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Starbucks Corp. CEO Brian Niccol is a star executive who is widely considered the best in the business. Quite frankly, it’s surprising the company was able to hire him. Despite the coffee giant being one off the world’s most iconic and powerful brands, Starbucks has a problem for any incoming CEO. And that problem is named Howard Schultz. As Starbucks’ longtime CEO who became synonymous with the company he all but founded, Schultz can’t seem to let go. He’s twice boomeranged back into the top job when the company hit turbulence. And since he departed from the board a year ago, he has become a meddler — criticizing his successor Laxman Narasimhan and the board in a LinkedIn post and on a podcast, even though he handpicked Narasimhan, trained him and set an aggressive growth plan on his way out the door.

Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to outmaneuver former President Donald Trump and address old vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she starts to fill in how she would govern if elected in November

A German federal court has suspended a ban the government imposed last month on a far-right magazine

Delhi High Court's Justice Subramonium Prasad on Wednesday recused himself from hearing the plea filed by alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, seeking additional meetings in jail with his lawyers. The recusal was due to the multiple legal cases against Chandrasekhar, which could potentially present a conflict of interest or require a different judicial perspective. Sukesh Chandrashekhar through a plea requested permission to increase his meetings with his legal counsel to five times a week. This request sought an additional three meetings beyond the two meetings per week currently allowed. To support his request, Chandrashekar referred to the Arvind Kejriwal case where he was granted five weekly meetings with his council.

SEOUL—For most of 2020, Kim Yong-min and So Sung-uk enjoyed joint family coverage with the nation’s public health insurer. Then an abrupt call severed their government benefits. A mistake had been made, an insurance representative explained to Kim.

Chakri Lokapriya, Managing Partner, RSB LLP, says the current Supreme Court ruling on mines, allowing states to collect past dues will mean an outgo of about Rs 60,000 crore for just the PSUs and another Rs 1 lakh crore for the private companies. So, Rs 1,60,000 crore will need to be repaid over the next 10-12 years. Now, that completely takes away the capital expense that these companies plan for the next many years, which means the jobs that they were going to create and the NPAs that they will create in the banking system, have multi-ramifications right from job creation to NPAs. Insurance over the last couple of months has become quite interesting for investors because the overhang seems to be over. Do you still think the story is not fully discovered and priced in or do you think perhaps the best is in price already now? Chakri Lokapriya: I think the price hikes largely reflect the increased costs that they are mandated to do. Now, they have to cover the existing ailments, and also, the price revisions faced by the insurance companies are periodic versus other prices, like medical costs, which are going up continually. All things adjusted, I do not think 7-10% price hikes will take care of the risks and the cost increases, but not add to the profitability.

Stree 2. Directed by Amar Kaushik, this sequel to the 2018 horror-comedy hit promises to deliver an electrifying blend of chills and laughs. With the original stars Rajkummar Rao and Shraddha Kapoor returning, plus new additions like Tamannaah Bhatia, this film is set to enchant and thrill. Here’s a comprehensive look at what awaits fans: Returning Stars and Fresh Faces Rajkummar Rao reprises his role as Vicky, who previously battled the enigmatic Stree. Shraddha Kapoor also returns, adding more mystery to her role. The film will feature beloved characters from the first installment, including Pankaj Tripathi as Rudra, Abhishek Banerjee as Jana, Aparshakti Khurana as Bittu, and Sunita Rajwar as Jana’s mother.

Karnataka Congress legislator on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to hesitate to take decisive military action like former PM late Indira Gandhi did in 1971. Rizwan Arshad, who represents Shivajinagar Assembly constituency in Bengaluru, in a letter to Modi, also appealed to him to take «decisive action» to not only address concerns of minorities in Bangladesh but also in India, who have been under «constant attack both economically and socially by the right wing.» «I write to you today as a concerned citizen of India deeply distressed by the recent reports and videos circulating on social media, highlighting the ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh and the atrocities being reported against Hindu minorities in the region,» Arshad said.

Vikas Khemani, Founder, Carnelian Asset Management, says in the last 10 years, we have seen a remarkable shift in the accountability and governance and the execution of the PSEs and that has made many of these public sector enterprises very valuable. Banks are moving towards 16-17% ROE profiles. All public sector units in defence are doing very well with the new refound growth sector. All PSUs except probably oil and marketing, still have a bit of a struggle. That is also picking up, but whether it is gas or any other, the PSUs are being run reasonably well. While BSNL is still facing challenges, we have seen a remarkable shift happening in the railway operation.

Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (IEPFA) will hold outreach programmes in five key cities, introduce a new five-digit code for calls and tweak rules to expedite claim settlements, a senior official told ET. Other planned measures include a revamped interactive voice response system (IVRS) and a call centre. Securities, dividends and debentures that remain unclaimed for more than seven years are transferred by companies to the IEPFA under the corporate affairs ministry. The authority then oversees claim settlements, with the companies playing a key part in verification and other processes.

The other day, I was sitting withtwo of myfriends—one a consultant and the other an employee—when the conversation turned to taxes. My colleague, an employee, was surprised to learn that he had been paying a professional tax of ₹200 every month, automatically deducted from his salary by his employer. The consultant, on the other hand, was fully aware of this tax, as he had to handle the payments himself.

Hindustan Zinc's board of directors will meet on Tuesday, August 20, 2024 to consider and approve the second interim dividend on its equity shares for the Financial Year 2024-25. The Vedanta Group company has set the record date on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

As we celebrate Independence Day, let’s look back at the distance we have traversed in 77 years. This was India in 1947: Life expectancy was 32 years. Literacy was 18%.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, strongly denounced the targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh following the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office. Vivek Ramaswamy, a former Republican presidential candidate, strongly condemned the violence targeting Hindus in Bangladesh that occurred after the ouster of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), Ramaswamy expressed his concern about the current situation, stating that «a quota conflict created to rectify the wrongs of rape and violence in 1971 is now leading to more rape and violence in 2024.»

Instead, he was tossed from a car and into a muddy ditch on Dhaka's outskirts — alive, at liberty, and with no knowledge of the national upheaval that had prompted his abrupt release. «That's the first time I got fresh air in eight years,» Quasem, 40, told AFP. «I thought they were going to kill me.»

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Life Insurance Corporation of India is preparing for a second legal battle over trading in insurance policies, something the insurance behemoth says is illegal, arguing that such transactions threaten to hit at the root of the industry and expose policy buyers to losses. India's biggest insurer is seeking to challenge legally the campaign by ACESO, a company that claims to be an asset monetiser and focused on buying up LIC policies, said officials aware of the plans. It is luring policyholders to transfer their rights to it for a consideration instead of surrendering them. ACESO, founded by two chartered accountants — Ketan Mehta and Himanshu Ashar — is offering ALIP or Assign Your Life Insurance Policy. This it says is based on a legal contract which is permissible under the law. It brings double benefits to those involved in the insurance policy — the agents and the policyholder. When assigned, ACESO is said to be paying more than what LIC would have paid and the continuity of commissions for agents.

Three news outlets were recently leaked confidential material from inside the Trump campaign, but have chosen not to reveal any of the details about what they received

Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and promised the largest deportation in U.S. history during a high-profile return to the social media platform formerly known as Twitter

Federal prosecutors have charged two former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and two former foreign military officials with threatening a Chinese national and his family with violence and deportation during a sham raid at his Orange County home

Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act of 2024. The High Court had temporarily stayed the implementation of the Act, after a member of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family — Pramoda Devi Wadiyar — challenged its legality. Passed in February, the Act aims to provide for the constitution of an independent statutory authority to undertake the work of «development and maintenance» of 'Shree Chamundeshwari Kshethra'. «We will try to vacate the High Court stay legally,» Siddaramaiah told reporters in Koppal district in response to a question on the High Court stay.