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Aircraft assembly workers at Boeing factories near Seattle and elsewhere ended a seven-week strike overnight

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: On a quiet Sunday evening, at a small Wakefit showroom in Bengaluru’s bustling Ejipura neighbourhood, near Koramangala, 39-year-old Vinesh walked in to try out mattresses for his family of three. A tech professional, Vinesh sat down multiple times on a king-size ‘orthopaedic’ memory foam mattress in the store that also stocked bed frames, coffee tables, dining tables and three-seater sofas.

The custom duty on gold was lowered from 15% to 6% in the Union Budget 2024 announced in July. Industry executives said in case of such a fall in customs duty, companies who had purchased inventory earlier are going to bear losses because they had to subsequently sell at a reduced custom duty.

The federal finance minister has been taking every opportunity to remind frustrated Canadians that after a bumpy pandemic recovery, the nation’s economy is actually doing a lot better.

Milan-listed shares in the company however extended losses after the results were published, as Ferrari did not upgrade the forecasts for its full-year results it provided in August, including for adjusted EBITDA growing to at least 2.5 billion euros ($2.7 billion).

Pawan Kalyan, Andra Pradesh deputy chief minister and Jana Sena chief, publicly criticised state Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha on Monday. Kalyan expressed concern over recent crimes against children and the overall law and order situation in the state. Speaking in his constituency, Pithapuram, Kalyan stated that the Home Minister should take responsibility for the current situation. He even suggested that he might take over the Home Ministry if things didn't improve. “I am telling this to Anitha," Kalyan said. «You are the home minister, I am the panchayati raj and forest and environment minister. Discharge your duties well. I can get the home ministry if I want. If the situation remains the same, I will be forced to take a decision. The situation would be different if I became the home minister.»

Rohit Kapoor said the company as a whole is «very well positioned» and is looking at an organic growth trajectory for its quick commerce business Instamart. The Bengaluru-based company is aiming to garner Rs 11,327 crore from the IPO, which will open for public subscription on November 6 and conclude on November 8. In an interview to PTI, Kapoor said Swiggy is «not very acquisitive in nature» but is open to pursuing inorganic growth through acquisitions for the quick commerce arm Instamart if something exciting comes along. «We are not averse to acquisitions but it has to make immense sense for us and it cannot be only for the purpose of adding revenues. It has to be for certain competencies and benefits. Right now, I think we feel very well positioned, we have the business, we have the technology and we have the people so unless and until something very very exciting comes along the way the likely scenario for Instamart is going to be more organic growth and investments,» Kapoor said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. XI’AN, China—This should be a shining moment for Longi, one of the biggest makers of solar-power equipment in the world. Longi and a few other Chinese companies dominate the solar business globally.

According to data from the British Retail Consortium, this 0.6% figure was markedly below the 1.3% three-month average and the 12-month average growth of 1%, a drop that was also reflected in food sales which, despite increasing 2.9% year-on-year in the three months to October, were well below the 7.9% growth in October 2023.  Meanwhile, online non-food sales increased by 0.4% year-on-year in October, up from an average decline of 2.5% in October last year, but still below the three-month and 12-month averages of 1.9% and 0.9%, respectively.  UK gilt yields hit 2024 high as investors ...

Nintendo, the Japanese video game maker behind the Super Mario franchise, says its profit fell 60% in the first half of the fiscal year, as demand waned for its Switch console, now in its eighth year since going on sale

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The festival season that is now drawing to a close began under a cloud of dark concerns about a further slowdown in consumer spending in India. There have been stray signs of a welcome revival in some segments of the consumer market since then.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It has been the highlight of most African leaders’ diplomatic calendar for nearly a quarter of a century. Ever since the inaugural Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Beijing in 2000, the triennial shindig has been treated as a barometer by analysts seeking clues about the evolving state of relations between Africa and its biggest trading partner.

Siemens Ltd. traded 0.97 per cent in Tuesday's session at 01:18PM (IST). The stock opened at Rs 6925.45 and has touched an intraday high and low of Rs 6996.95 and Rs 6820.00, respectively, during the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 8129.95 and a 52-week low of 3299.75. About 4,266 shares changed hands on the counter so far.

«If there is a sweep of any kind, then of course, you will get a result fifth night itself, otherwise it may take sixth or even seventh. So, perhaps I will be there in time for the actual result in the USA,» says Swaminathan Aiyar, Consulting Editor, ET Now. Are you in India? That is what I have been told. Welcome to India. Swaminathan Aiyar: I am in India, but I am flying to the USA tonight.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. That changing the behaviour of populations is a nigh-impossible task was visible, once again, during Diwali. The enormous media attention over the last couple of decades and judicial actions regulating the type and quantity of crackers that can be used have had very little impact on the actions of governments, unfortunately, and of society as well.

But is there any real evidence for this? Or is it just a story we tell ourselves out of either resentment of the rich or a sense of social justice? We can all produce examples of rich people whose lives were ruined by horrible divorces or poor people who spend their lives doing what they love. But anecdotes are not data — and vague sentiments about just desserts are not arguments. Over recent decades both economists and psychologists have embarked on a rigorous study of happiness (or “well-being,” as they tend to put it). Their work not only explodes the myth of happy peasants and miserable millionaires. It also suggests, more tantalizingly, that there may be no upper limit to the happiness that wealth can bring.

Samir Arora, Founder, Helios Capital, questions what is a bull run? If one can make 12-15%, is that a bull run or is it a normal run? Because bull run normally means we are growing more than the earnings and getting re-rated. Those days are over for now. We are no longer in a situation where if the earning growth is 12%, the market will go up 18% or 20% like it has done in the past. That kind of bull run, it is not. Since nothing is happening in the market, let us talk about things like cricket which are better than this boring market. Samir Arora: Losing 3-0 in cricket to New Zealand, makes it look worse than what is happening in the market. Our market does not stand out and moving away from here, we will end up talking about something even worse.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With a 8% fall in stock prices from their peak on 26 September, those who make money from the business of selling stocks seem to be getting jittery. Foreign institutional investors pulled out ₹94,017 crore or $11.2 billion in October.