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Axis Bank and Bandhan Bank CFOs resign within days. Puneet Sharma leaves Axis after six years; Rajeev Mantri exits Bandhan. Word on the street has them swapping roles.
Amazon India VP Akshay Sahi says Prime membership on track to double from 2023 to 2026, driven by tiered plans. Prime Day July 4-6 aims to top 18,000 orders per minute peak.
Supreme Court rules Mississippi may count absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received up to five days after, rejecting a GOP challenge to tighten mail-in voting rules.
US overtook China as top Indian spice buyer by value in FY26 as Chinese purchases of chilli and cumin fell 32%. Exports to US: $624M. China's domestic crop growth may keep demand soft.
Comcast will spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into a separate public company. The tax-free split reverses the 2011 merger and aims to unlock shareholder value.
BNL's 7-8% target yield on new builds is squeezed by 200 bps higher financing costs. Tenant credit and pipeline spreads are the key test; Q3 earnings in November will show if new starts still meet the 7% hurdle.
Comcast will spin off NBCUniversal into a standalone company, ending a two-decade strategy of combining content and distribution. The separated media unit will face streaming competition on its own.
Q2 outlook calls for 3-8% revenue growth, down from 17% in Q1, as anti-monopoly probe and geopolitical headwinds weigh. Stock trades at 11x forward P/E, a deep discount to peers.
Conexus Venture Capital invests an undisclosed amount in Judi.ai, an AI platform for credit union small-business lending. The investment comes from a $30M fund targeting early-stage Canadian companies.
Number of Canadian CVCs hit 34 in 2025 while deal volume fell 20% and domestic investment hit a five-year low. Three players dominate, exposing a structural gap for startup funding.
Lululemon's Great Wall drum gaffe compounds years of quality and reputational failures. With China sales slowing, stock down 50%, and competition surging, trust is the battleground.
Non-institutional foreign ownership of Saudi stocks ex-Aramco edged down to 11.29% last week from 11.32%, a slight decline within typical weekly variability.
Trump says US officials to meet Iran in Doha on Tuesday while Tehran denies technical talks. The Strait of Hormuz ceasefire faces a trust test.
jUMPP received NPCI approval to offer UPI payments inside its AI wealth app, adding peer-to-peer transfers and merchant payments. The move turns jUMPP into a super app; adoption is the next test against PhonePe and Google Pay.
DAEWOO India partnered with Across Assist to run installation, repair, and maintenance. The move trades direct service control for national reach. Service quality metrics will determine if the strategy works.
STAR's beta toolset gives automotive retailers an AI assistant, an API validator, and a spec builder to accelerate REST/JSON adoption across 63 standards-based APIs.
Hormel Foods has raised its dividend for 60 straight years. The stock sits near multi-year lows with a 3.8% yield. The payout is well covered.
Tech's selloff grabbed headlines. A quieter rotation into small caps and healthcare tells a different story. The data supports a broadening market, not the start of a decline.
California selected Anthropic's Claude for state and local agencies after Newsom's AI standards order, giving the startup a government foothold that could set a template for other states, Politico reported.
A survey of 550 ecosystem participants shows 44% cite data governance regulations as their top concern, nearly double AI rules. Compliance costs divert R&D funds and delay products.
Trump says talks Tuesday in Doha after airstrikes. Oil prices fell to pre-war levels. A ceasefire could unwind the crude risk premium built since February.
Four Nomu-listed stocks trade ex-dividend today, June 29. Share prices adjust down by the dividend amount. Maharah and Almuneef also go ex-dividend. Existing holders receive the payout.
Shareholders of Malath Cooperative Insurance rejected a SAR 2.54 million board remuneration proposal for 2025, a rare instance of pay pushback in Saudi insurance.
First Mills shareholders rejected a proposal to add a bylaw provision restricting changes in share ownership at the Saudi flour miller's general assembly.
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Neo Space Group activated NSG Skywaves® connectivity aboard Saudia's first A321XLR, reaching 200 Mbps speeds. The PIF-backed company integrates satellite capacity, airborne tech and airline ops in one system.
Two J.C. Flowers managing directors join Niyam Group's board, deepening the private-equity firm's backing of the Indian reinsurer based in GIFT City.
Gulf Insurance Group shares touched a 52-week high June 29. The Saudi insurer is riding sector growth and a strong TASI. Next up: earnings and volume confirmation.
Broker projects 34% disbursement growth for Aptus Value with stable spreads and contained credit costs. Increased competition in core geographies could pressure margins.
Gander Social exits beta on Canada Day with 18,000 members, 2,500+ investors, and a pitch for sovereign, privacy-first social media. CEO Ben Waldman cites US annexation threats and data control as inspiration.