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A national wealth management firm is extending its footprint into a new market as it welcomes an Illinois-based advisor team from Securities America. With its headquarters in St. Charles, just outside Chicago, Steward Guide Wealth Partners is transitioning to Independent Advisor Alliance.

₹67.71 crore across all its college campuses and in an upcoming girls’ hostel in northwest Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, according to a report by the PTI news agency. The WiFi (Wireless Fidelity) connectivity will be set up across about 90 colleges of Delhi University, on both north and south campuses.

By Dietrich Knauth

Investing.com-- The S&P 500 closed higher Wednesday, as the rally in tech returned following weakness a day earlier after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reinforced expectations that interest rate cuts were coming later in the year.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Rostin Behnam has reiterated his call for Congress to pass legislation clarifying crypto regulation. The call for congressional action was presented during Wednesday’s hearing before the House Agriculture Committee.

Boeing has refused to disclose who worked on the door plug that blew off a jetliner in January, according to the head of the agency that's conducting the investigation

A newspaper in Idaho is reporting that workers had expressed concerned about bending or bowed beams and other structural issues before a steel airport hangar under construction collapsed in January, killing 3 people

Japan’s Daiwa Securities has decided to acquire a 10% ownership stake in Singapore-based crypto startup Penguin.

Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Wednesday notified regulations prescribing monetary penalty on the global turnover of a company engaged in anti-competitive conduct. The move will boost the regulator's chances of curbing such antitrust activities involving multinational firms, including Big Tech, as experts said the penalty amount would be significantly higher because it would no longer be pegged only to the firm's turnover in a relevant market. The CCI regulations followed a notification issued by the ministry of corporate affairs stipulating March 6 as the date for implementing the relevant provisions of the Competition (Amendment) Act 2023 that deal with the new monetary penalty regime.

Strategic Investment Plans (SIPs) of nine states, including Rajasthan, West Bengal and Gujarat, that seek to bring down the cost of compliance and improve access to credit for micro, small and medium enterprises there, a government official told ET. «A total of Rs 713 crore has been approved for these nine SIPs,» the official added. SIPs of Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Tripura, Nagaland, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh also received go-ahead on Wednesday. So far, 25 states and union territories have submitted SIPs to the ministry of micro, small and medium enterprises since the roll out of the scheme in 2022. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra were the early states to submit SIPs, while Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Manipur are yet to submit their SIPs.

Centre sends to states through the single nodal agency (SNA) will happen within a day from April 1, eliminating the need to park it outside the government account for more than 24 hours. The SNA account is used for transferring funds to states for centrally sponsored programmes and there are timelines for the expenditure. The settlement of unspent money currently happens on a quarterly or monthly basis. The Department of Expenditure and the Reserve Bank of India are working together to upgrade the SNA system to settle the unused amount by the states in real time, which will also eliminate disputes over the payment of interest earned on such unspent funds lying in state SNAs, officials in the know said. The government and the banking regulator have already launched a pilot project in five states and will implement it across India from April 1, they said.

Manipur government on Wednesday introduced mine-protected Quick Reaction Fighting Vehicles (QRFVs) for the state police. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh flagged off the QRFVs at a function held in Imphal on Wednesday. Later the Chief Minister posted on X: “Launched the Mine Protected Vehicle for the Manipur Police at 1st Bn. Manipur Rifle, Imphal. With the ever-vigilant service of Manipur Police, this addition will enhance our capabilities in ensuring the safety and security of our citizens. Together, we'll continue striving towards a safer and more secure Manipur.” The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has provided Manipur with 10 QRFVs with mine protection features to enable the security forces in the ethnic unrest-torn northeastern state to operate more effectively.

TORONTO — Royal Bank of Canada plans to ramp up its renewable energy funding, even as it also reported little progress on reducing the emissions intensity of its oil and gas financing.

Sebi) has released a public notice to announce a settlement scheme with regards to certain entities in the illiquid stock options (ISO) segment of BSE. The scheme would give a settlement opportunity to all the entities that have executed reversal trades in the stock options in the period between April 1, 2014 and Sept 30 2015.

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The affordability of these kits ensures that individuals from various economic backgrounds can access essential tools for diabetes management, promoting proactive and personalized healthcare. The convenience of at-home monitoring reduces the need for frequent visits to healthcare facilities, offering a more efficient and patient-centric approach to diabetes care.

By David Shepardson

In the Spring Budget document, published today (6 March), the government said it was working on the framework ahead of the first anniversary of the compact this year. The Mansion House Compact — launched as part of the government's Mansion House Reforms package last year (10 July) — was an agreement between a number of the UK's largest defined contribution (DC) pension providers. Spring Budget 24: Treasury confirms regulation of ESG ratings It aims to «unlock» at least £50bn of capital by 2030 and «unleash the superpower» of DC schemes. Initial signatories of the investment comp...

Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch have voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company