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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. About the author: Brian Schreiner is the founder and chief investment officer of Alpha Rock Investments, a boutique investment management firm. Since the launch of spot Bitcoin ETFs in early 2024, investors have been haunted by a persistent narrative: “Bitcoin is just a tech stock on steroids." The common view is that when the stock market sneezes, Bitcoin catches a cold.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Paramount Chief Executive David Ellison knew his latest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery was in trouble when the company’s CEO David Zaslav started ghosting him.

China’s role as the world’s big factory isn’t weakening in the face of the US’s tariff-policy pushback. Its trade surplus is set for a record high in 2025, with exports exceeding imports by nearly $1.1 trillion in the first 11 months of the year, according to official data released on Monday, topping the trillion-dollar mark for the first time. Sure, its exports to the US slumped about 29% from a year earlier in November, but this was more than offset by export expansion to other markets.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI : Record flight cancellations and a weak Indian rupee threaten to slam the financials of IndiGo in the December quarter, analysts said. Concerns are also rising that India's largest airline may struggle to hire enough pilots, potentially forcing it to reduce flights to comply with the rules.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Upskilling and higher education platform upGrad is deepening its push on its international business in the coming year as the company looks to list in 2027, according to top executives at the company.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Although the Nifty hovers near all-time highs, the broader market continues to correct, revealing a very different story beneath the headline index. Even within the Nifty, the recent upmove has been driven by a narrow set of names in banking, autos, and metals, while most other sectors have struggled to find momentum.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As India’s consumer preferences shift toward wellness and naturals, Dabur India Ltd is deploying fresh capital to stay ahead of the curve. The 140-year-old fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) major has set up a ₹500-crore venture investment platform to back fast-growing, digital-first brands in natural health, beauty and home care.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The first day of the new futures and options (F&O) pre-opening session on Monday drew mixed reactions, with many stakeholders welcoming the move while brokers raising concerns about a sudden, unexpected rule change. Just before the F&O pre-open session was to begin, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) issued a circular informing brokers that client margins would be blocked before trades are executed during the 9:00–9:08 am window.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Berkshire Hathaway’s top ranks are changing hands as it prepares for the imminent retirement of its founder Warren Buffett. One of Buffett’s top lieutenants, Todd Combs, Berkshire’s investment manager and chief executive of its Geico insurance unit, is stepping down to join JPMorgan Chase to head up the bank’s recently launched security and resiliency initiative.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A debate is raging over the accounting treatment of Nvidia chips and other equipment that tech companies are splurging on. This time, some of the AI companies’ critics may be overreaching.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Cricketer Virat Kohli has invested ₹40 crore to pick up a minority stake in Agilitas Sports, joining the company as an investor and business partner. As part of the deal, Agilitas has acquired One8, the cricketer’s sportswear brand.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: On 5 November, United Spirits Ltd (better known as Diageo India) informed the stock exchanges that it was “initiating a strategic review" of its investment in its 100% subsidiary that owns the two Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) cricket franchises. The liquor major was considering whether to stay invested in the business of running cricket teams or not.

What do you call someone who comes down like a tonne of bricks on ambitious youngsters with career aspirations but crumbles like a cookie in the face of a market-leading company flexing its dominance?The rest of the world terms them bullies. In India, we call them regulators.If this strikes you as Macaulay-esque prejudice against Indian institutions, compare the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA’s) capitulation in the face of IndiGo’s blackmail with the Commission on Air Quality Management’s (CAQM’s) imminent clampdown on young men and women looking to earn living by delivering goods and services for e-commerce giants using bikes bought with borrowed money.Come January, even as they struggle to keep up with the monthly instalments on their bikes, gig workers who switch between aggregators or are new to such work will find their livelihood deemed illegal in the National Capital Region.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. TOKYO—Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi says her $135 billion stimulus package will prop up the world’s fourth-largest economy. Some see a danger in swelling a debt pile that is already one of the largest globally.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Fresh from its success of recently-listed Pinelabs, Groww and Meesho, their funder and one of India's top venture capital fund Peak XV believes the speed of value creation in India is likely to be much faster in the coming decade than it was in the past, its managing director Mohit Bhatnagar said in an interview. The firm wants to double down on bets in consumer, fintech and software sectors even while scouting for opportunities in sunrise sectors such as space tech, precision manufacturing, and semiconductors.

Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why exactly does it matter? An unusually thorough new study looks at these questions and finds answers that are somewhat unexpected and, in one way, more disturbing than you might have guessed.The fact of diminished trust is hardly a revelation, least of all in countries such as the US, where anti-establishment populists have turned politics upside down and elite expertise has become not just distrusted but disdained. Last year, a survey found that fewer than one is six Americans expect Washington to do the right thing “nearly always” (1%) or “most of the time” (15%).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The week-long disruption at IndiGo—India’s largest airline—resulted in more than 1,500 flight cancellations and widespread delays across major airports, prompting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to issue a show-cause notices to chief executive officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers and other executives for failing to ensure reliable operations. The crisis has deeper roots in a decade-long legal dispute over the rights of pilots to regulated work hours and strict enforcement of fatigue-mitigation norms.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. JSW Steel Ltd’s agreement with Japan’s JFE Steel Corp. to form a 50:50 joint venture (JV) for ownership of Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL) will not only help it deleverage, but also fund its ongoing capital expenditure.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: SMFG India Credit has entered a reset moment. Months after its leadership change and the parent’s deeper push into Indian financial services, the non-bank financier's new chief Ravi Narayanan has made one thing clear: before growth or product expansion, the house must be put firmly in order.

India’s recent commitment to purchase 10% of its liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) imports over the course of a year from the US to meet the country’s cooking-fuel needs heralds a wider policy approach. It marks the diversification of our petroleum product purchase basket away from traditional proximate sources in West Asia. The move comes amid ongoing negotiations between India and the US that seek to bring greater parity in trade between the two countries.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: India’s private-credit market is in the midst of its busiest phase yet, with a wave of domestic and global investment firms rushing in as companies seek faster, more flexible capital than traditional lenders can provide. Over the past 12 to 18 months, firms from DMI Alternatives and Ascertis Credit to Motilal Oswal Alternates, ASK Group, True North, Edelweiss, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Prabhudas Lilladhar and Vivriti Asset Management have launched new funds, while heavyweights such as Blackstone Group and Bandhan AMC are setting up dedicated platforms.