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The long-awaited trial of alleged Mango Markets crypto criminal Avraham Eisenberg got underway as jury selection began in Manhattan federal court Monday. Eisenberg is accused of stealing an estimated $110 million out of the crypto exchange Mango Markets by utilizing their cryptocurrency MNGO for fraud.

Further signs of a solid U.S. economy and potential delays to anticipated interest-rate cuts could prolong the dollar’s strength, analysts said. Many analysts and fund managers have been anticipating that the dollar would fall this year as the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, but rate-cut expectations have been trimmed back sharply recently while U.S.

New Delhi: Global technology major Dell Technologies is banking on gamers and college and school-going youth to drive its business this year, according to a senior company official. While launching new laptop models across XPS, Alienware and Inspiron portfolio, Dell Technologies Vice President and Managing Director for Consumer and Small Business Raj Kumar Rishi said that the company will stick to its strategy of bringing the latest technologies across various price points and focus on financing of laptops to make devices affordable for consumers. «Share of gaming in the PC segment has increased. We see gaming and college and school-going youth to continue driving growth for us,» Rishi said. The company unveiled new XPS laptops with Intel Core Ultra 9 processor and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 GPU to support artificial intelligence applications.

The upcoming Bitcoin Halving in 2024 has the Crypto community excited. As this important event draws closer, traders worldwide are strategising about how to best capitalise on the expected volatility and price action. 

Warren Buffett made a fortune by investing in electric utilities in the western U.S. Now, the world’s best-known investor says wildfires might undermine that strategy. PacifiCorp, a utility company owned by Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, has incurred hundreds of millions of dollars in liability costs tied to a series of Oregon wildfires in 2020 and might owe hundreds of millions more.

Royal Bank of Canada fired its chief Financial Officer Nadine Ahn after an internal review concluded that she was in an undisclosed close personal relationship with another employee that violated the bank’s code of conduct.

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Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Limited announced that its iconic fund has successfully raised Rs 2,000 crore. Kotak Iconic Fund, an open-ended fund, has been conceptualised as an equity multi-advisor portfolio solution. The fund has maintained a flexible approach by adopting diversified active and passive strategies across market capitalisation and tactical allocations, according to the press release. Kotak Iconic Fund solves this with its disciplined framework-based investing and risk management to deliver a smooth investing journey.

The cost of housing in the United States today is pressuring household budgets with many weakening their long-term financial security to keep a roof over their heads.

NEW DELHI : The coming together of Walt Disney and Reliance Industries is set to drive consolidation in India's streaming landscape as smaller, regional-language platforms explore merger and acquisition opportunities (M&A) to avoid getting crushed by a much larger entity that will potentially dominate the OTT ecosystem, experts said. The big challenge for M&As at the moment, however, remains arriving at a price point that parties can agree upon, given that even smaller players have hit a ceiling with paid subscriptions, but believe they have a valuable offering because of their targeted approach, a claim that may not always work for bigger entities that are themselves looking to expand their reach.

Wipro on Monday fell around 1% to the day's low at Rs 479 on BSE after investors were left surprised by the sudden exit of the Bengaluru-based IT major's CEO and MD Thierry Delaporte. About half of the brokerages have a sell rating on the Nifty IT stock as they believe that transition could create uncertainty in the near term before boosting hopes of a potential turnaround. Among global brokerages, CITI has a sell rating on Wipro with a target price of Rs 440, CLSA Rs 445 with a sell rating, and Morgan Stanley Rs 450 with an underweight call. Jefferies has an underperform rating on Wipro with a target price of Rs 470 while Nomura has maintained a reduced rating with an unchanged target price of Rs 410.

“Our equity funds focus on investing in quality stocks with a high growth generation ability aimed at multiplying your money 2x – 3x in 4 – 5 years,” says Vikaas M Sachdeva, MD, Sundaram Alternates. In an interview with ETMarkets, Sachdeva said: “We have set frameworks in place, 3Q – Quality of Business, Quality of Management & Quality of Management & 4 x 4 Wealth Multiplier Themes – Consumer Discretionary, Manufacturing, Phygital & Financial Inclusiveness,”. Edited excerpts: You have recently written a white paper on Quality vs Value. Can you tell us if one has an upper hand over the other? Vikaas M Sachdeva: In the past, stock analysis primarily focused on beta, the risk compared to the overall market. However, the Fama and French study introduced additional factors like size, momentum, low volatility, quality, value, and growth, expanding the discussion beyond beta.

Wipro: Thierry Delaporte, the CEO and MD of Wipro, has stepped down from his role, as announced in a regulatory filing by the company on April 6. His term as CEO was originally set to conclude in July 2025, but it was prematurely ended with his resignation announced late on Saturday. Delaporte will be officially relieved of his CEO duties from May 31, 2024.

XRP and Cardano (ADA) bore the brunt of the market’s volatility in the past week, declining by 7.5% and 12%, respectively. Amid these developments, experts have pinpointed Algotech (ALGT) as the top presale token, leveraging algorithmic trading strategies to maximize returns while minimizing risks.

Larian Studios has rolled out Hotfix 24 for Baldur’s Gate 3, addressing critical bugs and performance issues across all platforms. Here’s a detailed look at what the latest update entails, as per a Dexerto report.

Ethena (ENA) surprised investors in the crypto market over the final week of March as it displayed a bullish momentum despite heightened market consolidation. Meanwhile, Algotech (ALGT) continues solidifying its position as the most lucrative presale coin, leveraging advanced trading techniques to maximize returns while minimizing risks.

A wider swath of Americans could gain access to personalized lifetime income for their retirement thanks to a newly announced collaboration.

₹13,783 crores, up 11% over the year ago. Profit jumped 30% to ₹1,320 crore, according to its annual filings. In December 2019, TCPL’s shares were trading at about ₹318 apiece.

retirement goals and how one is doing against the budget or plan set out for each of these items is a good place to be in. It requires discipline, consistency and ongoing calibration. Depending upon surplus income, time horizon, liquidity requirement, risk & reward appetite, one can choose to be in either traditional investment options (like bank accounts, deposits, bonds, etc) or in mature products (like mutual funds, stocks, ULIPs, PMS, REITs, etc) or any combination from the above.

Prashant Kishor said the ruling party will add significantly to its seats and vote share in south and east India, the two regions where its hold is weak-to-non-existent, barring Karnataka. In an interaction with PTI editors, Kishor also said despite the BJP's apparent dominance, neither the party nor Prime Minister Narendra Modi is invincible, pointing out that the opposition had three distinct and realistic chances of stopping the BJP juggernaut but frittered away the opportunities because of laziness and misplaced strategies. «They (BJP) will either be first or second party in Telangana which is a big thing. They will be number one in Odisha for sure. You would be surprised as, in all likelihood, to my mind, the BJP is going to be the number one party in West Bengal,» he said. In Tamil he said, BJP's vote share may hit double-digit percentage. Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala together account for 204 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha but the BJP couldn't cross 50 seats in all these states put together either in 2014 or 2019 when it won 29 and 47 constituencies respectively.

This World Health Day, as we reflect on the essence of health, it's imperative to recognise that it encompasses more than just physical and mental well-being; financial health plays an equally critical role. Healthy financial planning not only extends and enhances our quality of life by securing a stable future, and fostering resilience against emergencies, but also empowers us to pursue our life goals, even in our golden years.