California's New Law: Turning Parking Lots into Affordable Housing 　　Introduction　　In an effort to combat the ongoing homeless crisis, California has enacted a new law that allows religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to convert their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing. 　　The Law's Provisions　　The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, rezones land owned by religious institutions and nonprofit colleges...

November has turned out to be the best month of the year so far for the Nifty, with the index gaining 5.5% so far ahead of Thursday's monthly F&O expiry.

　　Former Citibank Analyst's Unfair Dismissal Claim Rejected 　　Employee Lied About Food Expenses　　A former Citibank analyst, Szabolcs Fekete, has lost his claim of unfair dismissal after a tribunal discovered he had lied about buying food for his partner and charging it to his employer. 　　Fekete, who was a senior analyst, claimed he had been both wrongfully and unfairly dismissed by Citibank....

Six persons, including a 47-year-old woman, were injured in the incident. All of them were admitted to the nearby Shatabdi Hospital. They are being treated at the Out-patient Department (OPD) of the hospital and their condition is stable.

03:49 PM EDT, 08/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks rose late Friday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) up 0.1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) adding 1.9%. In corporate news, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers ( RRGB ) shares tumbled 9.2%, a day after the company reported a wider Q2 loss. Purple Innovation...

03:26 PM EDT, 08/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer stocks climbed late Friday afternoon with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLP) up 0.1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLY) rising 1.9%. In corporate news, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers ( RRGB ) shares tumbled 9.3%, a day after the company reported a wider Q2 loss. ...

The Nasdaq 100 closed lower by over 0.2% during Tuesday's session. Investors, meanwhile, focused on some notable insider trades. When insiders sell shares, it could be a preplanned sale, or could indicate their concern in the company's prospects or that they view the stock as being overpriced. Insider sales should not be taken as the only indicator for making an...

03:46 PM EDT, 08/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes were on track to close higher Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the time has come for monetary policy easing. The Nasdaq Composite was up 1.3% at 17,847.4, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P 500 rose 1% each to 41,144 and 5,627.2, respectively. All...

The Human Rights Commission of New Zealand is urging people to dial down COVID-19 related hostility, abuse, and rage.

A top official in neighbouring Fiji tweeted that a team from Elon Musk's SpaceX company was in Fiji establishing a station that would help reconnect Tonga through SpaceX satellites. SpaceX runs a network of nearly 2,000 low-orbit satellites called Starlink, which provides internet service to remote places around the world.

The testing of Truth Social comes a year after Donald Trump was banned from Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's YouTube. His new media and technology venture, Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), has pledged to deliver an “engaging and censorship-free experience” on the app, which Chief Executive Devin Nunes has said will launch by the end of March.

Heather Morgan, 31, a published Forbes writer and rapper, aka 'Crocodile of Wall Street,' and her husband Ilya Lichtenstein, a startup founder, were arrested for conspiring to launder $4.5 billion in Bitcoins stolen from cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.

The new bill exempts registered AYUSH practitioners and people accessing codified traditional knowledge, from sharing benefits with local communities or giving prior intimation to state biodiversity boards before accessing biological resources.

Accusing Kejriwal of being busy with election campaigning in poll-bound states and waking up to the situation late, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that the Centre had held a meeting with Chief Secretaries and senior officials from four North Indian states on 20th October to discuss measures to reduce air pollution, which he claims weren't adopted by the AAP-led governments.

On Tuesday, the Gehlot government invited bids for both projects to build the dams within the next four years. The chief minister had announced both projects in last year’s budget.

Activists have contended that words like "ecotourism facilities" and "any other purposes" are too vague and may pave the way for widespread exploitation and misuse.

(Reuters) - FedEx ( FDX ) shares surged in premarket trading on Friday after the parcel giant beat estimates for quarterly profit and reported a higher operating margin at Express, its largest unit. Shares of the company rose 12.4% to $297.75 before the bell, with rival UPS up 3.5%. FedEx ( FDX ) has taken several measures to protect margins...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms have agreed to raise pay by 5.25% this year, the biggest rise under comparable data since 2013, the country's largest union group Rengo confirmed on Friday. The results of the closely-watched wage negotiations are announced in several stages, in which the blue-chip firms are first to wrap up their talks in mid-March. The second announcement on...

(Reuters) - Popular investor Cathie Wood's ARK Invest bought nearly 10,000 shares of Reddit ( RDDT ) in the social media platform's strong market debut on Thursday, an email from the asset manager showed. A total of 9,982 shares of the loss-making company was added to ARK Next Generation Internet ETF ( ARKW ) and ARK Fintech Innovation ETF (...

HANOI, March 22 (Reuters) - Communist-ruled Vietnam is seeking its third president in little more than a year after the resignation of Vo Van Thuong, who was only elected last year after the sudden dismissal of his predecessor. With accumulated foreign direct investment higher than its gross domestic product, Vietnam's stability is crucial to multinationals with large operations in the...

On March 25, Ripple CLO Stuart Alderoty revealed that the SEC’s brief will be made public on Tuesday, March 26, and the regulator will be asking the judge for $2 billion in fines and penalties. Alderoty added that the agency has asked U.S. District Judge Analisa Torres in Manhattan for the penalties in court papers filed under seal before stating:...

TL;DR Robert Kiyosaki advocates for Bitcoin investment, predicting a substantial price increase and suggesting fractional purchases for those who cant afford to buy a whole BTC. The halving event, among other factors, is identified as a significant catalyst for a potential rally. Why Accumulate More? Robert Kiyosaki the author of the best-seller Rich Dad, Poor Dad is among the most...

As per a Bloomberg report, institutional clients of Goldman Sachs’ Asia Pacific division are displaying revitalized interest in Bitcoin, Ether, and other crypto assets. This trend indicates a notable evolution in the investment landscape for traditional financial institutions. According to Max Minton, the head of digital assets at Goldman Asia Pacific, a significant number of the firms top clients have...

For the first time since March 15, the net aggregate flow of funds to the newly launched batch of spot BTC ETFs is positive. March 25 saw a net inflow of $15.4 million, reversing a trend that has resulted in net outflows of $887 million over the past week. While yesterday’s inflow figure is the lowest since January 26, it...