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SYDNEY (Reuters) — Australia said on Thursday that it would make pension contributions for workers who take paid parental leave, the latest effort by the centre-left Labor government to address gender imbalance in the workplace.

Investing.com-- Oil prices fell slightly in Asian trade on Thursday, cutting short a recent rally as markets awaited more cues on demand from top importer China.

The Association of Mutual Funds in India has requested MF houses to take pre-emptive steps to safeguard investors. It took its cue from concerns raised by the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) over retail investors getting over-exposed to high-risk small- and mid-cap stocks. The market regulator’s worry is understandable.

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(Reuters) — Oil prices ticked higher on Thursday after U.S. crude inventories rose less than expected last week and fuel stocks saw large draws.

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Investing.com-- Australia’s trade balance grew slightly less than expected in January, as growth in the country’s exports cooled amid slowing demand for its biggest commodity shipments, while imports remained steady. 

The Lena Network’s newly launched Candy token lost virtually all of its value on Wednesday shortly after the liquidity protocol seemingly rug-pulled the project.

Evidence is mounting that a daily toke can be bad for your heart. A large new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found that the more often one partakes in cannabis, the higher one’s risk of heart disease, heart attack or stroke. Daily users had a 25% higher chance of having a heart attack and 42% higher odds of a stroke than non-users.

Monetarism a la Friedman says that inflation everywhere is always a monetary phenomenon. Increasing money supply by lowering interest rates can bring about only short-term gains in terms of increased GDP. But as time passes, it will be inflationary, as price expectations and wages adjust to increased money supply.

A federal judge in Texas has ordered a 55-year-old U.S. agency that caters to minority-owned businesses to serve people regardless of race, siding with white business owners who claimed the program discriminated against them

Nikki Haley says she's suspending her presidential campaign

Stocks recovered some of their losses from the day before, which was Wall Street’s worst in three weeks

India's pace of economic expansion in FY24 could be close to 8%, likely topping earlier official estimates, said central bank governor Shaktikanta Das. Pointing to the latest high-frequency indicators of growth, Das said, «Now that we have numbers for three quarters… Our sense and understanding of ...the momentum of economic activity tell us this 5.9% growth in the fourth quarter could be exceeded.» He also spoke about the recent Reserve Bank of India (RBI) action in the payments sector, challenging what he termed «a narrative building up» that the regulator had taken measures against fintech companies. Das said RBI's action was against a regulated entity — Paytm Payments Bank. «Fintech companies are not regulated by RBI unless they are NBFCs,» he said.

True Detective Season 4 has been a superhit among fans who are eagerly awaiting fifth installment of the show. True Detective Season 5 has become a topic of discussion among viewers who have voice their opinion on social media claiming that "Night Country" has been the best since the first part. Interestingly, True Detective season 1 featured Oscars winning actor Matthew McConaughey.

Also Read: Explained | Why did OPEC+ members extend oil output cuts to mid-2024 Back home, on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), crude oil futures due for a March 19 expiry, was last trading 2.42 per cent higher at ₹6,638 per bbl, having swung between ₹6,484 and ₹6,671 per bbl during the session, against a previous close of ₹6,481 per barrel. -The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) led by Saudi Arabia and Russia agreed earlier this week to extend voluntary oil output cuts of 2.2 million barrels per day (bpd) into the second quarter or mid-2024.

PMSL) has initiated a secondary sale of shares in the company as the “family is looking for liquidity for specific needs”, the automobile manufacturer said in a filing with the stock exchanges on Wednesday. The company made the filing as a clarification to a news item on the sale of shares by its promoters. “Post transmission of shares of PMSL held by the former chairman of M&M, late Mr Keshub Mahindra (who passed away on 12th April 2023), to his family members, the family is looking for liquidity for specific needs, and hence proposes to sell a small number of shares held by PMSL in M&M,” the filing said. “The family shall continue to retain the status of the promoter group of M&M and there is no intention to sell further shares in the foreseeable future.”

CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) — For much of her 2024 presidential campaign, Nikki Haley spoke fondly of serving under former President Donald Trump for two years as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. 

ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods, in a Fortune interview last week, said, 'We have opportunities to make fuels with lower carbon in it, but people aren't willing to spend the money to do that.' Ergo, the public is to blame for still showing little intention of moving away from gobbling petro dishes. This is much like blaming people, not the easy availability of guns in the US, for gun crime — 'If they moved to knives, America would indeed have had gun control.' Or, as a climate economist put it, 'It's like a drug lord blaming everyone but himself for drug problems.' But let's take Woods' claim seriously for a minute.

Committee to Unleash Prosperity launches new campaign warning American public about «reckless» government spending.