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Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures tick marginally lower ahead of a busy day that will feature much-anticipated results from AI-darling Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and minutes from the Federal Reserve's January gathering. Elsewhere, Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos sells a fresh batch of shares in the e-commerce behemoth, bringing the proceeds from a raft of recent stock sales to $8.5 billion.

Delhi Chalo march on Wednesday. After four rounds of negotiations with the union government failed to yield results, the Shambhu border crossing between Punjab and Haryana looks set for a faceoff between protestors and police forces today morning. The first rounds of tear gas shells were fired by police forces around noon.

Passive income from dividends has become the lifeblood of many investors, and is one of the many reasons why they keep faith in the stock market. Even the father of value investing Benjamin Graham agreed. In his words, “The true investor will do better if he forgets about the stock market and pays attention to his dividend returns and to the operation results of his companies." The assumption is that companies paying out a slice of their earnings to shareholders typically have a record of strong profits.

PPFAS (Parag Parikh Financial Advisory Services) rolled out a balanced advantage fund, Quantum and Mahindra Manulife have also launched their multi asset allocation fund schemes lately. Hybrid mutual fund is a broad category that entails seven types of mutual fund categories. The latest AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) data shows there are a total of 149 hybrid mutual fund schemes.

The federal government is cutting the amount of financial relief small businesses will receive from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase thesize of the rebate it is providing to rural families.

By Nell Mackenzie

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Union Bank of India's share price jumped 7% to Rs 151 in Wednesday's trade on BSE after the state-owned bank approved a Rs 3,000 crore share sale proposal at a floor price of Rs 142.78 per share to fund its business growth. The floor price is at a marginal premium compared to the previous day's closing price of Rs 141.1. The bank also announced the opening of the issue on February 20.

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Ankur Banerjee

Investing.com-- Shares of major Australian mining stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, tracking a decline in iron ore prices amid growing concerns that worsening global economic conditions will dent demand for the steel-making material.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies rose on Wednesday, seeing some relief as the dollar retreated in anticipation of more cues from the Federal Reserve on the path of interest rates. 

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks retreated on Wednesday, tracking overnight weakness in Wall Street as risk sentiment wavered ahead of more cues from the Federal Reserve and key earnings from artificial intelligence giant NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA). 

Vladimir Putin's two-and-a-half decades in power, Western leaders thought they understood the strategy of the Kremlin leader and argued that Russia merited a place as an international partner. But that approach was blown apart two years ago on February 24, 2022, when Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, consigning to a distant past images such as that of the smiling Russian leader bounding up the steps of Macron's Mediterranean Fort de Bregancon residence in August 2019 bearing flowers for the French leader's wife Brigitte.

Trisha Goddard, former Dancing on Ice contestant has disclosed that she has been diagnosed with untreatable breast cancer. At the time of an interview in Hello magazine, the TV presenter made the explanation that she had got the news nearly 19 months ago, however currently has decided to speak out since she does not wish to be lying about her disease any longer. Goddard said she could not keep on lying and continue concocting stories. She further continued that it reaches a stage after a year and a half when secret keeping is more of a load than anything else. She also shared that she is anxious and it requires to be done.

Spring came early to Canada’s housing market.

Investing.com-- Japanese exports grew much more than expected in January, boosted by improved overseas demand for automobiles and electronics, although sluggish domestic demand saw a bigger-than-expected fall in imports.

LONDON (Reuters) — British businesses are more optimistic this year about their profits and broader economic growth than they were last year, an annual survey by Boston Consulting Group showed on Wednesday.

By Tetsushi Kajimoto

FMCG) industry after the slowdown became more pronounced in the December quarter. Overall volumes, which indicate number of products consumers bought, expanded 5.2% in the December quarter, lower than 6.9% in the September quarter. Sales volumes in rural markets climbed 4.8%, and in cities by 5.6%, from a year earlier, data from Kantar showed. Kantar monitors branded and unorganised products, including unpackaged voluminous commodities. Nielsen, on the other hand, tracks primarily branded retail sales. “We are likely to see another drop in the next quarter, and the current trend of slowdown is expected to stay deep into 2024," said K Ramakrishnan, managing director, South Asia, Worldpanel division, Kantar. «The mild slowdown we saw in the September quarter became even more pronounced in the December quarter.”

NBC is bringing back the beloved game show «Deal or No Deal» with a tropical twist in "Deal or No Deal Island." This spinoff series takes the iconic briefcases to a private island, where contestants, including two celebrities, compete in challenges and play the game for a chance to win a grand prize.