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According to interactive investor's monthly platform data, Helium One Global has been one of the most bought small-cap stock so far in 2024, and was the second most popular equity buy in July among its retail clients. The helium providers' share price doubled at one point last month. Victoria Scholar, head of investment, said its popularity was down to investors getting increasingly «excited» by the firm's announcement that it was moving ahead with its extended well project in Tanzania. Friday Briefing: Even one of the Nasdaq's worst days is still not enough to put investors off US te...

PNC Menon, Founder and Chairman of Sobha Group, who hails from Palakkad, Kerala has pledged to build 50 homes for Wayanad landslide survivors. In a letter to Kerala Chief Minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, Menon expressed his grief and sorrow over the tragedy, emphasizing his commitment to support the affected families. «In this hour of distress, we stand in solidarity with the people of Wayanad. Our pledge to build 50 homes is aimed at providing not only immediate relief but also long-term support to the affected families,» said Menon, offering his deepest condolences for the lives lost and families displaced by the landslides.

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indexation benefit from the capital gain tax on property has spooked him. “The new taxation is good for short-term investors but not long-term investors. I calculated the tax outgo for the three properties in Bangalore I had held for over ten years. My tax outgo is 3x now without indexation. In many cases, I would not have paid any tax and had the option to offset them over the eight years,” he said. Experts say that the recent abolishment of indexation benefits on property sales is expected to slow down the resale residential market and deter owners of older properties and investors due to increased tax liabilities reducing potential profits. This change will likely moderate price growth in the resale segment and increase reduced transparency in value to avoid higher taxes, undermining efforts to formalise the real estate sector, they said.

In the span of two days, three more lawsuits have been brought against brokerages over their cash sweep rates, including two cases against Wells Fargo and another against LPL.

UBS Private Wealth Management managing director Alli McCartney explains how the Fed's messaging could affect the market on 'Making Money.'

With several months to go before the election, there is ample time for the markets to swing one way or the other.

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Under the deal, AXA would also receive around €300m from the sale of Select, formerly Architas, to AXA IM before the closing of the transaction, bringing the total proceeds to €5.4bn. The sum would represent a multiple of 15x 2023 earnings, AXA noted. Additionally, AXA and BNP Paribas would enter into a long-term strategic partnership, where BNP would provide investment management services to AXA. If the deal goes ahead, it will create a European asset manager with around €1.5trn in assets under management. AXA IM to acquire US private equity boutique W Capital Partners AXA s...

Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Friday said its regional forecast bulletins for the district were experimental and issued once a day for ground testing. This process was a «part of building a prediction model», which will take 4-5 years to be ready for public use, a GSI official said. «GSI has started issuing regional landslide forecast bulletins on an experimental mode once a day for Wayanad district, Kerala. These are issued only to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) and District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) for ground testing since the onset of the 2024 monsoon. It is restricted only to SDMA and DDMA for receiving feedback,» a GSI spokesperson told PTI. These forecasts are based on rainfall predictions provided by the National Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to prepare landslide thresholds, he said.

Delhi government extensively mapped the city's utilities, creating a geospatial database that included both two-and three-dimensional information on underground and overground assets. Recently, the government has decided to modernise this infrastructure to provide more accurate data and integrated services using the latest technologies, reported The Times of India. This initiative will start with a pilot project covering Mehrauli, Masoodpur, and Rangpuri villages using high-resolution drone surveys. The original database operational since over a decade includes comprehensive spatial datasets covering drains, sewers, water pipes, power lines, buildings, and transport networks, among other utilities. This database was accessible over the web and widely used by various departments and stakeholders to solve planning issues ranging from bus routes to drainage and preventive health campaigns.

FMCG major ITC surged by a little over 1% on Friday to the day’s high of Rs 499.35 on BSE after the firm’s first-quarter net profit was reported at Rs 4,917.45 crore, which was a marginal uptick from a year ago’s net profit of Rs 4,902.74 crore. The profit after tax was below Street's estimates of Rs 5,122 crore.

SA Tech Software listed on the NSE SME platform with a premium of 90% on Friday. The stock debuted at Rs 112.1 as against an issue price of Rs 59. Ahead of the listing, the company's shares were trading with a GMP of Rs 53 in the unlisted market.

ByBit on Thursday announced its departure from France due to recent regulatory actions by the French authorities. The company said that it would no longer offer products and services to French nationals and residents.

₹9,900 crore ($1.1 billion), as per Mint's analysis of data from its red herring prospectus. Maheshwari and Bahl will also be sitting on hundreds of millions. In addition, Aggarwal owns stakes in Ola Cabs and Krutrim AI, both of which are unicorns (startups with valuation of a billion dollars or more).

Ethereum layer-2 scaling solution Starknet issued an urgent warning to its community on July 1 regarding a compromise of its Discord server.

Can Bitcoin really have value despite lacking any cash flows? In a Twitter post on Thursday, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan argued why it can.

Gov. Maura Healey says she is pressing Steward Health Care to adhere to a state Department of Public Health regulation that hospital owners must give 120 days notice before any medical facility can close in Massachusetts

Hollywood’s video game performers are picketing at the Warner Bros

The healthcare tech company R1 RCM will be acquired for $9 billion and taken private by investment funds