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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Tuesday lifted the business restrictions imposed on two key entities of the Edelweiss Group, ECL Finance Ltd and Edelweiss Asset Reconstruction Company Limited, with immediate effect. This decision comes after the companies implemented remedial measures to address supervisory concerns raised earlier. On May 29, 2024, the central bank had invoked its powers under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and the SARFAESI Act, 2002, imposing specific business curbs on the two entities.

The tournament will be the first international event hosted by the BFI after opting to join the new governing body earlier this year. The last time BFI hosted an international event was the International Boxing Association (IBA) Women's World Boxing Championship in 2023.

Klarna, a leading fintech company, is making waves after its CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, stated that artificial intelligence (AI) is now capable of performing nearly all tasks that were once handled by human employees. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Siemiatkowski discussed the rapid advancement of AI and its growing role in the workforce, raising important questions about the future of employment. Siemiatkowski revealed that Klarna, known for its «buy now, pay later» services, has not hired any new staff in the past year, leading to a natural reduction in its workforce. The company, which once employed 4,500 people, now has 3,500 employees. This reduction, according to Siemiatkowski, was a result of a typical 20% annual attrition rate seen in tech firms, meaning that about 20% of employees leave every year. Rather than hiring replacements, Klarna chose to let the workforce shrink. “We have a natural attrition like every tech company. People stay for about five years, so 20 per cent leave every year. By not hiring, we are simply shrinking,” he explained. Despite the workforce reduction, Siemiatkowski assured that the current employees’ salaries would not be negatively impacted. He noted that as the company’s salary costs decrease due to fewer employees, the savings could lead to higher pay for those who remain.

Retail sales jumped 0.7% last month after an upwardly revised 0.5% gain in October, the Commerce Department's Census Bureau said on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast retail sales, which are mostly goods and are not adjusted for inflation, advancing 0.5% after a previously reported 0.4% rise in October.

A popular retirement strategy known as the 4% rule may need some recalibration for 2025 based on market conditions, according to new research.

Markets regulator Sebi has amended norms governing investment advisers (IAs) and research analysts (RAs) to facilitate ease of doing business by providing relaxation in eligibility criteria for registration and simplifying the compliance requirements. In two separate notifications, Sebi said the minimum qualification requirement has been reduced to a graduate degree in specified fields and net-worth requirement has been replaced with the requirement of deposits. Further, it has introduced «part-time investment advisor» and «part-time research analyst» and the definition of investment advice/research service has been tweaked to exclude trading calls.

After years of lagging returns and more recent concerns over U.S. office loans, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce has turned a corner with investors. Chief executive Victor Dodig says he won’t put that at risk with acquisitions that reduce shareholder value.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the lower-than-expected GDP growth of 5.4 per cent in the second quarter was a «temporary blip» and the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters. Replying to a debate in the Lok Sabha on the first batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants, she said India has seen «steady and sustained» growth and its GDP growth rate has averaged 8.3 per cent in the last three years. India continues to be the fastest-growing major economy in the world, Sitharaman added. The second quarter growth is only a «temporary blip», and the economy will see healthy growth in the coming quarters, Sitharaman said.

Ecommerce furniture and home decor company Pepperfry has elevated Madhusudan Bihani to the role of chief financial officer (CFO), the company said in a statement Tuesday. Bihani has close to two decades of experience in finance, corporate compliance, taxation and auditing. He joined Pepperfry in 2019 as AVP-finance and advanced to the role of VP-finance in 2021. Over the past six years, he has played a crucial role in driving the company's growth, financial discipline, operational efficiencies and compliance frameworks. He has been responsible for improving profitability, streamlining financial operations and supporting strategic initiatives.

ICRA expects the domestic gold jewellery consumption (in value terms) to continue its momentum in the current fiscal with an estimated growth of 14-18% Y-o-Y. This follows the sharp increase of 18% in FY2024, which was primarily driven by realisations even as volume growth was subdued. A sharp 900 basis points (bps) cut in import duty in the Union Budget in July 2024 and consequent correction in gold prices for a brief period led to some pre-buying of jewellery as well as bars and coins during Q2 FY2025, which is generally a seasonally weak quarter. While gold prices were volatile, improving consumer sentiments and festive-led demand increased consumption in recent months. This, coupled with a higher number of auspicious and wedding days, and favourable monsoons aiding better rural output, is likely to help jewellery demand growth in H2 FY2025, in ICRA’s view. Revenue growth for organised jewellery in FY2024 had been supported by realisations with gold prices rising by ~14% YoY. The same trend is expected to continue this fiscal as well. So far in the current fiscal, the average gold price has risen by a sharp ~25% vis-à-vis FY2024 average price, despite occasional corrections – first, after the cut in customs duty in late July 2024 and then in November 2024, following the US elections and currency movements. The evolving global economic and geopolitical scenario and rising investment demand for gold have stimulated the continuing uptick in gold prices for the last seven quarters.

Adani Power Ltd. 1.53 per cent to Rs 537.10 at 09:59AM (IST) in Tuesday's trade. The counter has hit a high of Rs 537.50 and low of Rs 525.00 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 529.00 in the previous session. The counter has had a total traded volume of 144579 shares so far with a value of Rs 7.67 crore on the NSE. It traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 16.19 and a price-to-book ratio of 5.78.

The project is part of the “Brand Bengaluru” campaign to improve the city’s infrastructure. The underground corridor will house optical fiber cables for telecommunications and power lines. The city already has about 15,000 kilometers of ducts, which will be used for the new corridor. “The ambitious project aims to establish an extensive underground utility corridor across Bengaluru, replacing the existing overhead OFCs with a robust, city-wide optical fibre network that will integrate both telecommunications and electrical infrastructure. A significant portion of the ducts—approximately 3,400km long — has been allocated to electricity utilities such as Bescom, and Smart City projects,” said BBMP chief engineer BS Prahalad.

Israel Katz told Knesset lawmakers on Monday (local time), as reported by Times of Israel. Katz's comments to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee were reportedly made in a closed-door meeting, but leaks of his remarks were reported widely in the Hebrew press. «Israel is closer than ever to another hostage deal,» Katz was quoted as saying.

A statement attributed to «President Bashar al-Assad» and released on the Syrian presidency's Telegram channel on Monday stated that the country «fell into the hands of terrorism.» However, it is pertinent to note that the statement has not been independently verified, according to Al Jazeera. Al-Assad has not made any media appearances since he was granted asylum with his family by Russia.

Jay-Z entered the music industry and used a few business ventures to build his billion-dollar empire. Forbes estimates that the Renegade rapper, whose real name is Shawn Carter, will be worth $2.5 billion by 2024, making him the first billionaire in hip-hop, as quoted in a report by Fox News. It's unclear if the claims that Jay-Z raped a child with Sean Diddy Combs following the 2000 MTV VMAs will have an impact on any of his multiple lucrative endeavours, which include collaborations with the NFL, a music streaming service, and an international entertainment agency.

Netflix has announced the renewal of Man on the Inside for a second season. The show debuted in November 2023, and the new season is expected to arrive in 2025.

Mallikarjun Kharge while participating in the Constitution debate, attacked the ruling BJP for promoting "hate politics". Kharge also responded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's «jumla» charge at the Congress and said that it's his government which was fooling people with false promises. Arguing against the BJP's charges, Kharge said that it was under the Indira Gandhi government in 1971 that the Indian forces divided Pakistan into two parts and liberated Bangladesh. He also urged the Centre to ensure the safeguarding of Hindu minorities in the neighbouring country. He said that BJP leaders keep abusing Jawaharlal Nehru as well as Mahatma Gandhi and then go on to give lectures on probity in public life. «Merely pointing fingers at each other won't help. The Jan Sangh had once aimed to structure the Constitution based on the laws of Manusmriti. This was the intent of the RSS. Those who despise the tricolour, the Ashoka Chakra and the Constitution are lecturing us. On the day the Constitution was implemented, these people burnt the effigies of Ambedkar, Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru at Ramlila Maidan. They insult the Nehru-Gandhi family without shame,» he said.

Prime Ministers' Museum and Library, and wondered what were in these documents which the Gandhi family didn't want to become public. BJP MP Sambit Patra cited reports of the Prime Ministers' Museum and Library's (PMML) deliberations on the issue to note that Nehru's correspondence with Edwina Mountbatten, wife of the last British viceroy to India, and eminent leaders Jayaprakash Narayan and Jagjivan Ram lay with the erstwhile Nehru Museum and Library Society, which returned them to Sonia Gandhi in 2008. Addressing a press conference, Patra said the historical documents belonged to the country and were not anyone's personal property.

Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday initiated the debate on the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha and launched a scathing attack on the Congress accusing the party of amending the Constitution to restrict civil liberties and to protect those in power. Starting with the First Amendment of the Constitution, she accused the Congress of curbing freedom of speech. «In the last seven decades, this living document, our Constitution, has seen many amendments,» she said, adding, "...The Supreme Court in 1950 had ruled in favour of the Communist magazine 'Cross Roads' and the RSS organisational magazine 'Organiser'. But in response, the (then) interim government thought that there was a need for a First Constitutional Amendment and that was brought in by the Indian National Congress and it was essentially to curb freedom. So India, a democratic country which prides itself even today on freedom of expression, saw the first interim government coming up with a constitutional amendment which was to curb the freedom of speech of Indians and that too within one year of adoption of the Constitution..." She added that the First Amendment was done by former PM Jawaharlal Nehru despite MPs being against it, to harm the press and it is still affecting the freedom of media.

Canadian pension funds will no longer be restricted to a cap of 30 per cent control of companies they invest in and the federal government is working with the institutional investors and domestic airports to “explore measures for further pension fund investment on airport lands.”

(Bloomberg) — Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet because of differences over how to prepare for the Trump administration, a stunning move that shakes the government.