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Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie was vandalized by a group of environmental activists in Spain. The activist group known as Futuro Vegetal, based in Spain, took action by spraying paint on the massive yacht named Kaos as it attempted to depart from the port in Ibiza, according to reports. The group, which advocates for civil disobedience as a means to address the ongoing climate crisis, chose to target the yacht due to its owner's status as one of the wealthiest women in the world, as per reports.

401(k) plans are missing out on $35 billion a year in returns they could see if they incorporated private equity and real estate, a recent report from Georgetown University’s Center for Retirement Initiatives found.

Artificial intelligence holds the promise of greater efficiency and effectiveness for financial advice but also the peril of heightened potential for conflicts of interest, SEC Chair Gary Gensler said Monday.

Demand created from a record influx of immigrants could be one factor keeping inflation higher for longer than anticipated, some economists say, though Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem doesn’t appear overly worried about it.

Bitcoin (BTC) once again stood out as the top target for investments from traditional fund investors last week, the latest report from crypto research and investment firm CoinShares has revealed.

insurance major Dai-ichi Life Holdings has invested $40 million to buy about 11% stake in D2C Insurance Broking, which is the holding company for digital insurance marketplace RenewBuy. This is part of the company's Series D fundraise while the promoters are negotiating with a few other investors to mobilise another $10-$20 million in primary deals. The total fundraising target in this round is between $75 million and $100 million as there would also be secondary deals.

NITI Aayog on Monday said 135 million Indians moved out of multidimensional poverty in five years with the proportion of poor in the country down from 24.8% to 14.9% between 2015-16 and 2019-21, on the back of improvements in nutrition, years of schooling, sanitation and subsidised cooking fuel. Uttar Pradesh registered the highest decline in the number of poor with 34.3 million exiting poverty followed by Bihar (22.5 million), Madhya Pradesh (13.5 million), Rajasthan (10.8 million) and West Bengal (9.2 million), showed the National Multidimensional Poverty Index, released by the Aayog. The UNDP had in its global MPI report, released last week, said 415 million people exited multidimensional poverty in India in 15 years, from 2005-06 to 2019-21, with the incidence of poverty falling from 55.1% in 2005-06 to 16.4% in 2019-21.

Glow Capital, the investment house run by former Quadrant Private Equity deal maker Justin Ryan, has closed its first deal after acquiring a controlling stake in Melbourne-headquartered clothing supplier Cargo Crew.

GANDHINAGAR : : European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, plans to invest about €1 billion in India’s renewable energy sector, EIB’s vice president Kris Peeter confirmed. EIB is in discussion with the Central government to lend €500 million during the first phase of the funding, he said. The investmentwill be made in renewable sectors involving green hydrogen and solar panels.

₹1.5 trillion investment in the current fiscal under the hybrid and EPC route, with the share likely to be 65% and 35% respectively. With investor interest in building greenfield highway projects continuing to remain low, the National Highway Authority of India is unlikely to award projects on build operate transfer (BoT) mode in FY24 and continue to rely on tested HAM and EPC models, two persons aware of the development said.

Bitcoin has been trading within a relatively narrow range between $30,000 and $31,500 for about a month, indicating a prolonged period of consolidation. During this time, bulls and bears have been locked in a battle for control.

By Michael S. Derby

Assam Milk Producers’ Cooperative Union Ltd. (WAMUL) is targeting to achieve sales turnover of Rs 300 Crore in the 2023-24.

MUMBAI : I never thought the last days of my youth would be spent worrying about a home loan," said Rahul, days before he entered his mid-thirties. “You turn 36, my dear," his wife Pooja, who had taken a break to complete her PhD in economics, replied. “I didn’t know 36 was young these days." “Well, the trouble with youth is that one assumes it will continue forever," replied Rahul.

Ritesh Shukla, CEO of NPCI International Payments Ltd (NIPL), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Payments Council of India (NPCI), Monday said after a successful launch in Singapore and France, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) is likely to enter the North America market and other Middle-eastern countries in the coming months. However, he did not give any definite timeline for the launch. “In terms of more interoperability partnerships like what we did in France and Singapore, we will focus on countries which are of importance to Indians when they travel abroad or where we have significantly large Indian diaspora residing like the Middle East and North America and these are the target market for us in the coming days" reported Moneycontrol quoting NIPL CEO as saying in an interaction.

Olivier Amar, a former executive at the educational assistance startup Frank, has been indicted and charged with involvement in defrauding JPMorgan Chase. Court documents reveal that Amar, who served as the company’s chief growth officer, is facing federal counts of wire fraud, bank fraud, securities fraud, and conspiracy. These charges have been added to the existing case against Frank’s founder, Charlie Javice.

New Delhi: As many as 13.5 crore people moved out of multidimensional poverty between financial years 2015-16 and 2019-21, according to NITI Aayog’s ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index. The report titled ‘National Multidimensional Poverty Index: A Progress Review 2023’ released on Monday showed a decline of 9.89 percentage points in the number of India’s multidimensionally poor from 24.85% in FY16 to 14.96% in FY21, according to the second edition of the National Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI).

Piper Sandler chief global economist Nancy Lazar details her economic expectations for the second half of the fiscal year on ‘Mornings with Maria.’ 

Reserve Bank in its July bulletin. The task, however, may not be easy, given the current level of capital stocks, infrastructure and skill sets of the people, said the article titled 'India @ 100'. Addressing the nation on August 15, 2022 — the 75th year of India's independence — Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid down a vision for the next 25 years to become a developed nation by 2047.

security forces. Normal life was affected in several areas in Manipur following the shutdown called by the different organisations. The Manipur government has urged the people not to make any hate speech and express any matter targeting any individual and community which might create ethnic or law and order problems.

Eli Lilly and Co has shared full findings of its phase 3 clinical study of donanemab at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Amsterdam which shows that the newly developed drug can modestly slow patients’ inevitable worsening.  To put a number, the report claims that the drug can slow down the process 35% or by 4-7 months.  Eli Lilly and Co. has said it applied for full US approval of its Alzheimer’s disease drug. If approved this will be the second effective drug to combat the mind-robbing disease, after Japanese drugmaker Eisai developed Leqembi.  More than 1,700 patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease or mild cognitive impairment received Lilly’s drug or a placebo in the 18-month trial.