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The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its fact...

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Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC will roll out a new $300 million India Yield Advantage fund in the private credit space to attract offshore capital from global investors in Singapore and Dubai. The fund will generate a return of around 20% by mirroring the company's domestic private credit fund strategy. In India, Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC has launched the fundraising exercise for its maiden ₹2,500 crore performing credit fund. «The offshore fund will offer global investors the opportunity to invest in India's growing private credit space, expanding beyond traditional equity investments that have been the primary focus so far,» said A Balasubramanian, managing director of Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC.

HCLTech garnered about a third of incremental demand from data and artificial intelligence (AI) verticals, helping India’s third largest software services provider post better-than-expected revenue — 6.7% higher from a year earlier — in the fiscal second quarter. Speaking to ET, CEO and managing director C Vijayakumar declined to elaborate on revenues earned from data and AI businesses. “It (data and AI revenues) is spread across different verticals, and every client situation is different, so I'm not able to quantify it. But I think at least a third of the (incremental) demand seems to be coming from AI and data, roughly,” he said. Announcing the September quarter results on Monday, the Noida-based company reported revenue of Rs 28,862 crore, up 6.7% from a year ago and 2.6% sequentially. Revenue surpassed the Rs 28,710 crore ET estimate for Q2. The company also raised its lower-end guidance for revenue growth to 3.5-5.0% from the earlier 3.0-5.0% for FY25.

Sagility India and Senores Pharmaceuticals have received approvals from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for their proposed initial public offerings (IPOs). The regulator issued its final observations on the draft papers last week. When a company receives a final observation from Sebi, it’s a signal from the regulator to go ahead with the IPO process. Sagility India’s IPO consists solely of an offer for sale (OFS) of 984.4 million shares by promoter Sagility BV. The company provides technology-driven services to insurance settlement entities and healthcare providers.

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Bandai Namco Studios Inc., an affiliate of the company, has relocated approximately 200 out of its 1,300 employees to so-called “expulsion rooms," or oidashi beya, added the report.As per the wire, these rooms, a tactic sometimes used by Japanese corporations to sidestep the country’s stringent labour laws, provide employees with no work-related tasks, effectively putting them under pressure to leave. Nearly 100 employees have resigned since the implementation of this practice, with more departures expected in the coming months.Despite these claims, Bandai Namco denies using such methods to force staff out.

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Reeves said Labour's election pledge not to increase NI on «working people» related to the employee element, as opposed to the sum paid by employers, BBC News reported. Reeves said the Budget on 30 October would be «tough», but noted the difficult decisions would not turn firms away from investing in the UK because she will provide them long-term certainty about their taxation. Reeves rebrands UK Infrastructure Bank into £27.8bn National Wealth Fund The government has ruled out increasing VAT, NI or income tax. Reeves pledged to cap corporation tax, the levy paid by businesses on p...

The ACT Stewardship Council, a cross-industry body of fund selectors and investors acting on behalf of $2trn in clients' assets, has issued a letter to data platforms and providers to publish an investment house's signatory status and the year the firm became a signatory. The think-tank and advocacy group said these are both «key» indicators for analysts assessing its commitment to workplace culture and transparency. City Hive's Bev Shah: What firms are telling us about values and commitments ACT signatories pledge to disclose in a standardised way, offering a «high degree of openn...

Google set to purchase the output starting in 2030 and ramping up to a full capacity of 500 megawatts by 2035.Kairos Power, which received a permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission last December to establish a pilot project in Tennessee, is poised to leverage its innovative molten-salt technology, promising enhanced safety compared to traditional water-cooled reactors. Reportedly, the ambitious project is supported by a substantial $303 million grant from the Department of Energy, highlighting the potential for significant advancements in nuclear energy.The tech giant's involvement is expected to provide a credible off-take for Kairos’ electricity, enabling the developer to secure further funding for its ambitious plans, adds the report.

CCI) on Tuesday cleared state-owned Central Bank of India's proposed stake acquisition of stakes in Future Generali India Insurance and Future Generali India Life Insurance. Central Bank of India is a scheduled commercial bank. «The proposed combination envisages acquisition by Central Bank of India of 24.91 per cent equity stake in Future Generali India Insurance Company Ltd (FGIICL),» CCI said in a release. FGIICL provides personal insurance, commercial insurance, social, and rural insurance, etc.

DPIIT) on Tuesday said it has relaxed the mandatory quality control norms for cookware and utensils for micro units. The quality control order (QCO) on cookware, utensils and cans for foods and beverages was issued last year to cut imports of sub-standard goods and promote domestic manufacturing. «To enhance ease of doing business, several relaxations have been introduced in the QCO, which includes exemption from the QCO for very small micro-enterprises (i.e. micro-enterprises registered under the Udyam portal) where the investment in plant and machinery does not exceed Rs 25 lakh, and the turnover does not exceed Rs 2 crore,» it said. Further, a six-month relaxation to clear legacy stock has been provided through a specific provision and exemption for the import of cans filled with powder, semi-solid, liquid, or gas through a specific provision has been introduced.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis intend to relocate to Europe. This came after rumours of the same surfaced online, following accusations and criticism directed at the actor shortly after Kutcher's connection to the highly contentious Sean Diddy Combs went viral. The move by Kutcher and Kunis might be an attempt to get away from Diddy's drama, as reported by ComingSoon. Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis intend to leave Hollywood and relocate to Europe in order to avoid the ongoing Diddy drama.

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covert operations on Canadian soil. The accusations center on the alleged involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was shot dead in British Columbia in June last year. Canadian authorities have now claimed that Indian agents are working in collaboration with criminal gangs, including the Bishnoi gang, to carry out covert operations targeting South Asian Canadians. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his government’s stance at a press conference, saying, “Canada will never tolerate the involvement of a foreign government in threatening and killing Canadian citizens on Canadian soil.” He emphasized that the findings of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) provided “clear and compelling evidence” that agents of the Indian government are engaged in activities that pose a significant threat to public safety. Trudeau detailed the evidence, stating, “This includes clandestine information gathering techniques, coercive behavior targeting South Asian Canadians, and involvement in over a dozen threatening and violent acts, including murder. This is unacceptable.”