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“Excruciating … the worst … the bane of my life,” is how Joyce Ong describes the mandatory continuing professional development courses Australia’s accountants are required to complete.

It has been several months of silence at Austal, the ASX-listed shipbuilder which brought in JPMorgan to gauge interest in a buyout. Now it seems that two North American private equity firms – Cerberus Capital Management and JF Lehman & Company, are back and serious about a proposal.

Smaller accounting firms say the current regulatory regime is useless and riven by conflicts of interest between the major professional bodies and the larger firms.

Reliance Digital for just Rs. 4,999, providing a substantial discount of nearly 58 percent. The services it offers are subscription-based, and the first year is complimentary.

Southeast Asia's largest lender DBS Group reported a 17% jump in third-quarter profit on Monday, benefiting from a high-interest rate environment.

India's tech landscape, the Indian government has ordered all smartphone companies to start supporting NavIC, India's navigation satellite system. The announcement, made in September 2023, makes it mandatory for 5G smartphones to support NavIC, short for Navigation with Indian Constellation, by 1 January 2025, and other phones by December 2025. The new rule comes after Apple's groundbreaking decision to incorporate NavIC support in some of its latest iPhone 15 models.

India, November 3, 2023: Total Emergency Network (TEN), a pioneering startup that has disrupted the healthcare industry with its innovative approach to ambulance services, has successfully secured substantial funding of INR 1.5 Crore in its angel funding round. This crucial investment was led by BMV.Money (unstoppable start-up funding) and a group of dedicated family and friends.

₹7,000 to all Group B non gazetted and Group C employees of government. While addressing a press conference, CM Kejriwal said that the Delhi government has allocated ₹56 crore to provide Diwali bonus to 80,000 employees. He said, “We will provide ₹7,000 as a bonus to the Group B non-gazetted and Group C employees of Delhi Government.

Mark Gurman, it was mentioned that the Apple Watch might potentially include two vital health features in 2024: a blood pressure monitor and a sleep apnea detector. The blood pressure monitor would notify the user when their blood pressure is elevated. Additionally, there are reports indicating that Apple is exploring the development of an enhanced version that could provide precise readings of both systolic and diastolic pressure.

A prominent cardiologist, Dr. Eva Lonn, at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. is under review by the university for comments made on social media about pro-Palestinian protests, calling for rallygoers to be deported.

Zerodha, which lost its No.1 status to rival Groww last month, on Monday reported another technical glitch. On its trading platform Kite, traders said the pages displaying their order book as well as positions was blank. «Due to an intermittent issue, some of our users are not able to see executed orders in the orderbook.

job-search process. One such method is to visit a job or career fair. In today’s highly competitive job market, career fairs provide job seekers with unique advantages over online job searches, says Sarvesh Agrawal, Founder & CEO, Internshala, an internship and online training platform. These offer the chance for face-to-face interactions with potential employers and recruiters, allowing candidates to make a personal impression, showcase communication skills and directly inquire about job opportunities.

Delhi air pollution LIVE As reported by ANI citing officials, “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called a high-level meeting on the issue of increasing pollution." Environment Minister Gopal Rai and other officials of all concerned departments will attend this meeting. This meeting will be held in Delhi Secretariat at 12 noon, ANI reported.

celebrate Dhanteras on November 10 and Diwali on November 12 this year, many people are also planning how to revamp their money-making styles or adopt new and innovative ways to earn money. Making money mistakes is a common occurrence for individuals, including financial experts, especially when celebrating festivals. Below, we’ll highlight some of the prevalent financial blunders people tend to commit during festive occasions.

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose in Asian trade on Monday amid easing fears of more Federal Reserve rate hikes, although anticipation of several economic readings this week, particularly from China, kept traders on edge. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks rose sharply on Monday as weaker-than-expected U.S. payrolls data furthered expectations that the Federal Reserve was done with its rate hike cycle, while focus also turned to upcoming economic readings from China. 

The inclusion of India into the JPMorgan Global bond index and expectations of rate cuts from the first half of FY25 is set to put a cap on bond yields in the domestic market over the medium term. A downward shift in India’s yield curve will thereby make the bond market attractive, and pave the way for increased allocation towards debt in the portfolio, believes Jayesh Faria, director — regional head — west at Motilal Oswal Private Wealth. “We are requesting our clients to participate 65-70% of their debt portfolio in high quality roll down strategies with 7-12 years average maturity. The remaining 35-40% through high yields NCD or private credit or REITs & InVITs,” Faria said in an interview with ETMarkets. Edited excerpts: The equity market has lost some momentum, but would you still say that India is in a stage of a strong bull market phase? We feel that India is in a structural bull market due to improvement in earnings of our companies. For three consecutive years now, Nifty 50 earnings have grown by double digits. For FY24, estimates for Nifty earnings are of 22% growth. Therefore, we feel earnings growth is expected to remain steady over the next few years.

Unified Payments Interface (UPI), you should try to reverse the transaction promptly. Experts point out the UPI transactions are usually final but there could be situations where you can dispute a transaction such as accidental transfers. The situation where a transaction may not get reversed is when the recipient has already accepted the transaction.

reported Mint. The concentration of PM2.5 exceeded the safe limit of 60 micrograms per cubic metre by 7 to 8 times across various locations which can trigger respiratory and health problems. Anand Vihar station, Punjabi Bagh station, Mundka station recorded AQI levels in ‘severe’ category that is above 400 AQI mark, according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, prompting a ban on non-essential construction work and the closure of primary schools in the capital.

Day trading guide for stock market today: Despite trading range-bound, Indian stock market ended higher on Friday. Nifty 50 index gained 97 points and ended at 19,230 levels, BSE Sensex shot up 282 points and finished at 64,363 mark while Bank Nifty index went up 301 points and closed at 43,318 levels.

William J Burns, arrived in Israel on Sunday to hold discussions with leaders and intelligence officials, the first stop in a multi-country trip in the region, New York Times reported citing US officials. The visit comes as the US is trying to prod Israel to pursue a more targeted approach to attacking Hamas, allow pauses in the fighting for aid to enter Gaza and do more to avoid civilian casualties, according to NYT. Washington is also looking to expand its intelligence sharing with Tel Aviv, providing information that could be useful about hostage locations or any follow-on attacks by Hamas. A US official briefed on Burns' trip said that he planned to reinforce the American commitment to intelligence cooperation with partners in the region. Burns will travel to several Middle Eastern countries for discussions about the situation in Gaza, ongoing hostage negotiations and the importance of deterring the war with Hamas from widening to a broader context, NYT reported citing the US official. US officials have been visiting Israel at a regular cadence since war broke out after Hamas fighters attacked Israeli towns on October 7 and killed more than 1,400 people. Israel has retaliated with a massive counteroffensive including air campaign and ground invasion into Gaza, where Hamas is in control. More than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed in airstrikes since Israel began retaliating, according to Gaza's health ministry.