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Asian shares are mostly declining amid uncertainty ahead of the United States presidential election next week

buy call on Arvind SmartSpaces with a target price of Rs 1,085. The current market price of Arvind SmartSpaces is Rs 923.15. The company, incorporated in 2008, is a smallcap company with a market cap of Rs 4150.01 crore, operating in the real estate sector. Arvind SmartSpaces' key products/revenue segments include income From Real Estate Development and Other Operating Revenue for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Microsoft and Meta are stepping up spending to build out AI data centers in a rush to meet vast demand, but Wall Street is hungry for a quicker payday on the billions invested. Microsoft and Meta both said on Wednesday their capital expenses were growing due to their AI investments. Alphabet, too, reported on Tuesday that these expenditures would remain elevated. Amazon, which is set to report results on Thursday, is likely to echo these forecasts.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India's anti-trust regulator has set up an internal committee to recommend a set of norms on ‘conflict of interest’ for officials, according to two persons aware of the development. Once the draft regulations are ready, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) is likely to seek public comments before implementing it, one of the persons said on the condition of anonymity.

His remarks, made in response to a comedian's derogatory comment about Puerto Rico at a Donald Trump rally, have opened a door for Trump to shift focus away from his own controversial campaign tactics. Biden criticised the comedian's description of Puerto Rico as a «floating island of garbage,» asserting that the people of Puerto Rico are «good, decent, and honourable.» However, his defence sparked a political uproar, detracting from Vice President Kamala Harris's key closing speech on Tuesday evening, CNN reported.

Persistent Systems, a mid-tier IT services company, has gained 10% since its second-quarter result announcement last Tuesday, taking the three-month return to 20%. The stock has remained buoyant following the company's strong business momentum in the September quarter, even as the broader market has shown weakness. The key business vertical of hi-tech and emerging industries, where the revenue growth has been sluggish over the past few quarters, is likely to show a turnaround given the new deal wins. The company's management also expects to improve the operating margin in the second half of the fiscal year with rising utilisation levels.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday that its operating profits soared 277 percent on-year to $6.6 billion, but missed expectations as it struggled to leverage demand for chips used in artificial intelligence servers. The world's largest memory chip maker posted an operating profit of 9.18 trillion won ($6.6 billion) «largely due to one-off costs». It also warned in a statement that «the strength of the Korean won against the US dollar resulted in a negative impact on company-wide operating profit».

Tata Investment, Tata Power, L&T, Wipro, Biocon among others will be in focus due to news developments and second quarter results. Tata Investment Shares of Tata Investment will be in focus in Thursday's trade as the company will announce quarterly numbers for the July-September 2024 period.

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in the swing states, which would be extremely crucial in deciding which candidate will ultimately reach the White House after November.

payments pie, have drastically cut down on these spends. PhonePe, Paytm, Amazon Pay and Cred have all cut down on their overall marketing spends and have reduced the incentives for their customers, data from the last two years show. Walmart-backed PhonePe, for example, spent only Rs 15 crore on customer incentives in the financial year 2024, down from Rs 950 crore in FY2019, according to its annual report.

Delivery service DoorDash says it’s partnering with Lyft to bring ride-sharing benefits to its members

Microsoft on Wednesday reported its quarterly sales grew 16% to $65.6 billion as the company sought to assure investors its huge spending on artificial intelligence is paying off

The Washington Post has lost at least a quarter million subscribers since announcing last Friday it would not endorse a candidate in the presidential race

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X’s crowd-sourced fact-checking program, called Community Notes, isn’t addressing the flood of U.S. election misinformation on Elon Musk’s social media platform

The Associated Press has learned that two humpback whales were found dead and another seriously injured this year in huge nets used to collect krill for fishmeal and human dietary supplements near Antarctica

U.S. stock indexes gave up an early gain and ended slightly lower following a mixed set of profit reports from giants like Google’s parent company and Eli Lilly

Taylor Swift acknowledged that she would take Diddy to prom because the singer was always kind to her. The I'll Be Missing You rapper was always really nice to her, Taylor Swift admitted in a resurfaced interview when she chose P Diddy as her prom date, as quoted in a report by the Daily Star. Swift is seen talking to Rachael Ray about some other Hollywood A-list celebrities in a resurfacing video from 2011, when the Love Story singer was only 21 years old. In front of her were pictures of famous people, such as JLo, Katy Perry, and P Diddy. Taylor gave the following explanation for her choice of the rapper, Diddy has really always been very nice to me. Rachael joked that Swift was going on a freaky prom date. He's a gentleman, Ray added, as quoted in a report by the Daily Star.

Jeff Bezos defended the Washington Post’s decision of not endorsing a single US Presidential candidate just ahead of the US Presidential Elections scheduled to be held on November 5 while he asserted that political endorsements eventually creates a perception of bias. According to New York Post, in an op-ed which was recently published, Jeff Bezos described the move as a principal decision which eventually reflects the commitment of the newspaper towards independence. New York Post reported that Jeff Bezos also made an argument that endorsements do not really influence undecided voters and emphasized on the need for media credibility acknowledging the fact that public trust in journalism has eventually declined. Also Read: On Call: New police drama’s release date, where to watch, plot, cast and characters