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Apps like Shaadi.com and BharatMatrimony.com were delisted by Google on Friday since they did not adhere to the tech giant’s billing policies. By Monday, these apps were restored on Google Play Store, but without their in-app payment options.

Ben Greenfield, well-known fitness consultant, ‘biohacker’ and triathlon runner, whose list of high-profile clients includes Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey, is consulting with serial entrepreneur Mukesh Bansal to help him set up a chain of biohacking centres across the country. These centres, which employ popular practices of biohacking and age reversal, will provide various therapies and consultations, among other services.

Investing.com — The S&P 500 fell just short in its bid for another record close on Monday, pressured by an Apple-led slump in tech and a further cooling in sooner rate-cut expectations ahead of a busy week of top-tier economic data and testimony from Fed chair Jerome Powell.

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After a slightly down year in 2023 for deal-making in the registered investment advisor market, the first two months of this year saw a 20 percent increase in transactions when compared to the same time a year earlier, according to DeVoe & Co., a consulting and investment banking firm for RIAs.

Broker-dealer LPL Financial is expanding its presence in the South by adding a Texas-based advisory team to its platform. The firm announced Monday that it has welcomed RFS Financial Services, a Lubbock, Texas-based practice to its platform.

Rebel Moon: Part 2 — The Scargiver" will be releasing in April this year on Netflix. Fans will get more from the makers as there will be extended cut editions on the anvil, as per a report. «Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver» directed by Zack Snyder will be releasing across the world on the streaming giant on April 19. The first part was released on December 21 last year, as per a report in WhatsOnNetflix.

retail touch points, increasing distribution by 37% year-on-year," Ghazal Alagh, co-founder of Mamaearth, one of India's most prominent direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, wrote on social media platform X last month. The post affirmed a strategic pivot on the part of personal care company Honasa Consumer, which owns Mamaearth, to rapidly scale up in physical retail over the past year, much like some of the other large D2C or internet-first brands in the country, while companies such as meat delivery startup Licious and cosmetics firm Minimalist have taken the omnichannel route. Millet-based snack brand Slurrp Farm, cosmetics makers Just Herbs and Sugar Cosmetics, lingerie brand Zivame, eyewear retailer Lenskart, wearables brand boAt and beauty retailer Nykaa are among those which have opened physical stores.

Justin Timberlake is gearing up for his upcoming album "Everything I Thought It Was". The singer-actor has collaborated with ex-bandmates of NSYNC along with rapper and singer Tobe Nwigwe and Fireboy DML as he revealed the tracklist, according to a report. This will be Timberlake's first solo album in five years. Overall, «Everything I Thought It Was» is Timberlake's sixth studio album, due to be released on March 15.

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The Bitcoin price just hit new record highs in euros and British pounds.

Investing.com — 2024 could be a strong one for initial public offerings (IPOs), with several significant companies gearing up for their public debuts.

You have to wonder why Canadians are investing their money outside the country like never before.

Okefenokee Swamp and its vast wildlife refuge, setting up a new battle with a mining company seeking permits to withdraw more than 1.4 million gallons daily for a project that critics say could irreparably harm one of America's natural treasures. In a letter obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tells Georgia state regulators that federal law prohibits diverting water from the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in quantities that would harm its function as a protective habitat for native animal and plant species.

₹4 trillion. To put it in context, that is around 8% of the budget’s total expenditure, second only to defence in its non-interest expenditure pie. Add to it separate outlays from state governments—state-level top-ups for minimum support prices (MSPs), power subsidies, etc—and the amount is likely to go up substantially.

engagement of apprentices across establishments in industrial clusters. The skill development and entrepreneurship ministry is finalising the process of selecting industry clusters across the identified states and handholding them through financial aid as well as infrastructure creation to help them participate in a formal apprenticeship system, said a senior government official. «Top officials of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship held the first meeting with industrial clusters in Gujarat, Delhi and Haryana to nudge micro, small and medium enterprises to engage more apprentices as the country aims to fast-track creation of a skilled workforce,» said the official, who did not wish to be identified.

Kolkata: Major fissures have developed in the Trinamool Congress ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with Baranagar MLA Tapas Roy resigning from all the government posts he held as MLA and giving up his security on Monday. He came down heavily on the Trinamool over corruption and the Sandeshkhali issue.

UPI users said they will stop using the application if transaction fees are levied on the same, said a survey of 34,000 respondents by Local Circles, a pollster on governance and public issues. UPI recorded a transaction value of over ₹16 lakh crore in February 2024, up from over ₹12 lakh crore in February last year, according to data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). The most common example of a transaction fee is the ₹20 fee by IRCTC for UPI payments. Fintech companies urged finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman to raise issues about implementing a merchant discount rate (MDR) in UPI transactions. «The MDR on UPI payments has been a long standing demand from the fintech industry, asserting they don't generate revenue from such transactions. MDR is the rate charged to a merchant for payment processing services on various payment instruments», said the report.

Banks' bad loans have fallen to record lows as recoveries from defaulters rise and many who missed payments have regularised, but lenders are looking at building buffers anticipating some stress, said CareEdge Ratings. Bad loans fell 21% in the last calendar to Rs 4.85 lakh crore, from a year earlier.

The crypto market capitalization is up 4% over the past 24 hours. At the time of writing, it stands at $2.544 trillion, according to CoinGecko. Most of the top 100 coins by market capitalization have appreciated in the past day.

In a strategic move to empower financial advisors in the rapidly evolving alternative investments sector, Fidelity Investments has unveiled a comprehensive update to its support and research capabilities.