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Taiwan says China’s ban on imports of its fruit, vegetables, seafood and other goods violate trade rules, in the latest ratcheting up of tensions between the self-governing island republic and its massive neighbor, which has vowed to annex Taiwan by force

Markets in Europe and Asia have shot higher after the Federal Reserve kicked off its efforts to prevent a recession in the U.S. with a bigger-than-usual cut to interest rates

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Bank of England left its key interest rate unchanged Thursday, taking a more cautious approach than the Federal Reserve in loosening the restraints it imposed on the economy to tame inflation. While it opted to stand pat, the U.K.’s central bank said that it is likely to follow up on an August cut over coming months in anticipation of a decline in inflation to its 2% target late next year, but also said it is concerned by the still-rapid pace at which services prices and wages are rising.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a bold move, the US Federal Reserve kick-started its monetary policy easing cycle with a 50 basis point (bps) interest rate cut, bringing the Fed funds target range to 4.75-5%. The market was widely anticipating a 25 bps rate cut (one basis point is 0.01%).

Sri Lankans who usually vote along religious and ethnic lines will be keeping another factor in mind when they vote Saturday on a new president

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Apple Inc. is set to be warned by the European Union to open up its highly guarded iPhone operating system to rival technologies, or eventually risk significant fines. EU watchdogs are due to announce under the bloc’s new Digital Markets Act that the Cupertino, California-based firm must step into line with strict new rules on making operating systems fully functional with other technologies, according to people familiar with the matter, who spoke under condition of anonymity. Th European Commission declined to comment. Apple didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

Anna Sebastian Perayil, an employee of Ernst & Young, due to work related stress following a complaint by her mother. Government sources told ET that the central labour ministry has forwarded the complaint to the government of Maharashtra for necessary action as the matter comes under the Shops and Establishments Act, administered by the state government. Besides, it has also directed its regional labour commissioner’s office to review the matter and seek explanation from the company on specific aspects of work culture.

Vinod Karki, Equity Strategist,ICICI Securities, says some growth concerns are seen on the defensive side. Cyclicals are growing faster, and there are growth concerns in the IT sector and a lot of concerns on the agri-rural economy. This year, we had a massive heatwave and now a lot of rainfall. The temporal and spatial distribution has been pretty uneven, and so the outlook is not looking that good. IT services and consumption have seen growth issues overall. The valuation is at a record high. So, even though the cyclicals are expensive, there might be some shifts there. On Thursday, the Supreme Court rejected telecom firms' pleas to recalculate adjusted gross revenues (AGRs) amid ongoing disputes over government dues. Vodafone India, Bharti Airtel, and others argued that the Department of Telecommunications erred in calculating license fees and spectrum charges. This particular news development coming in, is not too positive for Vodafone Idea or the telecom space as a whole. Do you have a view on the telecom space?

Bharat Electronics Ltd. traded 4.56 per cent down at Rs 269.95 on Thursday at around 01:54PM (IST), while the benchmark BSE Sensex advanced 211.63 points to 83159.86. As many as 987,109 shares changed hands on the counter with a total value of Rs 27.01 crore.

BNB, Solana, XRP, Toncoin, Shiba Inu, and Cardano rose up to 5%. BTC’s gains over the last one week have been to the tune of 7%.

Arnab Banerjee, MD & CEO, Ceat, says price hikes will continue because the pass-through to the tyres per se is inadequate if cumulative price hikes from April to August are taken. Ceat has been able to pass on maybe 4%, in barely a couple of categories, but in a large number of categories, they have been able to pass on even less. The ability to pass on to OEMs is also restricted. Banerjee says price hikes will continue in September. Just wanted to begin by discussing the raw material setup. I know this is something that we have talked about earlier as well. But at the end of Q1, you were talking about how the raw material prices could increase by 5% to 6% in Q2. Now, on one hand, while the rubber prices have gone up, crude prices have come off, would you still stick with the view that the total raw material cost will be up 5% to 6% or do you think an offset is likely to happen? Arnab Banerjee: In the first quarter (Q1) raw material prices were about 5% higher than Q4 and Q2 raw material prices will indeed be higher by 4% to 5% than Q1.

In a stock exchange notice today (19 September), Close Brothers said the equity value of up to £200m represents a multiple of 27x CBAM's statutory operating profit after tax for the year to 31 July 2024, and includes a £28m of contingent deferred consideration in preference shares. Close Brothers CEO takes temporary medical leave of absence The group will retain all upfront cash proceeds from the sale, around £172m – of this, a cash consideration of £146m will be paid on completion and a dividend of £26m will be paid by CBAM to Close Brothers on or before completion. The contingent...

GAIL (India) Ltd. fell 3.69 per cent to Rs 209.7 in Thursday's session as of 01:34PM (IST) even as the equity benchmark Sensex traded 212.8 points higher at 83161.03. Earlier in the day, the stock witnessed a gap up start to the session. The stock quoted a 52-week high price of Rs 246.35 and a 52-week low of Rs 116.2 on NSE. Around 296738 shares changed hands on the counter till 01:34PM (IST).