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New York, Singapore are the world’s most expensive cities right now

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New York and Singapore have emerged as the joint-most expensive cities to live in, according to a new worldwide survey. The cost of living in 172 of the world’s major cities rocketed an average 8.1% over the past year, driven by factors including the war in Ukraine and supply-chain snarls, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living report. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/IOcobAC via IFTTT

'Rate-hike slowdown possible next month, inflation fight far from over'

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The Federal Reserve could scale back the pace of its interest rate hikes "as soon as December," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, while cautioning the fight against inflation was far from over and that key questions remain unanswered, including how high rates will ultimately need to rise and for how long. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/3jCl1AU via IFTTT

TCS bags contract to create the UK Govt's Rail Data Marketplace

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IT major Tata Consultancy Services on Wednesday said that it has bagged a deal from Rail Delivery Group to design, develop, implement, and operate the UK's Rail Data Marketplace. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/631k92R via IFTTT

Gold firms on softer dollar as traders eye Powell's speech

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Gold prices edged up on Wednesday, aided by a dip in the dollar, with investors largely focusing on Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell's speech for insights into the US central bank's monetary policy path. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/QTj8lxh via IFTTT

Renowned businessman Vikram Kirloskar no more

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Vikram Kirloskar, one of the country’s leading businessmen who is credited with getting Japanese auto giant Toyota to India, is no more. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/fxyEPqS via IFTTT

"Date is set": India, Australia trade deal to enter into force

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This announcement comes a week after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that country's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with India has passed through its Parliament. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/0Iwc8mf via IFTTT

India's Q2 FY23 GDP data to be released this evening

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The data would elaborate on the expansion of different sectors like agriculture and manufacturing in the first quarter of this financial year. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/IhPvDqs via IFTTT

Rupee rises on positive Asian cues, runs into 81.50 resistance

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The rupee was trading higher against the US dollar on Wednesday, in tandem with other Asian currencies that managed to add to their advance in the previous session. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/hc38eIi via IFTTT

India world's top smartwatch market

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Led by local brands, highly affordable products and festive demand, India emerged as the biggest smartwatch market in the world, ahead of North America and China, in the third quarter of this year. The leadership assumes significance as the brands contributing to the surge are mostly local ones, quite unlike the situation in smartphones where Chinese companies dominate. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/ceYk4l7 via IFTTT

Oil jumps on hopes for easing in China's Covid controls

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Brent crude futures advanced $1.4, or 1.7%, and traded at $84.57 a barrel at 0645 GMT. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures rose $1.17, or 1.5%, to $78.39 a barrel. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/jzC3RP7 via IFTTT

Gold gains on dollar dip; Fed policy cues remain key

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Bullion prices fell about 1% in the previous session after hawkish comments from US Federal Reserve officials. Fed Presidents James Bullard and John Williams said there was a long way to go to fight inflation. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/N4sCInE via IFTTT

Bond yields rise ahead of state debt sale; oil recovery weighs

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Indian government bond yields were higher in the early session on Tuesday, as a recovery in oil prices and a fresh supply from state debt sale lead traders to cut bond holdings. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/seOh9DK via IFTTT

Rupee gains 8 paise to 81.60 against US dollar

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At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened strong at 81.58 against the dollar, then inched lower to quote at 81.60, registering a rise of 8 paise over its previous close. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/eHFn6Bv via IFTTT

Pakistan, IMF begin online talks on $7 billion loan review

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Pakistan and the IMF have begun talks online on a ninth review of a $7 billion loan programme, the Finance Ministry said on Monday, after a media outlet reported that the lender had asked the country to cut its expenses. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/gODGvJp via IFTTT

Nifty 50 hits record high led by gains in oil companies

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The gains in Indian equities defied the weakness in other Asian markets, which fell as rare protests in major Chinese cities against strict zero-Covid curbs raised concerns about the growth implications for the world's second-largest economy. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/9YsL6IJ via IFTTT

S&P cuts India's economic growth forecast to 7% for FY23

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India's wholesale and retail inflation fell in October after remaining high for most part of the year mainly due to supply chain disruptions following the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war in February. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/APyeLbB via IFTTT

Bond yields lower tracking decline in oil prices, US peers

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Yields opened down mainly due to a fall in oil prices but will move in a narrow range through the session, Shrisha Acharya, a fixed income dealer at Mumbai-based DCB Bank said. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/VG6J3ve via IFTTT

Rupee slips 6 paise to 81.77 against US dollar

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At the interbank foreign exchange, the domestic unit opened weak at 81.81 against the dollar, then gained some ground to quote 81.77, registering a decline of 6 paise over its previous close. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/q7BP2Wc via IFTTT

Asian markets, crude drop on China unrest

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Stocks and oil prices sank Monday on concerns about protests across China calling for political freedoms and an end to the government's hardline zero-Covid policy, fuelling uncertainty in the world's number-two economy. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/AViKacn via IFTTT

Govt conditionally doubles wet lease period for wide body aircraft

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Rupee should stabilise once US reduces speed of its rate increases: Economics Nobel winner

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Douglas W Diamond, winner of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, says it is difficult to predict exchange rates but the rupee should stabilise once the US "reduces the speed of its rate increases". from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/Jxnlz43 via IFTTT

FPIs buy shares worth Rs 31,630 crore in November

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Rising expectations of aggressive rate hike cycles nearing an end on relatively easing inflationary curve, better than expected US macroeconomics data and resilience of the Indian economy compared to global counterparts are also driving FPI inflows. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/xtz586J via IFTTT

Gold imports fall 17% in April-October to $24 bn

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Gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit, declined 17.38% to about $24 billion during April-October due to fall in demand, according to the data of the commerce ministry. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/4FtksWV via IFTTT

Mcap of nine of top 10 firms climbs Rs 79,798 crore

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Indian pharma exports rise by 4.22% to $14.57 bn during April-Oct in current fiscal

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RBI pauses onboarding of online merchants by Paytm payments services

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Paytm said there were no material observations from RBI and the move has no material impact on its business and revenues since the communication from the central bank is applicable only to onboarding of new online merchants. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/2t90v8L via IFTTT

300-400 Vande Bharat trains may be announced in Budget

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The government is likely to announce another 300-400 Vande Bharat (VB) trains in the next Budget. The railways is also targetting to manufacture the first "standard gauge" (SG) version of this semi-high-speed train in the next one year, which will pave way for its export to markets in Europe, South America and east Asia by 2025-26. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/RTlNbV3 via IFTTT

Alternative investment funds: PE-VCs look for clarity on taxation

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Further, the industry body requested that pass-through character permitted to AIFs should be across incomes, losses and expenses instead of restricting it to only incomes/losses. "We (AIFs) are perhaps the only asset class where expenses are not tax deductible, and it is fair to re-evaluate that," Gopal Srinivasan, founder, TVS Capital and senior board member, IVCA, told TOI. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/pkfKtE0 via IFTTT

300-400 Vande Bharat trains may be announced in Budget

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The government is likely to announce another 300-400 Vande Bharat (VB) trains in the next Budget. The railways is also targetting to manufacture the first "standard gauge" (SG) version of this semi-high-speed train in the next one year, which will pave way for its export to markets in Europe, South America and east Asia by 2025-26. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/ED81IOJ via IFTTT

US FCC bans sales, import of Chinese tech from Huawei, ZTE

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The five-member Federal Communications Commission said Friday it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology products that pose security risks to US critical infrastructure. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/UbZslOr via IFTTT

Mutual fund body seeks ELSS-like debt products

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Forex kitty grows for 2nd consecutive week; rises to $547bn

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In the second consecutive week of an increase in the kitty, India's forex reserves have grown by $2.537 billion to $547.252 billion for the week ended November 18, the RBI said on Friday. In the previous reporting week, the overall kitty had swelled by $14.721 billion in the highest weekly rise since August 2021 to $544.715 billion. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/JT0fxYO via IFTTT

Sensex, Nifty scale fresh lifetime highs as Reliance, Wipro advance

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Benchmark sensex and Nifty advanced further to settle at record highs for the second day in a row on Friday, helped by intense buying in index majors Reliance Industries, Wipro and Maruti. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/LjJRVnG via IFTTT

'India seeks to use global energy challenge as opportunity'

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India, the world's third biggest oil import, hopes to convert the current global oil challenges from the Ukraine crisis into an opportunity to secure affordable energy, oil minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday, a day after the European Union failed to agree on a Russian oil price cap. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/iPEt568 via IFTTT

Twitter job cuts a concern as new EU rules kick in

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Twitter's decision to shut down its Brussels office and the laying off of thousands of employees are drawing concerns on whether the company can comply with new tough European Union rules against illegal online content, EU justice chief Didier Reynders said on Thursday. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/D6qKMhU via IFTTT

In a 1st, UN to call shots on global tax rules

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Musk announces 'amnesty' for suspended Twitter accounts

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Amnesty begins next week," Elon Musk tweeted, responding to the poll. "Vox Populi, Vox Dei," he added, repeating a Latin adage meaning "The voice of the people is the voice of God," that he has used when talking about other Twitter polls. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/F0B5TI3 via IFTTT

Tata Group to acquire Bisleri for Rs 7,000 crore: Report

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Tata Consumer Products Limited (TPCL) is all set to acquire Bisleri International, the Economic Times reported on Thursday, citing the packaged water maker's chairman Ramesh Chauhan. The deal is estimated to be somewhere in the range of Rs 6,000 crore to Rs 7,000 crore, the report said. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/R4ju6ri via IFTTT

OECD cuts India’s 2022 growth forecast to 6.6%

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Air India to launch flights to 6 destinations in US, Europe

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Air India on Wednesday set forth its global expansion plans announcing the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris and Frankfurt, and resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi with Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/nTXoZuR via IFTTT

Adani Group’s cash generation ability underappreciated, M&G says

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“The businesses Adani is incubating and operating in -- ports, airports, rail, logistics -- they are real businesses that generate cash,” Vikas Pershad, a Singapore-based fund manager at M&G, said in an interview. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/VgTYWmN via IFTTT

Adani's mega port hangs in balance as a fishing community protests

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The simple 1,200 square-feet structure with a corrugated-iron roof has since August stood in the way of ambitions for the country's first container transhipment port - a $900 million project that seeks to plug into the lucrative shipping trade flowing between juggernaut manufacturers in the East and wealthy consumer markets in the West. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/Tv4IzDK via IFTTT

Anger over Covid zero: Violent protests erupt at Apple’s biggest iPhone plant in China

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Hundreds of workers at Apple main iPhone-making plant in China clashed with security personnel, as tensions boiled over after almost a month under tough restrictions intended to quash a Covid outbreak. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/6SYfOUA via IFTTT

Paytm falls 11% on Jio’s financial business plans

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Australian Parliament clears way for India trade deal, phase 2 talks soon

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US stocks: S&P closes at more than two-month high

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The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 397.82 points, or 1.18%, to 34,098.1, the S&P 500 gained 53.64 points, or 1.36%, to 4,003.58 and the Nasdaq Composite added 149.90 points, or 1.36%, to 11,174.41. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/hAy60Ca via IFTTT

'US visa interview appointment wait time for India close to 1,000 days'

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The interview waiting period for first time visitor — B1 (business) and B2 (tourist) — visa applicants in India continues to climb even as the US State Department on Tuesday said the “the global median wait time for a tourist visa (B1/B2) interview appointment is under two months as of this month.” from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/Yu4TJWa via IFTTT

S&P upgrades Axis Bank rating on improving asset quality

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S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday upped its credit rating on Axis Bank with a stable outlook on expectations that the private sector lender will maintain good asset quality over the next two years. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/l1azp0K via IFTTT

'Rozgar Mela': PM Modi gives appointment letters to 71,000 recruits

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave 71,000 appointment letters to new recruits as part of the Centre's 'Rozgar Mela' initiative. PM Modi addressed the newly appointed recruits via videoconferencing. The Prime Minister also launched Karmayogi Prarambh module, which is an online orientation course for all new appointees in various government departments. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/RoCAT7L via IFTTT

Crypto's latest mystery: Who is the owner of major exchange Huobi?

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The puzzle over Huobi Global's ownership comes at a time when the murky slide into bankruptcy of Sam Bankman-Fried's giant crypto exchange FTX has put a premium on transparency in the digital-asset sector. Huobi Global is among a slew of platforms that have vowed to disclose asset reserves to boost clarity about the status of depositor funds. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/kQcwnLy via IFTTT

Markets bounce back after falling in early trade

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Equity benchmark indices fell in early trade on Tuesday but later bounced back and were trading in the positive territory amid mixed global market trends. The 30-share BSE sensex declined 61.98 points to 61,082.86 in early trade. The broader NSE Nifty dipped 21.2 points to 18,138.75. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/KQvLca2 via IFTTT

India Inc seeks capex focus, sops for jobs in next Budget

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The recommendations came amid an assessment that the developments in the global economic situation may have an impact on India. “While overall, the Indian economy has done well, it is not immune to the global context. Global uncertainties and the global growth slowdown have already started to impact our exports, after a stellar performance last fiscal,” CII president Sanjiv Bajaj said while proposing a Rs 10-lakh-crore target for capital expenditure for the next fiscal year. from Business News: Latest News on Business, Stock Markets, Financial News, India Business & World Business News https://ift.tt/OS6hxXV via IFTTT