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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Costco Wholesale Corp has made a business out of doing things its own way. It pioneered and perfected the high-low formula, selling bulk toilet paper and $1.50 hot dogs alongside gold bars, diamond rings and more wine from Bordeaux than any other retailer.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IT bellwether Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is set to begin the third-quarter earnings season. However, Indian companies are bracing for another quarter of muted growth as the December quarter preview by leading brokerages suggests that the earnings slowdown seen in the first half of 2024-25 is far from over.

European Heart Journal suggests that drinking coffee in the morning may offer greater health benefits than consuming it throughout the day. Researchers, led by scientists from Tulane University in the United States, tracked the coffee consumption habits of 40,725 participants over nearly ten years to determine the impact of drinking patterns on health outcomes.

ACC Ltd. traded 1.91 per cent in Thursday's trade at 02:09PM (IST). Around 5,062 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 2011.90 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 2011.90 and Rs 1950.05, respectively, in the session so far. Shares of the company of ACC Ltd. quoted a 52-week high of Rs 2843.00 and a 52-week low of Rs 1867.15.

SRF Ltd. 10.85 per cent to Rs 2606.15 in Thursday's trade as of 10:00AM (IST) even as the benchmark Nifty ruled at 23634.45, 54.5 points. The scrip had closed at Rs 2350.90 in the previous session. The stock quoted a 52-week low of Rs 2088.55 and a high of Rs 2697.45. The company quoted a market-cap of Rs 78479.95 crore on the BSE.

Phoenix Mills Ltd.(up 0.39 per cent) were among the top gainers.

While India has experienced annualized growth of 25% in recent years, HSBC notes that this pace is unsustainable. The brokerage firm has significantly reduced its FY25 earnings growth forecast for the Nifty 50 from 15% to just 5%.

Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd. rose 3.0 per cent to Rs 2874.95 in Thursday's trade. It hit an intraday high of Rs 2890.00 and low of Rs 2777.55, respectively, during the day. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 3893.00 and low of Rs 2380.05.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TEL AVIV—After a year marked by war and calls for isolating Israel on the world stage, its defense industry is on track to sell more weapons than ever in its history, spurred by foreign demand for its aerial-defense systems and significant government spending aimed at funding Israel’s ongoing military campaigns.

The focus for markets in 2025 has been on U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's policies as he steps back into the White House on Jan. 20, with analysts expecting his policies to both bolster growth and add to price pressures.

«We expect markets to remain volatile until concerns relating to the new virus ease out. We could see stock/sector specific action on the back of pre-quarterly business updates and the start of the Q3 result season,» said Siddhartha Khemka, Head — Research, Wealth Management, Motilal Oswal.

Stocks dropped in Tokyo and Sydney, with futures for Hong Kong also declining. US contracts slipped, after a range-bound session for the S&P 500 Wednesday. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 ended little changed. Nvidia Corp. dipped in post-market trading after a report said the Biden administration plans one additional round of restrictions on the export of artificial intelligence chips.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nailing down a strategic focus on diversification of global technology innovation away from established powers will offer India its biggest opportunities to grow in global relevance, said Chris Miller, author of global bestseller Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology and professor of international history at Tufts University in the US, in an interview with Mint.

The impact of Justin Trudeau’s resignation on the Canadian dollar appears to be fading, as domestic politics take a backseat to systemic headwinds, including those caused by Trump tariffs and the expectation of more Bank of Canada rate cuts.

New research indicates students are paying significantly less to attend public universities than they were a decade ago

A Quebec father says he had to take his son to the United States for care after alleging doctors in Montreal wrote off his son’s chances at survival.In October 2024, two-and-a-half-year-old Arthur Tetrault was found in the pool of a home his family was renting in Ile-Bizard, Que., a Montreal suburb.Nicolas Tetrault said his son was rushed to the Lakeshore General Hospital Emergency department, and eventually, was transferred to the Montreal Children’s Hospital.It was there where his father said he began to grow unsatisfied with how his son was being treated.“They decided unilaterally that Arthur had no chance of survival, couldn’t breathe on his own (and) would be basically in the vegetative state for the next years of his life,” Tetrault said.Not wanting to give up on his son, Tetrault said he started doing his own research on possible treatments for drowning victims.He found the work of Dr. Paul Harch, a specialist on hyperbaric oxygen treatment in Louisiana who claims he’s had several positive results in young victims of brain injuries, including that 85 per cent of severely drowned children would see some level of improvement with hyperbaric oxygen treatment.Tetrault said he asked doctors in Montreal to give Arthur hyperbaric oxygen treatment and other alternative treatments based on increasing oxygen levels.According to him, they said no.

Shares of Balkrishna Industries Ltd.(up 1.3 per cent), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.(up 0.86 per cent), Tata Motors Ltd.(up 0.22 per cent) and Bosch Ltd.(up 0.17 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.

Meta’s switch to X-like Community Notes for content moderation has come in for severe criticism. Many see it as a step back, raising concerns about how it will handle misinformation and ensure accountability.

Shares of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.(up 1.43 per cent) ended the day as top gainers in the pack.