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Kamala Harris has placed $370 million outlay on TV and digital advertisement reservations. The ad reservations include $170 million in TV and $200 million for digital. The TV advertisement reservations will be for shows like Golden Bachelorette, Grey’s Anatomy, Abbott Elementary, Survivor, Jeopardy, and Wheel of Fortune, as per a report on Deadline. Advertisements related to Kamala Harris will also be exhibited during NFL, WNBA and NBA, NHL and MLB games, Deadline reported.

The Biden administration is hiking pay for educators in the early childhood program Head Start as part of an effort to retain current employees and attract new ones in the midst of a workforce shortage

NIRF rankers IIT Delhi and Anna University, receiving GST show cause notices worth several crores over the last few days on their past research funding, the Union Education ministry is learnt to have stepped into the picture. ET has learnt that the ministry is closely examining the issue and may soon escalate the matter to the Finance Ministry and GST Council for reconsideration. IIT Delhi and Anna University apart, several state and deemed universities are among institutes that have received show cause notices earlier this week from the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax (GST) Intelligence. Most institutes have been asked to respond to the notice within a month, failing which action would be taken against them.

Siddaramaiah under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, in an alleged plot allotment scam, plunging the state government into a crisis and sparking a war of words between the Congress and BJP. The CM rejected demands for his resignation and announced he would fight the case legally. He also accused the Governor’s office of working at the best of the BJP. The Congress and ministers threw their weight behind Siddaramaiah in a show of support.

Modern Family was celebrated for its humor and camaraderie, yet tabloid media often sensationalized stories of discord among the cast members. One of the most talked-about rumors involved a supposed rivalry between Julie Bowen and Sofía Vergara, the show's leading actresses. As the series aired, stories emerged suggesting that Bowen and Vergara were in constant competition and harbored ill feelings towards each other. Bowen has recently addressed these rumors, revealing the truth behind the speculation.

Royal Bank of Canada said it has proof that its former chief financial officer engaged in an intimate relationship with a colleague that she failed to disclose, citing exchanges between the two over text messages and emails.

firefighters tackled a large blaze at London's historic Somerset House cultural centre on Saturday, with flames leaping out from underneath its roof. «Fifteen fire engines and around 100 firefighters have now been sent in response to the fire at Somerset House. Crews are tackling a fire located in part of the building's roof,» the London Fire Brigade posted on X, formerly Twitter. The official X account of the Renaissance building, which opened in 1796, said that «owing to a fire in one small part of Somerset House, the site is currently closed.»

gold prices. An analysis by rating agency Crisil showed that gold loans grew more than 20% in June over May 2024. Most banks and NBFC have maintained an LTV (loan-to-value) ratio of 60-65% despite regulatory requirements of 75% which gave them a cushion when gold prices fell after the import duty was lowered in the budget.

New-age stocks have made a strong comeback of late driven by robust revenue growth and improved profitability through reduced spending. Increased allocations by overseas funds and strong demand for recent public issues have further fuelled the rally. Analysts believe these stocks could continue to perform well so long as they sustain their growth momentum. The ET E-commerce Index, comprising 13 new-age companies, has surged 45% in the past six months, outperforming the 12% gain in the Nifty Index and the 8% rise in the Nifty IT Index.

Eric Lamaze owed the plaintiffs more than $786,000.The case lasted 15 years and Lamaze had argued he couldn’t take part because he had terminal cancer – but another judge in the same case ruled the evidence Lamaze submitted to prove he was receiving treatment wasn’t “credible or reliable.”“I’ve carried the weight of this on my shoulders,” Karina Frederiks, the daughter of the plaintiffs, said while growing emotional, minutes after the Aug. 8 ruling.Her family’s stable, Iron Horse Farm, sued Lamaze in 2010, initially claiming he sold them three horses for show jumping who couldn’t perform as promised before narrowing the case down to two horses in question.Lamaze denied any wrongdoing in his defence statement.An Ontario judge ruled in the stable’s favour, noting Lamaze failed to appear in final proceedings.The lawsuit was one of many involving the Olympic equestrian gold medallist.

economic data helped soothe fears of a recession in the world's largest economy. On Wall Street, stocks extended their biggest weekly percentage gains of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up about 0.25% — bringing its weekly gain to 2.7% — while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite both increased 0.2%; they were up about 3.7% and 5% on the week, respectively.

Stree 2 continues to make waves at the box office, earning approximately Rs 30 crore on its second day. Despite a significant 43 percent drop in collections from its opening day, the film's total now stands at an impressive Rs 90.30 crore, edging it closer to the coveted Rs 100 crore mark. On its first day, Stree 2 had an outstanding performance, raking in Rs 51.8 crore nett, supplemented by an additional Rs 8.5 crore from paid previews. The film, directed by Amar Kaushik and produced by Dinesh Vijan, outperformed major blockbusters like Pathaan, Jawan, and Gadar 2 in several mass circuits, showing the lasting appeal of this horror-comedy franchise.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq notched their seventh straight session of gains, as stocks recouped losses from a tailspin two weeks ago. The sell-off, sparked by weak economic data and heightened recession fears, confirmed the Nasdaq had entered correction territory.

The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals said NetChoice, a trade group was likely to show that the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act violated the First Amendment by requiring businesses to opine on and reduce the risk that children may face harmful materials online. But the court set aside the rest of the preliminary injunction, saying the judge who imposed it failed to properly assess NetChoice's other objections, or whether the law could survive without the unconstitutional parts.

Aattam, directed by Anand Ekarshi, has been making waves after winning three prestigious awards at the 70th National Film Awards, including Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing. The film's accolades have been described by Ekarshi as «a huge fortune» that surpassed their expectations. He credited the film's success to actor Vinay Forrt, who «pushed me to do the film,» and producer Ajit Joy, who showed immense courage and faith in the project. Vinay Forrt, speaking to a TV channel, humbly redirected the praise to the director and producer, expressing his happiness over the recognition of theatre artists who played pivotal roles in the film. «I hope there are many more such big awards for small-time actors in Kerala,» he added, highlighting the significance of the awards for lesser-known talents.

Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com, says to identify stocks that have run their course. Sabharwal exited railway stocks, Tata Motors, cut down one or two other holdings, and is holding some cash on the sidelines. He says investors should be 80-85% invested, keep the rest in cash, and wait for opportunities that markets will provide. All stocks do not move in the same cycle. So, some sectors will underperform at some time. It will allow you to buy into them. So, that has to be the strategy now. It does not look like we are going to have a straight-line up-move from here on. We need to time to enter into our opportunities and hold on to them. Piramal Pharma, for three quarters in a row, has been showing improved performance and is almost back to Rs 200, the price before it got demerged from the main company, fell to Rs 60, and then clawed back to almost Rs 182-185. Your view? Sandip Sabharwal: Not specifically. But overall, if you monitor pharma sector results this year. You will see that they have also benefited from low chemical and input prices. So, across the board, the margin improvement in pharma companies and result delivery is much above expectations. It is an industry phenomenon and those tailwinds would remain for some more time.

America's Got Talent in 2013. Kurtz was known for his witty replies and funny reactions, which has helped him rock the stage many times until last day, when he met with a fatal accident in major hit and run incident, and passed away. He was 73.

Kim Dotcom, founder of the once wildly popular file-sharing website Megaupload, lost a 12-year fight this week to halt his deportation from New Zealand to the U.S. on charges of copyright infringement, money laundering and racketeering

India Inc isn't hiring as much as it used to. The pace of growth in net white collar employment has almost halved in 2023-24 from five years back. An ET study of the Sensex companies-30 in total-showed such jobs grew 4.4% YoY in FY24 compared to 8.4% in FY19. This includes permanent jobs as well as those on long- and fixed-term contracts, and third-party rolls, data collated from the annual reports showed. HR analysts pointed to the stress in tech and consumer sectors as reasons for the slowdown while India Inc executives see the slower growth affecting consumption recovery.

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