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Netflix is developing a live-action adaptation of the popular video game BioShock, bringing the underwater city of Rapture to life. This project has been in the works since 2022, with Francis Lawrence directing and Michael Green writing the screenplay. Production

Nikkei share average closed slightly lower on Friday as losses in technology shares overshadowed gains in value stocks amid a weak yen and higher yields. The Nikkei slipped 0.09% to 38,596.47 after three straight sessions of gains. However, it fell 0.49% for the week.

MintGenie, Jain said that securities may lie unclaimed due to lack of awareness, change of address, failure to update contact information, death of the shareholder with uninformed heirs, lost documentation, and inactive accounts.Unclaimed shares and dividends are equity shares and their payouts that have not been claimed by their rightful owners even after the declaration of a dividend. Reasons include lack of awareness, outdated contact information, or heirs being unaware of investments.

Gold prices were flat on Friday but were on track for their second straight weekly gain as weak economic data from the U.S. boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates this year. FUNDAMENTALS

Crude oil futures slid in early trade on Friday on the prospect of higher-for-longer interest rates in Asia and the United States, while falling U.S. oil inventories kept prices from moving lower. Brent futures for August delivery dipped 11 cents to $85.60 a barrel by 0013 GMT, while U.S. crude was down 9 cents to $81.20 per barrel.

United States and China resumed semi-official nuclear arms talks in March for the first time in five years, with Beijing's representatives telling U.S. counterparts that they would not resort to atomic threats over Taiwan, according to two American delegates who attended. The Chinese representatives offered reassurances after their U.S. interlocutors raised concerns that China might use, or threaten to use, nuclear weapons if it faced defeat in a conflict over Taiwan. Beijing views the democratically governed island as its territory, a claim rejected by the government in Taipei. «They told the U.S. side that they were absolutely convinced that they are able to prevail in a conventional fight over Taiwan without using nuclear weapons,» said scholar David Santoro, the U.S. organiser of the Track Two talks, the details of which are being reported by Reuters for the first time.

Asian shares are ending the week with a whimper after a rally to 26-month highs earlier this week drew profit-taking, while the strength in the U.S. dollar as central banks in Europe cut rates kept pressuring the yen towards the intervention zone. Overnight, the Swiss National Bank cut rates for a second time while the Bank of England opened the door to an easing in August after holding rates steady. Sterling, the Swiss franc and the euro fell, lifting the dollar broadly.

The so-called ‘triple-witching’ will see some $5.5 trillion worth of options tied to indexes, stocks, and exchange-traded funds fall off the board, according to an estimate from options platform SpotGamma. As the contracts disappear, investors will adjust their positions, adding a burst of volume capable of swinging individual holdings.

₹50,000 crore, two people aware of the matter said. The central government, which has been steadily increasing the budget for new tracks over the years, may boost allocation by a sharp 39% from the figures in February's interim budget, the people cited above said on condition of anonymity.

IndiGo on Thursday said it has partnered with Garuda Aviation Academy to train fresh pilots as future junior first officers, under the airline's Cadet Pilot Program. The 21-month course includes a three-month ground schooling at Garuda Aviation Academy training centre in Gurugram, followed by 12 months of training at 43 Air School in South Africa, which has a track record of training over 6,000 ab-initio pilots over the years, IndiGo said. Over the last 13 years, the airline said, it has formed eight such partnerships and inducted over 1,000 pilots through these full training programmes, including commercial pilot licence and A320 type rating, the airline said. These courses start right from cadet selection to induction into the airline as a pilot, according to the airline.

Nirmala Sitharaman to increase Securities Transaction Tax (STT) on high frequency traders. The demand was put before the FM in a pre-budget consultation meeting on Thursday. STT is applicable on every sale and purchase of equities listed on the exchanges. The rate of STT during the sale of options or futures is 0.017% and 0.01%, respectively.

Star Sports ahead of India's next match, Lara said, “I think there is all sorts of possibilities. They are two very aggressive players.

₹1.5 trillion for the past 15 months. However, there are concerns around a sluggish trend in consumption, particularly in the low-income segment, and a slow pick-up in private capex. In our view, these are symptoms of an early-stage expansion cycle, and growth will become broader based as the economic expansion continues.

Rishi Sunak's Conservatives at a July 4 election, forecasting the Labour Party would comfortably win a large majority after 14 years in opposition. Polling by YouGov showed Keir Starmer's Labour was on track to win 425 parliamentary seats in Britain's 650-strong House of Commons, the most in its history. Savanta predicted 516 seats for Labour and More in Common gave it 406.

powered by its Gemini LLM, can also pull off similar features on Android smartphones that natively support its AI models.Industry stakeholders believe that the move can lead to new gadget ecosystems and product styles. Kashyap Kompella, AI industry analyst and founder of consultancy firm RPA2AI Research, said that the rise of generative AI voice interfaces could play a role in commercially available robots.

California. Researchers from the Chapman University’s Centre for Demographics and Policy have been tracking home prices in 94 English speaking metropolitan cities of the world. Report:

Canadian airline WestJet is starting to cancel some flights as it braces for a possible strike this week by aircraft maintenance technicians

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Nifty Bank rallied nearly 1,000 points to hit a fresh record high on Wednesday, tracking positive cues. The index closed 957 points higher at 51,398. It hit a record high of 51,957 in trade on Wednesday. The Nifty50, on the other hand, pared gains after hitting record highs to close marginally in the red.

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U.S. companies may need to report cash amounts tied to their software expenditures, more of which would be moved off corporate balance sheets under a forthcoming proposal to update decades-old accounting rules. The Financial Accounting Standards Board voted Tuesday, 7-0, to propose requiring companies to report cash amounts tied to their software costs and help them determine when to expense or capitalize costs.