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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.
SEC seeks public comment until Aug 31 on new ETF rules for staking and altcoin funds, a move that could reshape the US crypto product landscape and influence European ETP offerings.
Nobel Hygiene, backed by Quadria Capital, filed DRHP for IPO with ₹150 crore fresh issue and OFS of 1.55 crore shares. Proceeds to repay debt, expand capacity.
The Meta CEO paid an estimated €20-30 million for Strancally Castle, a 440-acre estate on the River Blackwater. The purchase deepens his ties to Ireland, where Meta employs 1,500 people.
BHP dividend yield of 3.36% is below its 5-year average of 6.86%. Xero price-sales ratio of 9.25x is half its 5-year median of 18.65x. Both trade at discounts to their own history.
Japan's manufacturing PMI hits 55.1, Brent tops $94.50 on Iran sanctions, the Riksbank holds, and US equities slide. Friday's flash PMI prints will show if the slowdown is a blip or a trend.
The FMA fined Bitpanda €70K for late white paper submission and premature marketing. We tested all 972 ESMA-registered white papers — 10% were unreachable.
A ₹28,000 crore debt sale tests demand after hawkish RBI minutes and a crude spike pushed yields to a two-month high. Traders see sufficient auction bids.
Only seven ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz Thursday, down from 14, as U.S.-Iran tensions disrupt global crude flows. WTI holds above $84, Brent near $93.
Bessent's buyback plan swaps duration risk for liquidity risk. Dealers absorb T-bills. Cash drains from repo. The 2019 plumbing failure is a template.
Akeso received Chinese regulatory clearance to start a Phase I trial of AK157D1, a B7-H3-targeting ADC in advanced solid tumors, and plans combination studies with its bispecific antibodies ivonescimab and cadonilimab.
A teenage friend who builds a company may predict your own entrepreneurship decades later, new research finds. Formal ventures matter more than freelance work.
Upstox ranks 5th in active clients, wins GIFT City nod for international stock trading. IPO of $350-400M may include fresh shares and OFS.
Below-normal rain from August 20 to September 2 threatens India's kharif crop and food inflation, with the southward belt shift offering only partial relief for Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
63% of Americans say the Trump family shouldn't profit from crypto while he's president, a Reuters/Ipsos poll finds. The survey followed a disclosure of $1.4 billion in crypto-related income.
Unitree's Wang defines the ChatGPT moment as a robot completing about 80% of tasks in unfamiliar homes; he sees it in 2-3 years, or as many as 10.
Total liquidations exceeded $3 billion in 18 hours. Shorts accounted for 92% of the volume. Treasury buyback expansion and a White House summit triggered the fastest concentrated squeeze of 2026.
Treasury yields pushed back up to 4.704% after the debt buyback plan. The real test is whether this signaling effort can work without a change in the structural drivers.