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India accounts for around 20-23% of global cotton production and about 38% of the world's cotton-growing area. Despite this, Indian physical markets remain fragmented and participation in cotton derivatives has been relatively low, limiting the country's influence over global cot

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Wall Street stock indices rose on Wednesday as investors weighed renewed clashes between the US and Iran against continued strength in artificial intelligence-related stocks. As of 12:03 p.m. Eastern Time, the S&P 500 index rose 0.6%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.5%. T

Listen to this article in summarized format At 9:56 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 246.01 points, or 0.47%, at 53,012.89, while the S&P 500 gained 8.22 points, or 0.11%, to 7,639.69. The Nasdaq Composite was down 14.92 points, or 0.06%, at 26,084.86. The latest

Update | September 2, 18:55 IST Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop saw its ₹680 Cr fresh issue IPO was oversubscribed by 1.29X on the final day of bidding, with retail investors and QIBs driving demand. Investors placed bids for 88.54 Lakh shares against 68.49 Lakh, according to BSE data. Reta

The bank set the final guidance at 75 basis points over Japanese yen mid-swaps for 2030 notes, 95 basis points for 2032 notes and 110 basis points for 2037 notes. Here are more details: * The bank is marketing senior unsecured callable fixed-rate bonds due in 2030, 2032 and 2037.

CrowdStrike’s security agents can trigger Commvault, Rubrik and VAST Data cyber-recovery CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026 event in Las Vegas saw new integrations between its security workflows and data protectors Commvault and Rubrik, plus AI data storage and processing supplier VAST D

Off the Wire Press Releases PITTSBURGH, Sept. 2, 2026 — VDURA, a leader in high-performance data storage infrastructure, and New Mexico State University (NMSU) today announced that NMSU’s new VDURA deployment is complete and in full production. The system, live as of August 2026,

Faisal Islam: Why bond market wildfire is keeping world leaders up at night - Published It is not just the wildfire burning in the bond markets, with many countries facing interest rates at multi-decade highs. The markets lending money to governments appear to be changing more fu

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Norway is considering a ban on smart glasses and other camera-enabled wearable headsets as it seeks to regulate the controversial technology amid privacy concerns. The country’s digital minister Karianne Tung, as quoted by the AFP news agency, said that the government is looking

Nigeria’s GDP expanded at the fastest pace in five years, boosting President Bola Tinubu’s reelection pitch that his policies have stabilized a once-ailing economy. Though growth remains below official targets, Tinubu has nonetheless overseen a turnaround of the continent’s third

Customers can now use Adobe’s apps like Firefly, Adobe Express, Photoshop, Premiere, Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Stock, Lightroom, and others directly with Slack’s AI chatbot, Slackbot, Adobe announced on Monday. In addition, more than 70 Adobe tools will become available in

After ESDS, AI data centre provider Yotta Data Services is now eyeing to go public and plans to file its draft IPO papers with the SEBI by October. The company is looking to go public within the March quarter of the ongoing fiscal year (Q4 FY27), CEO Sunil Gupta told Reuters. The

Tom's Hardware Verdict Fractal hits the nail on the head with the Define One, balancing quiet, cool, and premium looks. Smart details make it an easy recommendation at $154.99. Pros - +Premium, conservative aesthetic with rounded edges - +Integrated air guide results in great GPU

This week, the US Army used a high-energy multipurpose laser to shoot down three drones near the US-Mexico border, which official reports claimed were “posing a physical threat to US military personnel and CBP partners,” referring to Customs and Border Patrol. The operation took

Off the Wire Press Releases TORONTO and AMSTERDAM, Sept. 2, 2026 — Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Equinix, Inc. have completed the acquisition of atNorth, a leading Nordic data center developer and operator with a scalable portfolio of high-density col

US 30-year bond yields climbed to levels last seen before Washington began buybacks aimed at curbing borrowing costs, an effort economists warned was unlikely to succeed. The rebound sends “a clear message,” Bloomberg wrote: “It’ll take more than an out-of-schedule tweak … to soo

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Egypt seeking to build closer ties with the key US ally as instability spreads across the Gulf. Relations between Beijing and Cairo — the recipient of billions of dollars in military aid from Washington — have improved as China takes a more as

Off the Wire Press Releases Sept. 2, 2026 — Everpure has announced that FlashBlade//EXA ranks number one across 405B parameter and 1.25T parameter model checkpointing and KV cache performance categories in the newly released MLPerf Storage v3.0 benchmark. The benchmark is designe

Iran attacked US military bases in Bahrain, Iraq, and Jordan in retaliation for overnight US strikes that Tehran said killed at least 18 people, roiling global markets. Oil jumped by more than 5% to $95 a barrel, while Asian stocks slid over worries the latest attacks point to pr

Tom's Hardware Verdict The Fractal Summit mid-tower case looks great, with real wood accents that scream premium, especially on the White Chalk versions. Noise-normalized performance wasn’t the best, but it’s easy to build in and worth a serious look in its 170-$200 price bracket

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The LEAP technology conference running in Riyadh this week has seen Chinese firms planting deeper roots in the kingdom, spanning AI infrastructure and manufacturing. ByteDance’s enterprise cloud arm, BytePlus, is partnering with Saudi telecom operator Mobily to build its first ph

Sharjah-based developer Arada — backed by royals from Saudi Arabia and the UAE — partnered with Syria’s recently formed (and opaque) sovereign wealth fund to develop a $7 billion new district in Damascus. The deal is the latest example of Gulf capital being funneled into Syria’s

Gold prices have remained under sustained pressure lately, giving up most of the gains accumulated in August as renewed tensions in the Middle East pushed crude oil prices higher, stoking inflation concerns and boosting expectations of a US Federal Reserve interest-rate hike. The

This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. GoPro is the latest company embarking on an artificial intelligence pivot. Its shares surged 40% yesterday after the company announced a merger and said it would ex

Germany blamed Russia for an attempted drone attack on a Leipzig airport last month, in a significant escalation of tensions between Europe and its eastern neighbor. Three explosive-laden drones were found around the airport, one near a Ukrainian plane transporting munitions. Ber

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Researchers build a $7 smartphone clip-on that spots hidden cameras — AI and dynamic LED grid deliver 94% accuracy This is a good use of AI tools. Researchers from KAIST, formerly known as the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, who collaborated with the National

Uber is laying off about 3,300 people, or about 10% of its global headcount, in a bid to cut management layers and invest more in its ridesharing, delivery, and robotaxi divisions. The company announced the changes in an internal email sent by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and published

Good morning, it’s finance editor Jeff John Roberts pinch-hitting for Allie. Term Sheet readers of a certain age may recall when a young and still up-and-coming company called Google went on an acquisition spree for the ages. In a four-year span starting in 2003, the search giant

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The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, a global yardstick for borrowing costs, hovered at 4.81%, its highest level since November 2023. The 5% mark is a threshold traders say could further unnerve global markets. Globally, bonds extended losses, driving borrowing costs to mul

Amid questions about the durability of the artificial intelligence complex and fears of a global rate sell-off, Apple is suddenly investors' safety trade of choice. Shares rose 2.6% Tuesday amid a broader tech rout, continuing its outperformance of the broader market. In fact, Ap