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Global fintech giant Airwallex on Thursday said it has agreed to acquire MexPago, a rival payments company based out of Mexico, for an undisclosed sum to help the firm expand its Latin America footprint.

Smarter Dharma, a sustainable solutions platform for real estate firms, has raised $500,000 in seed funding from Zerodha’s Rainmatter, Gruhas and Anthill Ventures, among others. The Bengaluru-based startup works towards reducing the carbon footprint of companies in the real estate sector.

The Conflux price has fallen by 3% in the past 24 hours, with its drop to $0.103716 marking a concerning 9% loss in a week.

The recent rebound in the EUR/USD currency pair appears likely to be nothing more than a temporary correction within the ongoing downtrend that began in mid-July as, longer-term, the fundamental factors pushing the US dollar higher haven't changed, despite of all the recent noise.

(Reuters) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will take the podium in New York on Thursday with his colleagues at the U.S. central bank in apparent agreement to hold interest rates unchanged at their next meeting in two weeks but with still-great uncertainty about what happens after that.

Also read: Israel-Palestine War: List of hostages taken by Hamas from Israel The company said the student leaders who signed onto the statements are "no longer welcome in our firm". Davis Polk & Wardwell employs around 1,000 attorneys and has annual revenues of $1.7 billion.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu's remand in the alleged multi-crore skill development scam case till November 1. Chandrababu Naidu was presented virtually before the court from the Rajahmundry Central Prison. The former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and TDP chief was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on September 9 in connection with the multi-crore skill development scam case, leading to apolitical turmoil in the state with several TDP leaders alleging that the arrest was nothing but a political «witch-hunt» and that Naidu was held on the basis of false allegations. Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court reserved its judgment on a plea filed by Chandrababu Naidu seeking to quash the FIR registered against him in the skill development scam case. Naidu had approached the top court seeking quashing of FIR and cited Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, to challenge his arrest by the Andhra Pradesh police's CID in skill development scam. He had challenged the High Court judgment rejecting his plea for the quashing of FIR.

Multibagger IPO: The initial public offering (IPO) Nirman Agri Genetics is one of the multibagger public issues that Indian stock market has delivered in 2023. This NSE SME issue was launched in March 2023 at a fixed price of ₹99 per equity share. The SME stock listed on NSE SME Emerge platform on 28th March 2023 at a normal premium of ₹3 per equity share.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been charged with a public order offense after being arrested at a demonstration against an oil industry conference in London

Dabur today fell up to 2.5% to day's low at Rs 520.45 after it was reported that its subsidiaries were among companies sued in the US and Canada by customers alleging that the use of hair relaxer products had caused ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and other health issues. «Currently, the cases are in the pleadings and early discovery phases of litigation. There are various motions pending as well.

₹1.36 trillion of goods and services tax evasion this fiscal, including cases involving fake claims of input tax credit, the finance ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. Of this, a voluntary payment of ₹14,108 crore has been collected, the ministry added. In the past three and a half years the probe agency has found instances of substantial tax evasion as part of a special drive.

ANI learned from a source inside the Capitol Hill building that public access to the Capitol complex has been restricted after a sizable number of demonstrators calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas disrupted one of the House office buildings. "We have been advised by the police to use the tunnels and not the main entrance and exit doors," a hill staffer told ANI, as the demonstrations unfolded, with members from Jewish groups holding placards that read, "Ceasefire", "Jews say, Ceasefire now". The House Sergeant-at-arms also sent out a memo to congressional offices that all visitors would be restricted to a single door in an attempt to control public entry into the campus.

IIFL Securities stock made a significant move in today's trading session, opening at ₹109 apiece compared to the previous closing price of ₹108.10. It then continued to climb, registering a new 52-week high of ₹112 per share in response to the company's Q2 FY24 earnings report. On Wednesday, the company posted a 94% increase in its consolidated net profit to ₹107.5 crore, up from ₹55.3 crore reported in the same quarter of the previous year.

laptop, server and other IT hardware importers to provide an international certification attesting that their product is from a trusted source before allowing a licence-free import of it, people in the know of the matter told ET. This certification, one of the people said, could be from an international organisation. This organisation could periodically verify that the components used in the hardware come from trusted supply chains and do not have any spyware or malware in them, this person said.

Investing.com — U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Israel, while crude prices soar as a missile explosion on a Gaza hospital esclated tensions in the Middle East. The earnings season continues with results due from Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) and Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), while Chinese GDP expanded by more than expected in the third quarter.

Dabur International Ltd, claiming that their hair-relaxer products caused ovarian and uterine cancer, according to a report by CNBC-TV18. Dabur International Ltd sells over-the-counter hair straightener and relaxer products under various brand names. According to the report by CNBC-TV18, there are 5,400 cases in multidistrict litigation (MDL). «Cases filed in the US and in Canada against 3 subsidiaries of Dabur,» the report claimed. However, the company said defence costs for the litigation are expected to breach the materiality threshold in the near future. Currently, cases are in the pleadings and early discovery phases of litigation. «There are various motions pending as well.

(Reuters) — Dabur India said on Wednesday its subsidiaries were among companies sued in the U.S. and Canada by customers alleging that the use of hair relaxer products had caused ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and other health issues.

MUMBAI : After extended legal battles and massive layoffs, Byju’s, the largest edtech startup in India, is in initial stages of planning a rewards programme for 7,000-10,000 members of its sales team. One of the options on the table is a short-term cash incentive, said a senior company executive. But its challenging financial situation has also prompted the firm to assess if its balance sheet can take the hit of this programme, he added.

Polygon ($MATIC) has faced strong bearish pressure since February, but it’s still one of the best cryptos to invest in right now. Prices have dropped from $1.50 to $0.52 since then, but support has been found at $0.50 and prices don’t seem to want to drop any lower than that.

2034 World Cup, Indonesian soccer leader Erick Thohir said on Wednesday that his federation now supports Saudi Arabia. Thohir's change of plan was detailed in a statement on the Indonesian soccer federation website hours before an online meeting of the Asian Football Confederation, whose 47 members include Australia, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, FIFA President Gianni Infantino urged AFC members to «be united for the 2034 World Cup.» Infantino has long been a close ally of Saudi soccer and the kingdom's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and FIFA's surprise decision two weeks ago to fast-track bidding for the 2034 men's tournament was seen as favourable for them.

NeoLiv, residential investment and development platform, founded by Mohit Malhotra, former MD and CEO of Godrej Properties plans to launch at least 10 projects with the revenue potential of Rs 12,000 crore on the next 3-4 years. NeoLiv has already secured the permission from the Securities & Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a category II Alternate Investment Fund (AIF) with a plan to raise $ 150 million including a green-shoe option of $60 million. It plans to develop 10 residential projects in Delhi and Mumbai using the first round of fund. “We have identified 13 projects in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai and due diligence is on. We should be able to announce our first project in 2-3 months,” Malhotra told ET. Wealth and alternates-focused asset firm 360 ONE, erstwhile II FL Wealth & Asset Management, has entered into a strategic partnership with strategic partnership with NeoLiv by making a minority entity-level equity investment. “In the real estate sector, financial institutions and developer are two separate institutions but we have brought it together.