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Tottenham has recorded a 24% increase in total revenues for 2022-23 to reach a record 549_6 million pounds ($691 million) and said it was “in discussions with prospective investors.”

Mumbai, 3 April 2024 – Tata AIA Life Insurance Company – one of India’s fastest-growing life insurance companies has chosen SAS, a leader in AI and analytics, to help the insurance company in its adoption of the Indian equivalent of IFRS 17 reporting standards. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is expected to mandate a transition to the new reporting standards for Indian insurers, which will require the insurers to modernize and upgrade technology, especially data capabilities in risk and actuarial operations, to comply with the accounting reporting standards.

Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings have played three IPL matches so far. Gujarat are having an upper hand over Punjab as the team has won two matches against PBKIS and Punjab has bagged 1 match. Gujarat Titans’ highest total against Punjab Kings so far is 190, and Punjab’s highest score against Gujarat Titans is 189.

Parshottam Rupala escalated on Wednesday with Rajput leaders rejecting BJP's bid to patch up and threatening to launch nationwide protests if the saffron party fails to withdraw his candidature from Gujarat. A crucial meeting between the ruling BJP and Kshatriya (Rajput) leaders failed to achieve any breakthrough as the community representatives remained firm on their demand. «Even though Rupala has tendered his apology at least four times, the community leaders said their only demand was to make him withdraw from the poll fray,» senior BJP leader Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, who attended the meeting, told reporters. Rupala, the BJP candidate from Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency, had triggered a row by claiming that erstwhile 'maharajas' succumbed to the persecution by foreign rulers and Britishers and even married off their daughters to them.

Kunal Kashyap, who was heading risk at fintech unicorn Cred, has quit to join rival firm Slice, which is set to become a bank through the proposed merger with North East Small Finance Bank, said two people in the know. “Kashyap will be leading part of the credit business within the newly-formed bank which will be officially launched after regulatory authorities clear the merger,” one of the persons said.

Bernard Arnault, the renowned chairman and CEO of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, has once again secured the top spot on Forbes' World's Billionaires list for the second consecutive year. With an estimated fortune of $233 billion, Arnault maintains a substantial lead of $38 billion over his closest competitor, Elon Musk. This impressive increase in wealth is attributed to another exceptional year for LVMH, which reported a net profit of $16.5 billion on revenues of $94 billion in 2023. Arnault's Remarkable Journey to the Top

demat account holdings. Navigating the legal and procedural aspects of handling a demat account after the demise of its holder can be a challenging and sensitive task. In the wake of such events, understanding the necessary steps and procedures becomes crucial to ensuring the seamless transfer of securities and compliance with legal formalities.

Tesla will send a team to India this month to scout locations for a proposed $2 billion to $3 billion electric car plant, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. India last month lowered import taxes on certain electric vehicles produced by carmakers that commit to invest at least $500 million and start domestic manufacturing within three years. The company will send a team from the United States by late April to study sites for the plant, with a focus on states that have automotive hubs such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann Wednesday asked AAP leaders to take «positive agenda» to people and seek votes for the Lok Sabha polls on the basis of work done by his government in the past two years. Mann discussed a poll strategy with AAP candidate from Sangrur parliamentary seat Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer and party MLAs from assembly segments which are part of the Lok Sabha constituency. The chief minister, who is also AAP's Punjab unit president, is the MLA from Dhuri seat which is part of the Sangrur parliamentary constituency. He has been taking meetings of party candidates along with MLAs to discuss strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. On Tuesday, he held meetings with AAP candidates from Patiala and Faridkot and party MLAs.

In the City broker's latest UK M&A report, Charles Hall described the pace of «de-equitisation» in the market as «relentless», and said it was due to continue given the low valuations of UK companies.  The impact of the scale of de-equitisation was most evident in the FTSE SmallCap sector, Hall said, with the trend over the past five years showing a significant reduction in the number of companies.  London remains 'key destination' for IPOs From 160 companies at the end of 2018, this has been reduced to 114 by December 2023. Based on the current bids progressing, this will reduce t...

Sequoia Financial Group has expanded its $18 billion AUM business with the acquisition of an RIA firm in Houston.

Stephen Gilmore oversaw some of the pension-investing world’s best returns at his country’s sovereign wealth fund. He’s now taking one of the industry’s hardest jobs: reviving the fortunes of the much bigger California Public Employees’ Retirement System.

Delhi-based listed real estate developer Anant Raj Ltd, has reported Rs 4,150 crore pre sale from its Gurgaon project. Anant Raj's existing 180-acre Integrated Residential Township, known as Anant Raj Estate is in Sector 63-A, on Golf Course Extension Road, Gurugram and the company had been launching projects within the township. With over 200 families already residing in Anant Raj Estate, an additional 1000-1100 units currently under construction in the project.

SiftHub, an artificial intelligence-enabled platform for enterprise sales teams, on Wednesday said it has raised $5.5 million in a seed round of funding led by Matrix Partners India and Blume Ventures. The San Francisco-headquartered startup was founded by Manisha Raisinghani, cofounder and former chief technology officer of Tiger Global Management-backed software-as-a-service (SaaS) startup LogiNext Solutions. ET had first reported about the deal talks in June 2023.

Clicktech, a major seller on Amazon India, is acquiring its peer Appario as part of the ecommerce major’s plan to divest stakes in sellers on its platform. Appario is the largest seller on Amazon India following the closure of Cloudtail, and moves a significant volume of orders for the local arm of the US-based etailer. This is the second time Amazon is divesting its stake from a seller entity to comply with local ecommerce norms.

private equity major Blackstone Group is confident of investing USD 2 billion annually in India, a top official said on Wednesday. Its chief operating officer Jonathan D Gray pitched for a slew of measures to improve the ease of doing business for firms like it in India, including quicker approvals on mergers and acquisitions, easier privatisation of listed companies, and improvements in dispute resolution in commercial matters. The New York-based group, which has been operational in India for nearly two decades, said Indian PE investments have delivered the highest return for it worldwide, and the investment in realty, which made it the largest landlord in the country, has also delivered well. «We plan to invest around USD 2 billion every year in India,» its senior managing director Amit Dixit told reporters here.

Supreme Court has awarded a compensation of $35 million (approximately ₹292 crore) to a former Morgan employee after a glass door of a building in New York City—in which she was having a physical therapy appointment— suddenly shattered on her in 2015, leaving her with permanent brain damage, the New York Post reported. The report said the ruling in favour of Meghan Brown, 36, followed a three weeks trial and the court was shown the shocking CCTV footage of the incident—now viral on social media—in which the 7.5-foot-tall lobby door almost exploded on the JP Morgan employee while walking through it after a physical therapy appointment in the building.

₹24 a share as dividend taking total dividend to ₹69 for FY23. At the end of the December'23, quarter , TCS has declared dividend of ₹18 translating to a dividend yield of 1.78%. Also Read- Adani Power shares hit record high today, jump 18% in 4 sessions The IT companies are likely to feel growth challenges during the January to March'2024 quarter too.

The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex slipped 27 points, or 0.04% to close at 73,877. The broader NSE Nifty declined 19 points, or 0.08%, settling at 22,434.

Kerala Devaswom Minister K Radhakrishan, CPI national executive member Annie Raja and BJP national secretary Anil Antony were among the prominent contestants who filed their nominations in Kerala for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls on Wednesday. While Radhakrishnan is contesting from Alathur in northern Palakkad district, Raja and Antony are fielded in Wayanad and Pathanamthitta constituencies, respectively. Kerala will go to polls on April 26. Sitting Congress MPs Rajmohan Unnithan and Benny Behannan, who will contest again from Kasaragod and Chalakudy, respectively, CPI (M) nominee in Ernakulam constituency K J Shine and LDF candidate in Ponnani K S Hamsa also filed the nominations today morning.

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas explains the 'three basic ways' Biden could reduce national debt.