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By Amruta Khandekar and Shristi Achar A

Investing.com — U.S. stock futures hover around both sides of the flatline, as markets geared up for fresh labor market data that could help indicate how the Federal Reserve will approach its future interest rate decisions. Elsewhere, GameStop (NYSE:GME) shares slip after the video game retailer and meme stock darling posted lower-than-projected quarterly net sales, while China's exports rise in November.

Lower-than-expected temperatures in the global north during early December and late November have raised eyebrows. This occurrence is particularly rare, especially in light of the ongoing global warming issues as temperatures this low aren't expected so early in the heating season.

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Green Bitcoin ($GBTC) is a new cryptocurrency platform that has recently launched on presale. The platform implements a sustainable staking model – which promotes long-term holding and daily reward-earning opportunities.

social media platforms in two cases involving hostage-taking and bombing in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The cases will be the first to use a new expedited review mechanism announced earlier this year that requires the board to make decisions within 30 days. The board usually deliberates for several months on its cases. The board's decision to take on the cases comes as social media platforms have been flooded with violent, hateful and misleading content in the two-month-old war between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement in Gaza which carried out the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli towns that set off the conflict.

The Last of Us' finally have good news coming their way as streaming platform 'Max' has confirmed the streaming window for Pedro Pascal's show. Max's video 'The One To Watch In 2024' teased the fans with glimpses of the show and the release date.

Samsung’s Galaxy S24 Ultra is expected to be unveiled next month and leaked hands-on images have emerged, offering a glimpse into the device's design changes compared to its predecessor, the Galaxy S23 Ultra. The leaked stills, shared by tipster Ice Universe, reveal key alterations and provide insight into the anticipated features of Samsung’s flagship for 2024.

Rajasthan Chief Minister and BJP Leader Vasundhara Raje's son Dushyant Singh of keeping MLA in resort. "...I had gone to take him (Lalit Meena) from 'Apano Rajasthan Resort'...Dushyant Singh took him along. Kanwarlal, an MLA, tried to stop me.

Canadians hoping for better food prices going into 2024 may not get their wish immediately, but as inflation cools, a new report suggests people could soon see some savings at the grocery store.

NTPC plans to add 11.2GW of thermal power capacity beyond FY26. This is in addition to the 10GW under construction which is set for commissioning by FY26. It also aims to boost its renewable energy capacity to 20GW by FY26 and 60GW by FY32 against the current 3GW.

Narendra Modi directed the Ministry of Home Affairs to release in advance the central share of the second instalment of the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) of ₹493.60 crore to Andhra Pradesh and ₹450 crore to Tamil Nadu, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Singh added that the Centre had already released the first instalment of the same amount to both States. 1. Cyclone Michaung weakened and converted into a low-pressure area in Jharkhand, a weather official said on Thursday.

Chinese warships have made a first visit to a Cambodian naval base that Washington has long feared will boost Beijing's influence in the Gulf of Thailand. A Cambodian defence ministry official said on Thursday that Chinese-funded work to expand the Ream base, near the port city of Sihanoukville, would be «finished soon». Cambodian Defence Minister Tea Seiha said on his Facebook page that he had visited the two ships docked at the base on Sunday «to prepare a training of our Cambodian naval fleet». Cambodian officials refused to give any details of the vessels, the purpose of their visit or how long they were staying, but a sign on one of the gangways identified it as belonging to the Chinese navy. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said: «China and Cambodia have an extremely deep friendship, and the two sides have developed richly successful cooperation in many fields.» The Vice-Chairman of China's Central Military Commission, General He Weidong, visited Phnom Penh earlier this week and met Prime Minister Hun Manet. Cambodia has long had close relations with Beijing and US officials fret that the base will boost China's effort to buttress its international heft with a string of naval and military outposts. Satellite imagery published in July showed that a 363-metre (1,190-foot) pier had been built jutting out into the sea.

Nigeria, Philippines, Argentina and Egypt have shown interest in procuring indigenously-developed Tejas Light Combat aircraft, CB Ananthakrishnan, the Chairman and Managing Director of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, said on Wednesday. Ananthakrishnan said talks are on with these countries for the possible procurement. «Nigeria, Philippines and Egypt are keen to procure Tejas Light Combat aircraft,» Ananthakrishnan told PTI on the sidelines of an event.

Dream 11 on Wednesday withdrew its petition in the Bombay High Court that challenged the revenue department’s show cause notices issued by the company for alleged evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST) of over Rs 1,200 crore. The development came after the additional government pleader Jyoti Chavan appearing for the state authorities informed the court that the department had withdrawn the show cause notice. Originally the state GST department had issued a notice for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19 alleging tax evasion. Subsequently, the company Dream11 challenged these notices in the high court.

SEZ Rules, 2006. As per the Special Economic Zones (Fifth amendment) Rules, 2023, the Board of Approval, on request of a developer of an information technology (IT) or IT-enabled services SEZs, may permit demarcation of part of the built-up area of the SEZ as non-processing area. This non-processing area can be utilised to set up operations of businesses engaged in the IT and ITeS. However, the non-processing area will consist of a complete floor and part of a floor will not be allowed to be demarcated, said a memorandum issued by the Department of Commerce late Wednesday. Board of Approval will allow demarcation only after repayment, without interest, of tax benefits attributable to the non-processing area, social and commercial infrastructure created to be used by both processing and the proposed demarcated area. The move is expected to allow developers to lease the non-processing area to IT companies not involved in export activity and reduce the vacancy levels at their office complexes. “Most of these IT SEZs are at prime locations and these complexes will achieve full leasing once the new changes kick in.

Cholamandalam Investment & Finance Company Ltd. dropped 0.89 per cent to Rs 1143.75 at 01:50PM (IST) in Thursday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 1156.0 and low of Rs 1132.25 so far during the session.

One of Washington’s biggest China critics traveled to New York in mid-September to meet with some of Wall Street’s best-known financiers. His mission was to persuade them to stop investing in China. Wisconsin Republican Mike Gallagher, who chairs a House committee on China, was surprised to find they didn’t need much coaxing.

Ratan Tata, has called out a deep fake video of him giving investment advice on Instagram. The fake video, shared by an Instagram user named Sona Agarwal, deceptively showed the industrialist giving investment advice and the caption of the post offered users a 'chance' to exaggerate their investment 'risk-free'. The fraudulent Instagram post featured a deep fake interview of Ratan Tata, in which he referred to Agarwal as his manager.

Former President Donald Trump is expected to return to his New York civil business fraud trial again

Shares of British American Tobacco tumbled Wednesday after the owner of Camel and American Spirit cigarettes took an impairment charge of about $31.5 billion, mainly related to its struggling U.S. cigarette brands with the number of people who smoke in...