Quota politics dominated the political landscape of Maharashtra in 2023 with social tensions simmering for most part of the year. Activist Manoj Jarange spearheaded the Maratha quota agitation, but it also led to OBC leaders to assert that the existing OBC reservation must not be affected while giving quota to the Marathas. The quota agitation … Read more
After promising early dumps of snow in some areas of Europe this autumn, the pattern of recent years resumed and rain and sleet took over. In the ski resorts of Morzine and Les Gets in the French Alps, the heavy rainfall meant that full opening of resorts was delayed until two days before Christmas, leaving … Read more
(NewsNation) — The convenience of self-checkout may be backfiring for retailers, according to data from LendingTree. The online lending marketplace surveyed 2,000 U.S. consumers and found that 18% of people who admitted to stealing at self-checkout are making more than $100,000. The other self-admitted shoplifters have salaries of $35,000 and less and between $50,000 to … Read more
Brokerage Emkay initiated a buy rating on Tejas Networks, Dam Capital maintained a buy rating on Dwarikesh Sugar, Motilal Oswal has a neutral rating on Barbeque-Nation and ICICIdirect recommended a buy on Saregama India. We have collated a list of recommendations from top brokerage firms from ETNow and other sources: Emkay on Tejas Networks: Buy| … Read more
The UK installed a record number of public electric car chargers in 2023 as the size of network of ultra-rapid chargers for longer journeys doubled. Almost 16,000 public chargers were installed in the year to 12 December, pushing the total above 53,200, according to the data company ZapMap. That represented a 43% increase on 2022, … Read more
Indian market is likely to trade higher on Wednesday tracking positive global cues. Nifty future closed positive with gains of 0.45% at 21499 levels on Tuesday. India VIX was up by 7.08% from 13.70 to 14.68 levels. Volatility spiked to higher zones and created some swings in the market. Positive setup was seen in stocks … Read more
In the old days, there were the FAANGs, the five big US tech stocks that dominated the investment landscape – Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (now Alphabet). That picture is now out of date. Say hello instead to what is variously called the Super Seven or the Magnificent Seven – four of … Read more
(NewsNation) — Cryptocurrency prices are on the rise after a so-called “crypto winter” that was deepened by the collapse of the FTX exchange last year. Bitcoin was trading at around $42,400 on Tuesday, up from around $16,500 at this same time last year, according to CoinDesk. The digital currency has been on a significant rebound … Read more
New York: Goldman Sachs Group’s head of global currency, rates and emerging-markets strategy says he’s learned two main main lessons from one of the biggest – and most-common – bad calls of 2023: the bet on post-pandemic China’s reopening boom. At the beginning of the year, Goldman was among the chorus of Wall Street banks … Read more
Tameeka Smith resigned as director of a well-known youth charity in 2019 after realising that being her own boss was more important to her than the security of being an employee. Now the founder and director of Trimenco CIC, a nonprofit training, mentoring and coaching company, Smith has never been happier. “My wake-up moment was … Read more
