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Iran struck U.S. sites in Kuwait and Bahrain over the weekend. The rupee and bonds face oil risk, Fed cues, and a key payrolls print. Traders see the 10-year yield in a 6.72%-6.84% range.
SBI Holdings already operates SBI VC Trade. The $289M acquisition of licensed Bitbank would double SBI's domestic crypto exchange footprint, pending FSA approval.
Bloom Energy's backlog surged 140% as AI data center contracts piled up. Raised guidance confirms the thesis shift. Alpha Score 46 flags execution risk alongside growth.
China blacklisted 20 Japanese entities including Mitsubishi, Komatsu and Fujitsu units, barring dual-use exports. The move targets Japan's defence supply chain and introduces template risk for other Japanese industrials.
Korn Ferry's Professional Search & Interim segment has been its steadiest revenue driver. That same project-based stream is most exposed to a hiring freeze, and the next earnings report will test the trend.
DGR Global paid A$2.5 million for 166.7 million shares at a 33% premium. The investment targets copper-gold discoveries in Ecuador's mineral belt, where Lundin Gold's Fruta del Norte produced 510,000 ounces last year.
Rhaenyra Targaryen's rule in 'House of the Dragon' is short in George R.R. Martin's book. She is betrayed, fed to a dragon, and that likely determines season three.
Kiwoom Securities joins Korea Investment and Hanwha in pursuing crypto exchange stakes. Bithumb's phantom Bitcoin glitch and delayed IPO weigh on the deal's valuation.
New 3.96m at 4.64% Cu (incl. 14.19%) supports Orion's Flat Mine East model, but the result isn't yet in the resource. Follow-up drilling is the next test.
Thai police arrested Australian Simon Peter Carman at Bangkok airport after CCTV showed him leaving a Pattaya condominium with a suitcase containing a teenage girl's body.
Black Stone Minerals reported its first quarterly production increase in several quarters from new drilling deals. Rising Permian oil supply may pressure royalty income.
A Rs 2 lakh salary sounds like a milestone. Financial planner Meenal Goel warns it does not guarantee security when fixed expenses eat most of it.
Goldman's 130k June payrolls forecast includes a 40k World Cup distortion. Private payrolls at 95k vs 118k consensus are the real signal for a September cut.
The government and RBI last week addressed two big bottlenecks for India's small businesses: delayed payments and invoice discounting. The transmission path runs from faster cash to higher capacity utilisation.
U.S. banks face compliance risks as the White House moves to unwind Iran sanctions. 60-day waivers and a June 17 MoU create uncertainty. Gradual oil supply increase could cap crude prices and shift Fed rate expectations.
The dollar slipped Monday but held near multi-month highs as Gulf tensions and a looming jobs report kept the safe-haven bid intact. Friday payrolls could test the rally.
Miramar Resources doubles Gidji gold exploration target to 325,125 oz upper range. Maiden resource estimate underway near Kalgoorlie. CEO sees monetisation options at current gold prices.
The CFTC probe follows allegations that Polymarket paid creators to simulate trades on look-alike sites. A separate phishing attack stole $3.1 million in PUSD tokens from 11 wallets.
First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos jokingly called San Juan Mayor Francis Zamora 'senator' during a rice distribution program. 4,400 seniors got rice on Monday.
FB Financial's asset quality and profitability metrics lead the regional pack. A Seeking Alpha analyst argues the $2.74B bank merits its valuation. Risks linger in loan growth and rate sensitivity. Here is what to watch.
The ASX-listed telecom firm offloads its managed IT unit and lifts revenue forecast by 32% as it refocuses on core communications.
Seoul's $650B chip plan is more political play than near-term won catalyst. The won's fate hinges on tangible private investment schedules, not headline numbers.
Tencent tests TenPayGo for overseas travelers to China, letting them pay at millions of Weixin Pay merchants. Foreign entries rose 26.4% last year.
Gold slipped toward $4,000 after US-Iran attacks strained a ceasefire. Dip buyers are defending the level, one analyst said, as the metal has erased year-to-date gains.
The 8th Pay Commission faces five key employee demands — pension revision, pay parity, and maternity benefits — as July consultations with unions begin in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata.
Kotak Mahindra Bank's CEO Ashok Vaswani will not seek reappointment when his term ends Dec 31. The board has six months to name a successor, creating uncertainty around the bank's strategic direction until the pick is announced.
The idea of using an equity mutual fund SWP to pay your home loan EMI sounds elegant. Fifteen years of market data show the sequence-of-returns risk makes it far more dangerous than most assume.
The July 31 ITR deadline is two weeks away. Know who must file even if income is below the exemption limit, who can skip, and the penalty for missing the date.
TRM Labs traced $2.7B between CoinEx and sanctioned Nobitex, plus $67M from Iran's central bank. OFAC sanctions hit four exchanges. Compliance teams face exposure mapping.
Miss the July 31 ITR deadline for FY 2025-26 and pay ₹5,000 if income exceeds ₹5 lakh. The real hit? Losing the right to carry forward capital losses. Plan ahead.