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Berkshire Hathaway holding company crossed $1 trillion in market value Wednesday, making it the first non-tech firm on Wall Street to pass the milestone. Buffett, who turns 94 on Friday, has been chair of Berkshire Hathaway since 1970, transforming it from a small textile company into one of the world's most valuable firms, and turning him into one of the world's richest men.

Donald Trump is currently facing the heat in a state that was in July, being considered a sure-shot winning region for the former US President, when Joe Biden was still the candidate for the Democrats. According to the CooK Political Report, Joe Biden was nearly 7 points behind Trump when the reigning President simply dropped out of the poll race and endorsed Kamala Harris in his place instead.

Oil prices held mostly steady on Thursday as a smaller-than-expected draw in U.S. crude inventories and continued worries over China demand countered supply disruptions out of Libya. Brent crude futures were down 1 cent, or 0.01%, at $78.64 a barrel at 0043 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures were up 8 cents, or 0.1%, to $74.60.

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Rakesh Gangwal, co-founder of InterGlobe Aviation, plans to sell shares worth up to $804 million in the company through a block deal on Thursday. The floor price has been set at ₹4,593 per share, reflecting a 5.5% discount to Wednesday's closing price of ₹4,859. Gangwal, along with his wife Shobha Gangwal and their family trust — who are all part of the promoter group — held nearly a 34% stake in the airline as of December last year.

Nifty 150 Midcap index. Analysts and investment advisors say the inability to deploy the continuous flows into these schemes and increased exposure to blue chips, with valuations of mid-cap stocks remaining elevated, have led to the underperformance. Data from Value research show that the actively-managed mid-cap fund category has generated an average return of 25.36% against the Nifty 150 Midcap index return of 27.08% over three years. «With high inflows into mid-cap stocks over the last few years, market efficiency within mid-caps have improved a lot. This means that there is less room for active managers to find mispriced stocks and generate alpha,» says Kunal Valia, founder, Statlane, an investment advisory firm.

Nifty rose marginally to hit a fresh lifetime high of 25,052 and Sensex gained over 70 points on Wednesday. In today's trade, shares of RIL, IndiGo, PB Fintech, Vedanta, Tata Steel among others will be in focus due to various news developments. IndiGo Rakesh Gangwal, co-founder of InterGlobe Aviation, is looking to sell up to $804 million in the company through a block deal, according to reports.

Cybersecurity specialist CrowdStrike Holdings on Wednesday estimated it absorbed a roughly $60 million blow to its sales pipeline last month after its botched handling of a software update triggered a technology meltdown that stranded thousands of peop...

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The leaders of Germany and the United Kingdom have announced plans to draw up a treaty meant to deepen the two nations’ trade, defense and other relations

Investor Warren Buffett's company has unloaded more of its Bank of America stake, selling nearly 25 million shares worth almost $1 billion over the past week

Poland’s budget proposal for 2025 includes record defense spending of 187 billion zlotys or $48.7 billion

Nvidia has once again turned out quarterly results that easily exceeded Wall Street’s forecasts

Super Micro Computer lost a quarter of its market value by midday Wednesday after the server technology company said it was delaying the filing of its annual report

The Treasury Department has issued new regulations aimed at making it harder for criminals to launder money by paying cash for residential real estate

U.S. wildlife officials next year will scale up efforts to kill invasive barred owls that are crowding out imperiled native owls from West Coast forests

Losses for several big technology companies pulled the stock market lower

Paris Paralympic is an inspiration. As they start their campaign today, a look at some of the stories: 1. Manoj Sarkar, who suffers from a lower limb condition due to wrongful medical treatment in childhood, grew up in a family that struggled to make ends meet, making it difficult to support his sports training. His mother worked in a factory, and with the meagre earning, encouraged young Manoj to take up the sport. When it became impossible for her to continue, Manoj stepped up himself and started painting houses. It helped him earn some much-needed money and, with the stroke of the paintbrush being similar to those in badminton, allowed him to polish his skills. 2.Deepthi Jivanji is intellectually impaired and finds it difficult to comprehend things. Her coaches need to explain things to her as if she were still a child. But when she is on the track, she gets it all. Many believe she is a sure gold medal favourite and may even break a record. However, the celebration will be different as she may not fully understand the magnitude of her achievement.

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Donald Trump is offering a piece of presidential history and is asking for less than $1,500 for pieces of the knockout suit he wore during the debate. Trump is giving his digital card collectors a prize by chopping up the suit he wore to the debate with Biden. Despite having switched to politics, Donald Trump is reminding his supporters of his background as a businessman with his most recent sale. The debate signalled the beginning of a string of unexpected events in the 2024 presidential election. The Republican contender for president announced to his fans that he was releasing a new deck of trading cards and that anyone who paid $1,500 for them would get to keep a piece of his suit. Fifty brand-new digital trading cards with images of Trump posing in superhero outfits and dancing are part of the collection. In some of the cards, he is also seen holding Bitcoins. Those who purchase one of his digital trading cards will receive benefits at various levels. If 15 digital cards are purchased, a physical card and a fragment of Trump's suit from his June debate with President Joe Biden will be mailed to the buyer. It's being referred to as the knock-out suit. Supporters will need to spend a total of $1,485 on digital trading cards, each costing $99 to obtain the actual card and a fragment of Trump's suit.