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When it comes to the current M&A landscape, Jessica Polito compares it to a marriage, remarking there’s been a shift in mindset over the last few years of looking at M&A as “an additive partnership,” rather than a financial transaction.

A few days ago, I received a message from my relationship manager informing me that she had left the private sector bank where I hold my primary account. This wasn’t the first time something like this happened. Since 2008, I’ve had relationship managers come and go, with each one lasting around two years before moving on.

The Federal Reserve is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high, with consequences for consumers when it comes to debt, savings, auto loans and mortgages

Let's start with the elephant in the room — artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). These powerful tools are no longer limited to science fiction; they're definite reality, and savvy investors are scrambling to get in on the action. A recent survey revealed that a staggering 71% of young investment professionals are actively seeking expertise in AI and ML, recognizing their potential to refine portfolio allocation, generate alpha, and uncover insights buried deep within mountains of data.

Lamenting on how the “river of ideas that nourished politics has dried up" in independent India, Yogendra Yadav draws attention to “the atrophy of the political imagination...that afflicts the entire political class, cutting across ideological and political boundaries." In his recent column in the Indian Express, the analyst-cum-activist asks, “Where are our political thinkers?" Well, quite a number of our most talented and ambitious young people are responding to economic incentives and pursuing careers in industry, technology and business. Our education system smothers thinking of any kind and our political discourse has long been hostile to free thinking. It comes as no surprise to me that a free, independent India produces fewer political thinkers than Olympic medallists.

The latest chapter in a seemingly endless saga over the management of Italy’s lucrative beach concessions has set Italian beaches on fire this summer

Assam government on Tuesday tabled Assam compulsory Registration of Muslim marriages and Divorces bill 2024 to provide for compulsory registration of Muslim marriages and divorces in Assam and to protect the rights of married Muslim women and men. The Assam government on Thursday last introduced a bill to repeal a law to register marriages and divorces of Muslims reasoning that it had scope to allow marriages of minors from the community. Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan tabled The Assam Repealing Bill, 2024 in the Assembly to abolish The Assam Moslem Marriages and Divorces Registration Act, 1935 and the Assam Repealing Ordinance 2024. The object of the proposal stated the object of the Bill is to provide for compulsory registration of marriages and divorces between parties who are Muslims, within the territory of Assam. It would help in Prevention of child marriages and to ensure the minimum age of marriage for male is at 21 (twenty-one) years and for females is at 18(eighteen) years. Prevention of marriages without the consent of the parties. Check polygamy. Enabling married women to claim their rights to live in the matrimonial house, maintenance etc.

BJP) on Monday issued a statement, calling out Kangana Ranaut on her statement linking the current unrest in Bangladesh to the farmers protest of 2020 in India. In its statement, the BJP said that it doesn't agree with Ranaut's statement on India's farm agitation of 2020. «The statement given by Kangana Ranaut on the farmers protests is not in line with the party's opinion on the matter. The party disagrees with Miss Kangana Ranaut,» the statement read.

The Dutch data protection watchdog has slapped a 290 million euro ($324 million) fine on ride-hailing service Uber for allegedly transferring personal details of European drivers to the United States without adequate protection

North Carolina’s highest court says a racetrack shuttered for defying state gathering limits during the pandemic can sue the state’s top health regulator

With employees back at work, two Canadian railroads can resume operating.

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule

Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that a lot of things are happening in India in the 21st century which are strengthening the foundation for a 'Viksit Bharat'. In his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' broadcast, he said his Independence Day call for one lakh youth without any political background to join politics has evoked wide reactions and urged the youngsters to enter public life for a developed India and stronger democracy. Countless people from all walks of life joined the freedom movement even though they had no political background, he noted. «They devoted themselves entirely to India's independence. Today, to achieve the vision of a Viksit Bharat, we need to rekindle that same spirit once again,» he said.

Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, like other big names in the crypto world, have experienced periods of significant spikes that earned them their current status in the meme coin space.

Arnab Das, Global Macro Strategist, Invesco, says we have to look further ahead and think about the American election. Many in the market are discussing the Trump trade versus the Kamala trade. The Trump trade further out might be lower growth, somewhat higher inflation than otherwise and the Kamala trade might be kind of a more reflationary trade, higher growth and somewhat higher inflation. Either way, the Fed would be more likely to be constrained Does a Fed rate cut in September inevitable or are there still question marks around it? Arnab Das: A September cut is extremely likely. Maybe, never say never, so not quite inevitable. But I think we have been moving in the direction of September cut for some time. Maybe the market has gotten ahead of itself in terms of the extent of the easing cycle. It had gotten ahead of itself a few times, I would say, in terms of when the easing would start, how deep the cuts would be, how fast and thick they would come.

North American Punjabi Association on Sunday condemned the attack on an NRI in Amritsar by two assailants and described the incident as «deeply troubling.» Sukhchain Singh was shot at by two people in front of his family at his home in the Daburji village of Amritsar on Saturday. Singh, who recently returned from the US, was shot at in front of his wife and his two children from his first marriage. Satnam Singh Chahal, executive director of the US-based North American Punjabi Association, said, «The attack on an NRI in Punjab is deeply troubling and warrants condemnation.»

artificial intelligence can enable Indians — even those who do not have a technical background — to solve the country’s most pressing problems, according to Mercedes Soria, executive vice-president and chief intelligence officer at US robotics security company Knightscope. “Now, all we have to worry about is, are we solving the right problem,” said Soria, who was on an India visit to share her expertise on machine learning and AI. Soria is a speaker for the United States Department of State on technology and women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). “In the future, it’s not going to be so much that you have to be technical to have a startup and solve a problem. It’s going to be more of, do you identify the right problem to solve, and then the technology like Gen AI will help you,” she said. Problems can be solved even by those who can’t write a single line of code, she added. This is a ‘massive opportunity’ for India with its large population and unique local issues. Young people in India, including high schoolers, are very familiar with and using tools like ChatGPT, whereas in the US this is seen more among those in university, Soria noted.

After a bitter contract dispute shut down the country’s two major railways, the federal labour board ordered thousands of rail employees back to work on Saturday.

job interview wearing shorts was sent home, sparking a recent incident that went viral online. Tyreshia Morgan, the woman, posted about her encounter on TikTok, where her video gained over 5.5 million views in a short period of time after going viral. Morgan disclosed in the video that she arrived at the interview wearing a white T-shirt, a white sweater, and black fitted shorts. The recruiter requested her to change and come back the next day, even though she thought her attire was tidy and businesslike, as per the reports of Yahoo life. In her video, Morgan expressed shock at being rejected by the recruiter based just on what she was wearing. She could go home, change, and come back later that day, or she could reschedule for the following day. Morgan displayed her ensemble, highlighting her high-rise black Target shorts—she even included a link to them in her TikTok account.

health problems, priced considerably higher than the regular and even organic variants. Large companies, including ITC, Adani Wilmar, Tata Consumer, BigBasket and Emami Agrotech are betting on functional food, offering products such as low cholesterol ghee, edible oil for the sugar conscious, immunity boosting atta, rice and sugar, potato with low glycemic index (GI), tea with vitamins, and salt with iron and vitamins. Last month, ITC launched a new food brand, Right Shift, which will have a portfolio covering meals, drinks and snacking items targeted at those in their 40s and above with dense nutrition, apart from ghee with low cholesterol, at a 26% price premium over the regular range.

Joe Biden framed voters' choice in November in dark and ominous terms, painting Republican nominee Donald Trump as a menace to American democracy and questioning whether the country could survive if he won. The Democratic Party's new nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, isn't exactly shrinking from that message, warning in her Thursday night acceptance speech of «extremely serious» consequences of Trump returning to the White House. But Harris is putting her own spin on what has been a central messaging strategy for Democrats. Rather than focusing on the existential threat a second Trump term could pose to the country's foundational institutions and traditions, she is expanding Democrats' definition of what's at stake in this election: It's about preserving personal freedoms.