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Tube Investments added 2.69% in Shanthi Gears via a block deal, taking its holding to 73.16%. The gear maker's revenue fell to ₹519 crore in FY26.
Alkane Resources declared a maiden 2.0cps fully franked dividend and a $50M buy-back after record FY26. The moves signal confidence in cash generation and balance sheet strength.
The Mandalay merger and a A$5,664/oz gold price drove a 590% profit surge. Alkane declared its maiden dividend and reiterated FY27 guidance of 163-177 koz at A$2,900-3,200 AISC.
Sreedhar N wants to shift Indian construction from brick to dry walls. The company is training workers, engaging developers, and pushing for tighter building codes.
The lender is facilitating S$6.9 billion in financing as the Johor-Singapore economic zone attracts record FDI. The partnership targets manufacturers expanding across the border.
Netweb Technologies raised ₹1,200 crore from marquee investors including Nomura, Goldman Sachs, and ICICI Prudential. The stock surged 4.14% to a new high of ₹5,674.80.
Manufacturing led the August uptick, with Germany's factory output at a 55-month high and hiring resuming. S&P Global sees 0.3% Q3 GDP and a hawkish ECB bias.
Thales VP Caio Reis says banks have 18-24 months to prepare payment systems for AI-initiated transactions, warning that legacy lift-and-shift cloud migrations preserve technical debt.
Short positions worth $2.74B were liquidated in 24 hours as of August 20, 2026. The figures cover different periods than the prior day's $1.44B, and the rally's drivers include ETF inflows and bond buyback plans.
ASR's H1 net profit hit €809M from €126M, with fee-based business up 32% and Non-life combined ratio beating target at 91.6%.
Kotak and CLSA downgrades hit TCS, Infosys and LTM Friday, citing pricing pressure, AI-led deflation and macro headwinds as the Nifty IT index falls 1%.
French regulators found 95% of Boohoo's promotions misleading, with 48% actually increasing prices. Shares fell 2.4% on the £2m fine.
Binance's Agent OS platform lets AI agents execute trades. Users must authorize and fund a subaccount. Withdrawals are blocked. The exchange tracks transactions but not agent logic.
Two-thirds of Brazilians know crypto; 17.2% have invested, more than double the 7.4% in stocks. The survey signals a structural shift in retail investment preferences.
CFTC Chairman Selig orders staff to draft crypto rules using existing powers as the Clarity Act faces Senate gridlock. SEC unveiled its own framework the same week.
A new bill gives South Korea's FIU direct investigative powers over unregistered crypto firms. Police suspended 23 of 25 FIU referrals from 2022-2025. The bill must pass the National Assembly.
Flex office leasing hit 25% of India's total in H1 2026, up from 16% a year ago, as AI-native startups and GCCs drive demand. Executives caution the broader flex boom isn't all AI.
Fairfax may get two years to sell or merge its CSB Bank stake to clear RBI rules for the IDBI Bank acquisition, sources said.
Congress demands E20 policy review as sugar jumps to ₹67/kg, citing 2.5M tonne sugarcane diversion to ethanol. Party says policy raises food costs, damages vehicles.
HIPL expects KARNAGE to account for 20% of revenue by FY'29 after an initial ₹2.5 crore investment. The gaming peripherals brand targets gamers and creators as the company pursues ~35% CAGR through FY'28.
CZ says tokenization attracts FDI and backs it on all chains. Talks with governments remain talks — no deal surfaced, and no regulator has a framework for what he describes.
Two Binance employees were detained in the UAE and later cleared after a routine inquiry into client money fund flows, the NYT reports. The incident highlights emerging regulatory attention on crypto custody.
A former chair’s lawsuit against Lindian Resources has stalled in WA’s Supreme Court after the miner missed a filing deadline, prolonging a dispute that tests boardroom governance in the junior mining sector.
Citigroup warns West Texas could see rotating outages as soon as next summer, as oil producers and data centers push electricity demand to record levels.
FASB's proposed rule would let corporations treat stablecoins as cash equivalents. Public comment open until Nov 19. Industry figures call it 'big and bullish' for stablecoin firms.
Bitcoin surged to $75,000 after a short squeeze liquidated $4 billion in leveraged positions. The catalyst was a Treasury bond-buyback expansion. Whether the rally holds past November hinges on new capital, traders said.
Cameco's Q2 showed uranium realised price at $93.13/lb, yet earnings fell due to Westinghouse. With a 167x PE, the stock's fate hinges on the reactor business.
BaFin warns that a "back office" crypto job ad is a money mule scheme. Forwarding fraud victims' funds through your account can mean a prison sentence under Section 261 StGB, even without criminal intent.
Bitfinex set an August 31 deadline to withdraw 13 delisted tokens. After that, the recovery process has no fixed outcome. The same segregation question applies to every exchange account.
A leaflet proofreading turned an afternoon into unpaid labor. As AI pushes errors to customers, companies face hidden costs in time, trust, and churn. The risk is a widening divide between good and bad jobs.