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Volkswagen announced at CES 2024 that it will add ChatGPT to its vehicles equipped with the IDA voice assistant. The ChatGPT integration with Volkswagen will go live in the second quarter of 2024 and will be available for the company's EV range, including the ID.7, ID.4, ID.5, ID.3 as well as the new Tiguan, Passat and Golf models.

UBS’ Solita Marcelli, Chief Investment Officer Americas, weighed in on the markets as stocks and high-quality bonds surged in recent months.

Indians who have never wanted to go to the Maldives on vacation now don't want to go vacationing to the Maldives. Which makes boycotting the Maldives as a holiday destination a wee bit easier.

(Reuters) — Growth in the global electric-vehicle market is set to slow to 27.1% this year as a reduction in state subsidies makes the cars less appealing to buyers, according to research firm Canalys.

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global cooperation has started to decline after 2020 due to weakened cooperation in peace and security as well as health and wellness, a new study showed on Monday. Launching a Global Cooperation Barometer, the World Economic Forum said cooperation is possible even in the midst of competition and there are signs of strength, particularly in cooperation on climate and natural capital, trade and capital flows, and innovation and technology. «The barometer indicates that global cooperation was resilient in multiple dimensions from 2012 until 2020 but overall cooperation declined by 2 per cent from 2020 to 2022,» the WEF said in the report released days before its annual meeting of world leaders in the Swiss ski resort town Davos.

S&P 500 (SPX) lost 1.5% in the first trading week of 2024, this way ending the streak of nine consecutive weekly gains since late October. The rally ended near the 4800 with the bulls failing to post a new record high. Still, the SPX is just 2.1% away from its previous all-time high recorded on Jan. 3, 2022.

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DSP Mutual Fund announced the launch of the DSP Multicap Fund, an open-ended equity scheme investing across large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks. The scheme opened for public subscription on January 08, 2024, and will close on January 22, 2024. This is an open-ended equity scheme investing across large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks.

diesel subsidies and train drivers planning several days of strikes over wage disputes. The economy, Europe's biggest, was the weakest among its large euro zone peers last year, as high energy costs, feeble global orders and record-high interest rates took their toll.

Love may come knocking at the door when you least expect it! LinkedIn, one of the most visited sites for job-hunting and building professional networks has apparently turned into a hub for dating!

(Reuters) -Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Monday reported eye drug Eylea's fourth-quarter preliminary U.S. sales below Wall Street expectations, as the company's blockbuster product faced pressure from a rival.

UBS Group aims to grow its wealth and asset management business in China, despite the slowing economy and dearth of deals that’s weighed on some Wall Street and European lenders in the country.

Money managers don’t anticipate another banner year for high-yield municipals, one of the best-performing sectors of U.S. debt in 2023.

DSP Mutual Fund has announced the launch of DSP Multicap Fund, an open-ended scheme that offers investors the flexibility to invest across large cap, mid cap and small cap stocks, investment styles and industries. With dedicated market cap exposure to mid and small caps along with timely rebalancing, the multicap strategy offers investors better diversification and improvement in performance compared to the Nifty 500.

A ‘Term Return of Premium’ plan (TROP) is ideal for individuals looking for both life coverage and return on the premiums paid. However, these plans cost twice that of pure term plans because of the maturity benefit. Experts say TROPs are suitable for those who are not sure of their retirement age or dependency of family members on their income at an older age. In a regular term plan, the individual does not get any maturity benefit if he survives the policy period. However, in a TROP plan, he will get back all the premiums paid if he survives the policy period, which is usually 105% of the total premiums paid. Like a pure term plan, a TROP plan will offer death benefits to the policyholder’s family in the event of death. So, such a term plan offers dual benefits of cover as well as return of premiums .

Markets managed to hold on to early lows without the selling pressure from earlier last week.

This week will be another in-focus week, with the CPI and PPI reports coming toward the week’s end.

Kaustubh Pawaskar, DVP, Fundamental Research, Sharekhan, says “competitive intensity from the smaller and regional players have gone up substantially and that is hurting FMCG companies at the bottom of the pyramid. So to reduce the competitive pressure, most of the companies might give damage offerings or promotional add-ons or reduce the prices to reduce the competitive pressure in the quarters ahead. This strategy may be implemented by most of the large companies in the quarters ahead.” Raw material prices have been quite subdued, declining for the last couple of quarters. Finally, it seems like FMCG companies have been taking this grammage increase. Very rarely do we see this happening from the FMCG side. Will this finally support the growth of FMCG companies, which has been subdued in Q3? Kaustubh Pawaskar: Yes, so there are two aspects to it. One, obviously, they want to pass on the benefit of the lower raw material prices to the consumers. We have heard that rural demand is yet to pick up. And this is the commentary we have been hearing for the past three quarters.

BITS Pilani on Monday formalised a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya to propel collaborative efforts in curriculum development, research and development, teaching, executive education, joint programmes, faculty training, entrepreneurship, incubation as well as joint conferences and workshops. Prof V. Ramgopal Rao, vice chancellor, BITS Pilani said, “This strategic partnership marks a significant milestone in our commitment to advancing education, research, and innovation.

Financial Times columnist Stephen Foley wrote recently that one response from business has been to outsource more accounting work, particularly to India. Another response has been to raise salaries and hasten promotions. However, the demand for accountants continues to rise in the tech and financial sectors, and is bound to grow in the area of carbon accounting as well.