Wednesday. 

New Delhi: Telecom and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw called on the telecom industry to scale up telecom manufacturing efforts tenfold from existing level of ₹18000 crore, with policy support from the government under the production linked incentive or PLI scheme. " ₹18000 crore telecom manufacturing has already happened under the PLI scheme. Time to scale up to 4x, 5x, 10x and you're getting policy support from the government.

₹17,792, according to data in the FMCG Pulse update by Kantar. The market researcher said FMCG spends per household is expected to touch ₹20,000 by the end of 2025, as consumers spend more on a range of categories, including personal and household care, and packaged food. “In the last one year, an average household spent ₹17,792 on FMCG, growing at a strong 8% over the previous year.

Rarely has Goldman Sachs Group worked so hard to unimpress.

A recent whitepaper by the Federal Reserve warns of “significantly lower profit growth and stock returns in the future.” In his article, Michael Smolyansky explains how the interest and corporate tax rates trends for the last thirty years provided a strong tailwind for corporate profits. As a result, stocks performed better than would have otherwise been the case.

Equity is one of the best performing asset class but its penetration has been low in India, accounting for only 4.8% of total household savings. Furthermore, whenever the penetration has increased significantly, it is mostly during high valuation periods. The primary cause of such low penetration may be volatility and concerns over the safety of capital.

In a worker adjustment and retraining notification, or WARN, filed Tuesday, JPMorgan Chase revealed plans to terminate a number of positions in its Jersey City, New Jersey, branch.

Netflix has made a significant acquisition at the Cannes Film Festival, securing the rights to the upcoming movie "May December" starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore. The streaming giant paid an impressive $11 million for the US rights to the film, set to premiere in December 2023. Directed by Oscar-nominee Todd Haynes («Far From Heaven,» «The Velvet Underground») and written by Samy Burch, the script for «May December» was featured on 2020's The Black List. This collaboration of acclaimed talent has already garnered attention and anticipation. «May December» premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and currently holds an impressive 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 35 critic reviews. The Independent described it as a character study enriched by exceptional performances from Portman and Moore, delving into realms untouched by more conventional dramas. The Times praised the film as a compelling exploration of Hollywood vanity, sadism in relationships, and the complexities of self-deception. The movie was filmed in Savannah, Georgia, over the course of October and November 2022, resulting in a runtime of 113 minutes. The location and duration contribute to the atmospheric storytelling envisioned by Haynes.

Sony, Stage 6 Films, and Blumhouse, emerged as the top-grossing film over the weekend, surpassing Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. However, on Monday, the independent film Sound of Freedom, created by Angel Studios, claimed victory with an estimated $4 million in box office earnings. On Monday, Insidious: The Red Door secured the second spot, earning $3.5 million across 3,188 theatres, bringing its total revenue to $36.5 million.

Philanthropy was practised in other ways too. Even today, religious institutions rent out spaces donated to them. The rental revenues fund their activities.

(Bloomberg) — The Bank of Canada raised interest rates for a second straight meeting, pushing back the timeline for inflation’s return to target while revising growth upward.

Laurentian Bank of Canada would likely attract interest from all of the major Canadian banks and could fetch around $2.6 billion if it puts itself up for sale, according to National Bank of Canada analyst Gabriel Dechaine.

The Bank of Canada raised it benchmark lending rate 25 basis points to five per cent on July 12, adopting what economists called a “hawkish tone” and reminding Canadians that bringing inflation back to the two per cent target remains its priority.

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Singaporean investment conglomerate Temasek has decided to drop its plans to invest in crypto exchanges, due to regulatory uncertainties.

San Francisco’s 127-year-old Anchor Brewing Co. will shut down after years of declining sales, citing tough economic conditions

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