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Two new urea plants in Talcher and Ramagundam will start production soon, cutting India's fertiliser import bill by roughly ₹5,000 crore annually, the government said.
Pop star Taylor Swift and NFL star Travis Kelce, reportedly planning a summer wedding, attended the Broadway comedy 'Oh, Mary!' on Saturday.
GASTAT reports 33.1% of Saudi establishments used AI in 2025. ICT leads at 61%, finance at 53%, education at 51%. The data signals broad-based deployment, not just flagship projects.
The Philippines central bank bars Monero and Zcash from licensed exchanges and expands enforcement against unregistered platforms, effective immediately.
India's SEBI board on June 19 will consider tougher open-market buyback rules: a 66-day execution window, 40% minimum utilisation in the first half, and promoter restrictions. The shift from the old 6-month framework changes the calculus for listed companies and shareholders.
75% of pre-MiCA crypto firms lack licenses. France warns of prison for unlicensed operations. Small exchanges vanish. Check your platform's license before July 1.
Borr Drilling insider buys 1.06M shares. The offshore driller's refinancing and fleet utilisation near 90% support the thesis, but shallow-water exposure and debt load remain risks.
Check Point's $12.8B market cap drop to sixth among Israeli stocks signals a rotation to defense and semiconductor plays, while cyber spending still grows.
Warsh's first Fed press conference, Accenture earnings, Anthropic disables AI models, ex-dividend stocks, plus a World Cup stock comparison from AI.
Hoegh LNG Partners delisted its common units in 2022, but the 10.5% preferred shares still trade OTC. The dividend has kept paying. The 2026 refinancing is the real test.
Kevin Warsh chairs his first Fed meeting this week as US–Iran talks test oil supply assumptions and SpaceX's IPO afterglow sets the risk-appetite benchmark.
Saudi Arabia ranked 10th in the 2025 Investment Attractiveness Index. Vice Minister Al-Mudaifer said mining reforms drove the shift, with phosphate and rare earths topping the joint-investment list with Kazakhstan.
Chemanol's Q1-26 results delayed indefinitely as auditor still reviewing 2025 statements. Trading suspension continues with no end date.
The SEC approved T. Rowe Price's Active Crypto ETF for NYSE Arca, holding 5-15 digital assets including Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, and XRP. The actively managed fund targets outperformance of the FTSE Crypto US Listed Index.
SpaceX (SPCX) opened at $165, settled near $160 after its IPO. The anchored VWAP Genesis line at $150 is the key level to watch for downside risk, according to The Chart Report.
The tentative IAMAW deal covers 11,000 workers. Ratification vote and board approval next. The agreement removes strike risk. Wage cost details are key for the stock.
Analyst upgrades LXP Industrial Trust to Buy, citing valuation below fair value and improving fundamentals in an uncertain industrial REIT market.
Experian and ServiceNow launched an Agent Operating System to deploy compliant AI agents across lending, from credit underwriting to fraud detection at Money20/20 Europe.
Gold at $4,218 after a 22.8% drop from January. The double-top pattern targets $3,800, but central-bank buying at $4,350 changes the math.
After Anthropic's compliance with US AI export controls, CoinFund founder Jake Brukhman says decentralized networks can prevent unilateral state control. He flags Pluralis' tokenized model structure as a path to economic sustainability.
Cogent Biosciences has $350 million in cash and a Phase 3 readout in 2025. The balance sheet removes financing risk. The binary event is the SUMMIT data.
GSK pays up for Nuvalent's resistance-overcoming cancer drug. Roche bets on protein degradation. Novo's oral weight-loss pill draws skepticism.
India's food regulator sent notices to eight companies including Emami Healthy & Tasty and Plan B over brand names and claims it says violate the Food Safety and Standards Act.
Lenovo's AI system processed 34 cameras and sensors with 99.97% uptime on World Cup opening night. The sports-tech vertical could boost ISG margins as the company eyes 63 more matches through July.
US and Iran close to framework deal unlocking $25B in assets, reopening Hormuz. Hardliners push back; Geneva talks next week. Oil supply risk partly priced; traders watch tanker signals.
Royal Marine Commandos boarded the shadow fleet tanker SMYRTOS in the English Channel. Crew salaries paid in USDT stablecoins link crypto directly to sanctions evasion.
A Colorado retiree saved $16k selling her condo with an AI platform. The flat-fee model threatens Zillow and Redfin's commissions. February earnings will signal the trend's speed.
MEDGULF won a 12-month health insurance contract for Binladin International Holding Group employees. The deal exceeds 5% of 2025 revenue, boosting 2026 profit outlook.
India issued 44,000+ crypto tax notices and flagged Rs 888 crore unreported VDA income. New 2025 act requires transaction-level reports from exchanges and DeFi.
An analyst sees the Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund's 7% yield as durable, powered by AI data center demand. The setup looks better than 2023.