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The cost of living adjustment (COLA) of Social Security in the year 2025 is forecasted at 1.75% as per an analysis done by The Senior Citizens League (TSCL), a non-profit, neutral advocacy group for seniors.

San Francisco-based RIA Perigon is celebrating Valentine’s Day by unveiling a hefty addition to its independent advisor network.

Burglars who steal valuables can sometimes develop remorse and even return them! A group of burglars who ransacked Tamil director Manikandan’s house has returned an amount of the loot and even apologised for the nuisance they created! The burglars broke into Manikandan’s house in Usilampatti and stole cash, gold jewellery, as well as medals. However, later, the burglars seemed to have had a change of heart!

Farmers protest live updates The MSP panel was formed by the central government seven months after the farmers called off their protest at the Delhi borders in 2021. The Modi government on July 12, 2022, released a notification informing about the formation of a committee to “promote zero-budget based farming" and to bring transparency and efficiency in the allocation of MSP. However, there was no mention of the legal guarantee of MSP to farmers in the notification.

Fat Brands chairman and founder Andy Wiederhorn details the economic impact of California raising the minimum wage to $20 an hour.

Other categories, which are growing and can be tapped, include construction, industrial, consumer durable and beverages as well as BFSI, he said. “Aditya Birla Group bidding ₹500 crore every year on IPL, you wouldn't have ever expected an Indian company bidding that way and another Indian company (Tata) countering it. Earlier this was the Chinese or startup domain.

Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) was cut to Hold from Buy at HSBC on Wednesday, with analysts maintaining a $22 per share price target on the stock, saying its valuation is full.

tax saving fd. In the cumulative option, the interest earned is added to the principal amount, and the investor receives a lump sum at maturity. In contrast, in the non-cumulative option, the investor can choose to receive the interest earned monthly, quarterly, half-yearly, or annually during the lock-in period.

₹120 crore and an offer-for-sale (OFS) of 6,66,77,674 equity shares by existing shareholders, according to the draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) submitted on February 14. Also read: Vibhor Steel Tubes IPO receives phenomenal response on the second day, subscribed 101.42 times; GMP drops Among the existing shareholders, SAIF Partners India IV and Peak XV Partners Investments V (previously known as SCI Investments V) will be the primary sellers in the OFS of the professionally managed company, offering 1.94 crore and 1.3 crore equity shares, respectively.

History suggests there will be at least a 5% slide in the S&P 500, according to Wells Fargo in a note Wednesday.

ChatGPT's memory. You can explicitly tell it to remember something, ask it what it remembers, and tell it to forget conversationally or through settings. You can also turn it off entirely.We are rolling out to a small portion of ChatGPT free and Plus users this week to learn how useful it is.

Adani Green Energy rose nearly 4% on Wednesday's trading session to ₹1,882 on BSE. The recent surge in the stock can be attributed to two key factors: the upward revision by Moody's and the operationalization of a 51 MW solar capacity in Gujarat.

Valentine’s Day, most of us are likely to be busy working to bring a smile on the face of our loved ones. Some may be wracking their brains over finding the perfect gift while others are letting their creative juices flow by writing an impressive piece of poetry for their current or would-be partner. Although love typically knows no boundaries of days, this much-awaited day in the month of February — is a stark reminder of the importance and potency of love.

Deflation in the core wholesale index and a decline in food prices pushed wholesale inflation to a three-month low of 0.27% in January compared with 0.73% in the previous month, according to data released Wednesday. “Contrary to expectations, the WPI inflation eased to 0.3% in year-on-year terms in January 2024 from 0.7% in December 2023. This was largely led by the WPI-food and core (manufactured non-food products) items, with the latter remaining in the deflationary zone for the eleventh straight month,” said Aditi Nayar, chief economist, Icra. Sequentially, the wholesale price index was down 0.3%, with the food index declining 1% and manufactured products continuing its deflation for a second consecutive month. Prices of manufactured products in January were down 1% sequentially as well.

tuberculosis (TB) patients, an advance that may lead to personalised treatments for the bacterial disease. The study, published in the journal iScience, analysed multimodal data including diverse biomedical data from clinical tests, genomics, medical imaging and drug prescriptions from TB patients. By analysing data from patients with varying levels of drug resistance, the researchers discovered biomedical features predictive of treatment failure. They also uncovered drug regimens effective against specific sets of drug-resistant TB patients.

On a year-on-year basis, the value of such investments rose 26 per cent from USD 584 billion in December 2022.

₹1,798.75 apiece on BSE, and touched an intraday low of ₹1,683 apiece. According to analysts, MTAR Tech share is one of the underperforming stocks and has seen a sharp selloff in the last couple of weeks.

Nilesh Shah, MD of Kotak Mahindra AMC says there are mixed signals in the market for various segments. While there is a green signal for large caps, there are red signals for micro, mini-caps and SMEs. In an interview with Mint, Shah recommends investors should maintain a neutral allocation to equity with a long-term view while keeping some cash to increase exposure when valuation is cheaper.

₹5,392.55 apiece on BSE. The Info Edge share price touched an intraday low of ₹5,054.65 and an intraday high of ₹5,400 apiece.

«You have only got to look at Delhi and what is going on there from an infrastructure and then come to Mumbai and it is breathtaking,» says Peter McGuire, CEO, XM Australia. And let us get to talking about that hotter than expected inflation print that came in. What do you think this will lead the US Fed to do? A couple of things. I think it hit the market by a little bit of a surprise and as far as a pushback, we were looking at the best part of 65-66% as far as a rate cut come May and that has been pushed back now to around about 32-33% and they are rolling that forward to possibly by June or July.

Ronnie Screwvala said on Wednesday. “I think part of the rotten apples is because it was just too much money being thrown… this sector needs change with frugality. What I mean by frugality is that it forces you to innovate well, well beyond," Screwvala said at an event in Gurgaon.