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Worldwide singer-superstar Justin Bieber is deep in the red ever since joining the NFT world’s infamous Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) last year. 

By Naomi Rovnick and Xie Yu

extend its voluntary output cut of 1 million barrels per day (bpd) to August, while Russia and Algeria volunteered to lower their output and export levels for August by 500,000 bpd and 20,000 bpd respectively. Also, Asian refiners expect Saudi Arabia to lower prices for its crude supply to the region in August, according to a survey by news agency Reuters, even as the top oil exporter pledged to deepen production cuts as part of a broader deal by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, or OPEC+.

A crypto platform Voyager filed for bankruptcy a year ago, in July 2022, due to substantial losses caused by the bear market and the collapse of the Terra blockchain. 

Big Bang, would take five of those of the present day universe before it passed, a new research has found, unlocking one of the Einstein's expanding universe's mysteries. «Looking back to a time when the universe was just over a billion years old, we see time appearing to flow five times slower,» said lead author of the study, Geraint Lewis, University of Sydney, Australia. «If you were there, in this infant universe, one second would seem like one second — but from our position, more than 12 billion years into the future, that early time appears to drag,» said Lewis. While Einstein's general theory of relativity says that the more distant the object being observed, such as an ancient universe, the slower it runs than the present day, peering back that far in time has proved elusive. Examining details of 190 quasars, or hyperactive supermassive black holes at the centres of early galaxies, over two decades, the astronomers rolled back the time horizon to a tenth of its current stage and confirmed that the universe appeared to speed up as it aged. The study is published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

By Natalie Grover

For the longest time, fundamental analysts and fund managers such as myself have sat on our high horses claiming that investing/investment is purely an art; one bets on people which cannot be accurately modeled. While there is some truth to these statements, it is important not to disregard the importance of quantitative tools in both research and portfolio management.

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Parineeti Chopra and politician Raghav Chadha created a buzz when they visited the iconic Golden Temple together in Amritsar. This marked their first visit as a couple, making the experience all the more special for them. Parineeti took to social media to share a picture of their visit and expressed her delight, stating, «My visit this time was even more special; with him by my side.

On a recent Sunday evening, fans crowded into line outside a multiplex in India’s capital city of New Delhi. After the lights dimmed inside, they erupted in cheers, with some whistling and dancing in the aisle when their favorite character appeared on screen. India is the most movie-crazy country on the planet, and led the world in the number of tickets sold in 2022, according to Statista.

microfinance institutions (MFI) grew at a slower CAGR of 15% over FY20-23 as compared to its 29% growth over FY14-20, largely due to major political and asset-quality headwinds. However, analysts believe these asset quality woes are largely behind and new regulations for the sector offer a level playing field for NBFC-MFIs.

bank policy decision. The yen was up 0.17% at 144.42 per dollar in early Asian hours, but remained close to last week's eight month low of 145.07 per dollar that prompted Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki to warn against excessive yen selling. Earlier on Tuesday, Japan's top financial diplomat Masato Kanda said that officials were in close contact with U.S.

Brent crude futures were up 22 cents, or 0.3%, at $74.87 a barrel by 0033 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude were at $70.06, up 27 cents, or 0.3%.

Five-time champion Venus Williams returned to Wimbledon a quarter of a century after her first win on the All England Club lawns but was unable to summon the old magic in a painful first-round defeat by Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina on Monday.

Victoria Azarenka walked into Court 15 on Monday morning for her first Wimbledon match in two years, she was greeted by polite clapping. When the two-time Grand Slam champion from Belarus finished off a three-set victory more than 2 1/2 hours later, Azarenka shook her racket with her right hand and pumped her left fist, then offered a wave to the spectators who were applauding warmly.

The Astrophysical Journal Letters. International collaborations using telescopes in Europe, India (uGMRT, the country’s largest telescope, is operated by the Pune-based National Centre for Radio Astrophysics) Australia and China independently reported similar results.

With the first half of the year on the books, financial advisors who were able to catch the wave of growth and technology stocks are likely feeling good about what lies ahead, even if that is clouded somewhat by the reality of inflation and the risk of a recession.

NEW DELHI : Brands across various industries are increasingly finding it difficult to secure high-quality real estate as a result of steep rentals, and an increase in the store expansion plans of both large and small brands. Several major retailers have attributed their post-covid expansion plans to make up for the slower pace of growth in 2020 and 2021. Now, with improved mobility and return of consumers to physical outlets, the pace of real estate expansion has picked up, outpacing the available supply in the market.

By Lucia Mutikani

₹11,584.44 crore in the first quarter of FY24, registering a growth of 18.13% year-on-year basis. The billionaire Radhakishan Damani-backed company's revenue has witnessed triple-digit growth of 202.21% since the first wave of the pandemic in 2020. As per the regulatory filing, Avenue Supermarts said, "standalone Revenue from operations for the quarter ended (QE) June 30, 2023, stood at ₹11,584.44 crore." In Q1FY24 updates, revenue was up by 18.13% from revenue of ₹9,806.89 crore a year ago same quarter --- and also rose by 12.07% from revenue of ₹10,337 crore in Q4 of FY23.

In a flurry of Friday afternoon activity, Fidelity Investments led a handful of firms that filed a fresh set of applications for a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund to add new details after the Securities and Exchange Commission indicated that the initial filings were insufficient.