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Investing.com-- The Dow closed higher Wednesday, amid dip-buying into the close as investors shrugged the  release of the minutes of the Federal Reserve's January meeting showing members were concerned about cutting interest rates too soon. 

Wednesday, February 21st, 2024 – The latest addition to the Solana meme coin frenzy, Smog Token is going from strength to strength as thousands join its airdrop and its cross-platform social community surpasses 55,000. The 14-day-old coin sits on a price gain since launch of more than 4,000%.

With major cryptocurrencies succumbing to profit-taking in the wake of strong gains in recent weeks, investors hunting for the best crypto to buy today are scouring altcoin markets for asymmetric investment opportunities.

Dune: Part Two," set to release on March 1, 2024. The sequel promises to continue Paul Atreides' journey with the Fremen, featuring an ensemble cast and epic storyline. Here's a comprehensive guide to what's in store for fans.

Young, aspiring Indians are among customers driving volumes at Italian supercar maker Lamborghini, which posted record sales last year, global chief executive Stephan Winkelmann told ET. Its signature, wedge-shaped sports car is one of the fastest production vehicles available to the seriously wealthy and the marque is seeing demand not only from buyers in the country, but also Indians in the US, Europe and Southeast Asia, where they have second homes, he said. Winkelmann, on his first visit to the country in 10 years, said the improvement in India's infrastructure has «surprised» him. He's also excited that women are increasingly gravitating toward the brand, even in India. The consumer mood in the country is buoyant and if the tax regime continues to remain stable, opportunities to expand sales are robust, he said. «There have been a lot of changes and in terms of infrastructure — this is striking immediately. And for sure, also in our type of business now; the car industry has exploded,» he said. «We think that everybody is in the right place to do business and we have grown as Lamborghini, which is very positive… I think we're very well-positioned.»

India has opposed the European Union's bid to push new issues such as carbon taxes, industrial subsidies, women and climate at the upcoming ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the garb of "deliberative functions" or «conversation with ministers» that seek to reform the body. Officials said the EU wants an open-ended work programme for such issues while developing countries are against them being discussed among ministers as they don't have a negotiating mandate from the global trade body. Deliberation sessions have been planned for the first time at the 13th ministerial conference of the WTO for ministers to discuss various issues.

By Maiya Keidan

Snap Camera India, the local unit of social networking and messaging platform Snapchat's US-based parent company Snap Inc, has reported a 20% increase in revenue to ₹79 crore for 2022-23, compared to ₹65.7 crore in the previous fiscal. According to the financial data obtained from the Registrar of Companies, the company's net profit surged 24% to ₹7.7 crore, as against ₹6.2 crore in the previous fiscal. Expenses went up 20.2% to ₹69 crore from ₹57.4 crore.

“I think Casemiro’s legs have gone,” Jamie Carragher told the Covering Liverpool podcast in October. “I noticed it last season at Anfield and I didn’t like what I saw. It took me back to watching Fabinho last year for Liverpool. I want to be the first to say it (about Casemiro). I don’t want to say it when everyone else is saying his legs have gone.” What is clear is that the spotlight can be unforgiving for older players and, at times, unfair.

tourism ministry plans «very focused» marketing activities with the help of Indian embassies abroad to attract foreign tourists from traditional as well as lesser-tapped emerging markets as tourist arrivals continue to lag pre-Covid levels, government officials said. «We are looking at strengthening our participation in overseas fairs and festivals this year besides ramping up promotions in some non-traditional, new and emerging overseas source markets such as Southeast Asia, Africa and South America,» an official familiar with the matter told ET.

ADIA, Stonepeak, DigitalBridge, KKR and Permira are among those tapped to acquire US buyout group Carlyle’s 24.04% stake in Bharti Airtel’s data centre arm, Nxtra Data Ltd (NDL), people aware of the matter said. The Carlyle Group, among the world’s largest investment firms, is looking to sell the stake for Rs 7,000-7,500 crore, valuing Airtel’s data centre unit at Rs 24,000-29,000 crore ($3-3.5 billion, inclusive of debt), the people cited said. Bharti Airtel owns 75.96% of Nxtra Data, a leading player in India’s data centre industry. Airtel has first right of refusal on the stake but is reckoned to have waived it, said the people cited.

₹340 per quintal for the 2024-25 marketing season, on a day the protesting farmers marching to Delhi clashed with the police on the Punjab-Haryana border. The sugarcane marketing season runs from October to September. The “significant" increase in the procurement price of sugarcane is about 8% higher than the FRP of sugarcane for the current 2023-24 season, which is ₹315/ quintal.

Investing in public education systems is crucial for countries seeking to leverage their demographic dividend. South Korea’s economic development, often called the ‘Miracle on the Han River,’ exemplifies the impact of strategic educational investments. During its rapid industrialization, the emphasis on education significantly improved literacy rates and provided the necessary skills for industrial and technological sectors.

AI-powered ‘answer engines’ have arrived. A few days ago, The Wall Street Journal reported how new companies like ArcSearch and Consensus are changing the rules of web search as we knew it. As compared to search engines that at best threw up a few links to relevant articles, these new AI-run search engines not only provide the most relevant information on a topic, but also intelligent summaries of various articles.

Back in 2013, when Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was facing bogus criminal charges, I recalled when my great-grandfather, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, compared Russia to a tub full of dough. “You put your hand down in it, down to the bottom," and “when you first pull out your hand, a little hole remains." But then, “before your very eyes," the dough returns to its original state—a “spongy, puffy mass." Navalny’s death more than a decade later proves that little has changed. The prison where Navalny died is a brutal one.

₹4,100 crore for the next five years from 2021-22 to 2025-26 (15th Finance Commission period). Under the Flood Management Programme an outlay of Rs.

MUMBAI : Fantasy gaming app My11Circle on Wednesday won the race to be an official partner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), bidding ₹125 crore per year for a period of five years. The app from Games24x7 trumped incumbent Dream11, which bid ₹103 crore per year for the partner rights for the cricket tournament. Over five years, My11Circle will pay a total of ₹625 crore for the rights, two officials in the BCCI confirmed.

By Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney

₹3.94 trillion. PSUs are asset rich for one. There’s been favourable revaluation of these assets (land, plant and machinery) given the exorbitant cost of replacing these at current prices.

By Stephen Nellis

Investing.com — U.S. natural gas prices have plunged to their lowest levels in almost four years as lower demand, on the back of warmer conditions, has coincided with surging production. But the worst may now be over.