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Consumers in the U.S. are scouring the internet for online deals as they look to make the most of the post-Thanksgiving shopping marathon on Cyber Monday

Technology stocks pulled Wall Street to another record amid mixed trading

A Stellantis joint venture with Samsung SDI has won a commitment from the U.S. Energy Department for up to a $7.54 billion loan to help build two electric vehicle battery plants in Kokomo, Indiana

General Motors has reached an agreement to sell its stake in a nearly completed electric vehicle battery plant in Lansing, Michigan

The idea of America as an exceptional nation, superior to its rivals and therefore destined to lead the world, seems passé to most observers. In political, diplomatic and military circles, the talk is of a dysfunctional superpower, isolationist abroad and polarized at home. But in the investing world, the term “American exceptionalism” is hotter than ever.

The Canadian dollar has been steadily declining over the past couple of months — a drop many economists and currency experts have linked to the rising expectations of a Donald Trump victory in the lead up to the U.S. election. The loonie is down just over four per cent against its U.S. counterpart since late September, and 1.5 per cent since Nov. 5. It slumped nearly a half per cent after Trump announced that, on day one of his presidency, he would impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods entering the United States from Canada and Mexico.

The federal government is currently looking for ways to tighten its budget and curb the size of the public service. In order to do that, it’s undertakinga multi-billion dollar spending review.

Joe Biden pardoning his son Hinter in the fag end of the Presidential tenure. While some of them have directly hit out at Biden over his choice, some of them feared it was due to fear of President-elect Donald Trump's political vendetta once he takes charge. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, reversing his earlier pledge to leave the legal proceedings entirely up to the judicial system. Hunter Biden had pleaded guilty to tax violations and was convicted on firearms-related charges and faced upcoming sentencing, as per a Reuters report. The Democratic president's pardon comes as Republican President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to go after his political opposition, prepares to take office January 20, Reuters reported.

X200 and the X200 Pro models.The Vivo X200 could boast a 6.67-inch 10-bit OLED LTPS quad-curved display with support for PWM dimming, HDR10+, and an impressive peak brightness of 4,500 nits.Moreover, the Chinese counterpart is backed by a 5,800mAh battery with 90W wired charging support. True to its customer-friendly approach, Vivo is expected to include a charger in the retail box.Photography enthusiasts can look forward to a triple-camera setup on the X200, comprising a 50MP Sony IMX921 primary sensor, a 50MP Sony IMX882 telephoto lens, and a 50MP ultra-wide-angle camera.The X200 Pro could feature several enhancements, including an LTPO display panel with a variable refresh rate of up to 120Hz and ultra-slim 1.63mm bezels.

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have had a sturdy relationship and have been parenting their children together, but in a recent podcast, Kutcher has broadly stated that both of them try to raise their kids in different manners. While speaking at this podcast, he admitted that most of his methods are painted with 'toxic masculinity', something that is already brimming up big sarcasms and criticism on the Internet.

make in India to sell in India', results have been disappointing. Between September 2020 and May 2022, defence-related FDI barely reached $65 mn, with no major JVs announced for the manufacture of complex weapon systems. In line with the 2020 revised FDI rules, GoI permitted foreign OEMs to bid for defence contracts through 74% majority-held JVs with local partners. GoI expected huge FDI inflows, and that foreign OEMs would set up JVs to manufacture and sell weapon systems. Hasn't happened. The challenge for foreign defence OEMs to manufacture here centres on three issues:

Modi finds himself on a stronger footing after the Maharashtra elections. This reverses the tide from the general elections that had, just five months ago, snatched the single-party majority his government had enjoyed since 2014. While allies have given no reason yet to suspect NDA's stability at the Centre, BJP found its big picture shaken and stirred. For this reason, this claw-back story is important. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the big dent in BJP numbers came from defeats in UP, Maharashtra, Haryana and West Bengal. Over the past five months, BJP has made a strong comeback in two states — Maharashtra and Haryana — while showing shoots of a recovery in UP, where it won 7 of the 9 assembly bypolls. More significantly, it wrested two seats from SP, which had fallen vacant after the party pulled out MLAs to contest parliamentary elections. BJP, along with RSS, doubled down soon after Lok Sabha polls. It also did some serious post-mortem of the results, made tactical micro-level shifts, continued to focus on women-centric welfare schemes, and ran a bottom-up campaign. But the entire effort rested on a key assumption that the 'Modi vote' had turned complacent. Or, had split up in some parts of the country in the general elections and needed to be stitched back and drawn out. In Maharashtra, particularly, where the assembly turnout jumped by nearly 6% from the Lok Sabha polls, BJP can now believe that the overarching 'Modi narrative' still holds good.

Levain and me. The heat was now intense. We took off our clothes and got ready to dive into the lake. But Professor Antelle gave us to understand that one ought to behave with a little more caution when one has only just come up against the system of Betelgeuse. Perhaps this liquid was not water at all and might be extremely pernicious. He went up to the edge of it, bent down, examined it, then cautiously touched it with his finger. Finally, he scooped a little up in the palm of his hand, inhaled it and wetted the end of his tongue with it. 'It can't be anything but water,' he muttered. He bent down again to plunge his hand into the lake, when we saw him suddenly stiffen. He gave an exclamation of surprise and pointed towards something he had just discerned in the sand. I experienced, I believe, the most violent emotion of my life. There, beneath the scorching rays of Betelgeuse which filled the sky above our heads like an enormous red balloon, visible to all of us and admirably outlined on a little patch of damp sand, was the print of a human foot.

Bank of America has picked up more than 160,000 sq ft office space in a commercial complex in Mumbai’s Powai locality through a long-term lease of 12 years, with provisions for future scalability to accommodate growth, said people with direct knowledge of the development. Bank of America will be paying rentals of over Rs 350 crore for this new office spread across three floors. As per the agreement, it holds an option to pick up additional 1 lakh sq ft spanning two floors taking the total size of the deal to 250,000 sq ft and rental payout to Rs 600 crore. The investment bank has entered into the lease agreement with K Raheja Corp’s Chalet Hotels for this office space at Cignus Powai through its subsidiary BA Continuum India.

A top aide to Ontario Premier Doug Ford is facing questions about how he manages sensitive government records after he traded in his cellphone without fully backing it up, Global News can reveal, meaning months of text messages related to official government business are now considered “missing.”

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Rosneft-backed Nayara Energy Ltd is planning to increase the number of its fuel retail outlets with a focus on rural areas and new highways, even as it explores ways to expand its compressed natural gas (CNG) business, its chief marketing officer Madhur Taneja said. Currently, the refining and oil-marketing company has a network of 6,500 outlets across Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the race to become a national brand, Puravankara Ltd, a Bengaluru-based real estate company, will set aside up to ₹2,000 crore for acquiring land in the next 12 months. The group plans to triple its land bank to about 45 million square feet from the current 15 msf of net developable area in the next three years.

OnePlus 13 is expected to be priced under ₹70,000 in India, given that its predecessor, the OnePlus 12, launched at ₹64,999. Even with a potential price hike, the premium smartphone is likely to stay within this range, positioning it as a strong contender in the flagship segment.The OnePlus 13 boasts a 6.82-inch QHD+ display with a 120Hz refresh rate, maintaining the same size and high brightness levels as the OnePlus 12, with peak brightness reaching an impressive 4,500 nits.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If Google were a ship, it would be the Titanic in the hours before it struck an iceberg—riding high, supposedly unsinkable, and about to encounter a force of nature that could make its name synonymous with catastrophe. The trends moving against Google are so numerous and interrelated that the Justice Department’s attempt to dismantle the company—the specifics of which were unveiled Nov.