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CW Advisors, a registered investment advisor based in Boston, has announced a new acquisition to expand its presence in New Jersey.

The S&P 500 is up more than 23 percent over the past year. Inflation is on its way down. And the benchmark 10-Year Treasury yield is over 4 percent, a more than reasonable rate for savers. Put it all together and even goldilocks couldn’t complain about such a benevolent economic environment.

A new survey from Voya Financial reveals that many Americans wish they had begun saving for retirement earlier.

Gujarat has rolled out a dedicated policy for the semiconductor sector and chip manufacturing will commence soon in the state, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Friday, assuring that his government will provide necessary assistance to the industry. Patel was speaking after inaugurating the daylong 'Gujarat SemiConnect Conference 2024', covering various avenues of the semiconductor sector, at the Mahatma Mandir convention centre here. Micron Technology, Tata Electronics and CG Power, which are building their semiconductor plants in Gujarat, have collaborated with the state government as knowledge partners for the conference. Semiconductors, also referred to as integrated circuits or microchips, are an essential component of electronic devices, facilitating communications, military systems, healthcare, computing, transportation, clean energy, and several other applications.

Budget 2024: In the past few years, India's middle class taxpayers have routinely witnessed high pre-budget expectations turning into deep post-budget disappointment. This time, however, some analysts reckon that there appears to be a more realistic chance of budget sops for taxpayers because of the relatively weak mandate that Modi govt got, which apparently underlined the discontent among some key voter groups including the urban middle class. The interim budget tabled by FM Nirmala Sitharaman ahead of the 2024 general elections did not have any significant announcement on tax matters. There, however, were a few initiatives aimed at the common man in areas such as healthcare, housing and power. Here is a look at some of the important Interim Budget announcements in areas that have a direct bearing on the common man.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan says Rahul Gandhi's refusal to meet his father despite months of trying was a key reason for Ram Vilas Paswan leaving the Congress-led UPA and allying with the BJP just before the 2014 elections. Asked about his opinion of Rahul Gandhi, Chirag Paswan told PTI editors in an interaction at the agency's headquarters that the Congress leader has of late begun taking his responsibility «a bit more seriously» and criticised his recent speech in Parliament as unbecoming of the leader of opposition. Chirag Paswan then recalled that he and his father had often met Sonia Gandhi to discuss the future of their party in the UPA alliance. Sonia Gandhi suggested that Ram Vilas Paswan meet her son. The senior Paswan sought an appointment and waited for more than three months but Rahul Gandhi did not relent, said Chirag Paswan, who at that time too was keen to leave the UPA and join the NDA. Ram Vilas Paswan, however, was still keen to remain in the UPA, and wanted to discuss that with Rahul Gandhi, the son said.

Microsoft outage affected Windows devices and IT systems, halting airlines and disrupting office operations worldwide, the internet decided to look at the bright side of things. Memes flooded social media as corporate employees celebrated, thanking Microsoft for an «early weekend.» Due to a Crowdstrike update, Windows PCs and Microsoft's cloud services were impacted and threw up 'Blue Screen of Death' errors. This occurs on a Windows device when a critical issue forces the device to shut down or restart to prevent further damage.

income tax bracket, there is hardly any scope for you to save a higher amount as income tax in the new tax regime. However, the old income tax regime still allows you to claim more deductions to bring down your net taxable income and pay much lower income tax. Among these, the deductions on home loan interest and house rent allowance (HRA) are the two prominent avenues to save taxes. However, very few salaried taxpayers claim both these deductions together despite being eligible to do so. We tell you how to claim both these deductions together and save a significant amount of income tax. Here is how these two deductions work:

Paytm on Friday reported a 35% fall in its operational revenue for the quarter ended June at Rs 1,501 crore, down from Rs 2,341 crore a year back. Its net loss more than doubled to Rs 840 crore from around Rs 358 crore a year back.

UltraTech Cement on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,697 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 (attributable to shareholders), a marginal increase of 0.50% from Rs 1,688 crore reported by the Aditya Birla Group company in the year-ago period. The revenue from operations stood at Rs 18,070 crore, which represents a 2% increase compared to Rs 17,737 crore reported by the company in the corresponding quarter of the last financial year.

Union Budget 2024: India, under PM Narendra Modi’s tenure, has seen a steady increase in healthcare allocation and spending. Even before the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the world, the government had highlighted healthcare as a priority sector. The allocation for health in the recently presented Interim Budget for 2024-25 was especially crucial as India approached the 2025 deadline set by the National Health Policy (NHP) 2017 to increase health expenditure to 2.5% of GDP.

Cassa Depositi e Prestiti SpA (CDP), an Italian state-owned bank, and Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s largest banking group, have completed first digital bond issuance on blockchain. The issuance of the security was carried out via Polygon (MATIC) blockchain.

«Gross taxes last year were much more stronger than was envisaged in the interim budget. They actually grew at a very healthy pace of 13.5%. So, even if you make conservative assumptions for this year, the government is likely to have more tax revenues than was envisaged back in February and then of course the RBI dividend that the government got was more than double of what had been budgeted back then,» says Sajjid Chinoy, India Chief Economist, JPMorgan. I understand that you have been part of certain meetings also with the finance minister, etc, and the ministry. Talk to me about what are the big focus areas and what they are talking or concerned about right now. Sajjid Chinoy: I think there are two issues to look for in next week's budget. The first is to look closer at the fiscal math and here the government enters next week's budget with significantly increased degrees of fiscal freedom. And what do I mean by that? If you look at compare next week's budget with one in February, I think the government over kind of delivered on fiscal consolidation last year, the budget deficit for last year was 5.8%, the actual number was 5.6 and the target for this year was set at 5.1.

Union Budget Expectations: The Modi government, in its first Budget of the third term, is expected to stick to the disinvestment target set for this fiscal year in the interim Budget. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman set the target for 2024-25 at Rs 50,000 crore. However, in the Interim Budget tabled in February, the 2023-24 disinvestment estimate was revised downward to Rs 30,000 crore from the previously budgeted Rs 51,000 crore. Ahead of the full Budget for 2024-25, scheduled for July 23, SBI Research has suggested that the government may take a clear stance on the disinvestment of public sector banks (PSBs). The report, led by Soumya Kanti Ghosh, Group Chief Economic Adviser at SBI, emphasised the need for a concrete roadmap to attract capital and boost confidence in financial institutions. A recent CareEdge Ratings report noted a total disinvestment potential of approximately Rs 11.5 trillion at current market capitalization, assuming the government retains at least a 51 per cent stake in these public enterprises. Public sector enterprises could contribute around Rs 5 trillion, while public sector banks and insurance firms could potentially add another Rs 6.5 trillion.

Kotak Mahindra Bank is expected to report a net profit of Rs 3,682 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 according to average estimates of six brokerages. The profit after tax may go up by nearly 7% on the year-on-year basis. The net interest income is seen at Rs 7,053 crore for the reporting quarter which is likely to be higher by 13% as per the average estimates by these half-a-dozen brokerages. Yes Securities is most bullish on its PAT estimates of Kotak Mahindra Bank and pegs it at Rs 3,883 crore for the April-June quarter followed by Anand Rathi at 12.5% and 10.4%, respectively. Meanwhile, BNP Paribas has the most conservative estimates of Rs 3,520 crore which is just a 2% YoY uptick over the PAT reported in the year ago period.

Microsoft Outage Live Updates: Banks, 911 services, airlines affected due to global outrageUsers on social media are sharing screenshots of their PCs showing up a blue screen with the message, “It looks like Windows didn’t load correctly. If you’d like to restart and try again, choose Restart my PC below."According to an official Microsoft blog post, blue screen errors occur when there are serious problems that cause Windows to shut down or restart immediately.

One thing we’ve learned over the years is that Washington Democrats are ruthless when threatened by a loss of power. You almost have to admire their cold-blooded calculation. President Biden is now learning this harsh lesson as the Democratic-media complex organizes to, er, persuade him to withdraw from the presidential race.

Infosys’ financial services vertical clocked growth in Q1 after six quarters. What stands out is Infosys revising its FY25 constant currency (CC) revenue growth guidance higher to 3-4% year-on-year from 1-3% earlier. “(The) guidance implies CQGR of 0.9-1.6% in the next three quarters (organic growth of 2.2% in Q2 and flat revenues in Q3 and Q4 will take Infosys to 4% growth in FY2025E)," said Kotak Institutional Equities report.

Tube Investments of India Ltd. dropped 2.07 per cent to Rs 4002.55 at 01:19PM (IST) in Friday's trade. The counter hit a high of Rs 4149.95 and low of Rs 3983.0 so far during the session. The stock had closed at Rs 4087.5 in the previous session. The counter had a total traded volume of 01:19PM shares so far with a turnover of Rs 0.98 crore on BSE. The stock traded at a price-to-earnings multiple of 64.47 and a price-to-book ratio of 14.15.

fiscal deficit target to 5.0% for FY25 from 5.1% in the interim Budget thus reinforcing the inclination to stick to fiscal consolidation; ii) make higher transfers to states for capex spend iii) increase transfer under PM KISAN from Rs.6,000 p.a. to Rs.7,500 p.a. iv) provide incentive to income tax payers to shift to the new tax regime by providing higher standard and other deductions/higher exemption limit/changes in tax slabs. Measures to bring down the interest rates in the system could trigger higher business activity, new capex announcements, reduce the interest outgo for businesses and expand valuation of stocks. For this, sticking to the fiscal consolidation path and desisting the tendency to turn populist will be appreciated. The government is likely to avoid being populist through handouts and could stick to the path of fiscal prudence although it may make extra efforts to win over a larger population of rural and urban poor by incurring targeted social welfare spending.

Shriram Finance Ltd. traded at Rs 2819.1 on BSE at 01:08PM (IST) on Friday, down 1.66 per cent. The stock quoted a 52-week low price of Rs 1759.2 and a high of Rs 3058.95. Earlier in the day, the stock saw a gap down opening.