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According to Reuters, Germany’s 10-year government bond yield rose 0.5 basis points to 3.36% and was on course for a weekly increase of 7.5 basis points. The two-year German bond yield climbed 1 basis point to 2.96%, putting it on track for a 7-basis-point weekly rise, its steepe

Forex traders said the rupee is set to strengthen due to robust foreign capital inflows and active RBI intervention. However, rising crude oil prices and escalating US-Iran geopolitical tensions may cap these upside gains. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opene

New India Assurance Company shares have been on a roll lately, defying weak market sentiment due to geopolitical tensions and oil price volatility. New India Assurance Company's share price jumped 20% to hit its 52-week high as well as the upper circuit of ₹234.60 in Friday’s ses

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Small-cap stock under ₹50 Sindhu Trade Links witnessed strong buying interest on Friday, September 4, 2026. The stock gained as much as 7.5% during the session, climbing to ₹25.82 apiece on the BSE. Despite Friday's sharp rally, the stock has delivered mixed returns across differ

Microsoft is giving its developer-optimized Windows experience a name: Project Zenith. While the software maker originally announced a similar developer-optimized Windows effort at Build earlier this year, Project Zenith is designed for new developer-focused devices with 64GB or

The bumper collections have taken the total inflows from such special schemes so far to $136.4 billion, according to provisional data released by the RBI. The scheme was launched in June to boost dollar inflows and strengthen foreign exchange reserves, allowing banks to swap elig

Just hours after OpenAI launched GPT-6 Astra, CEO Sam Altman was already apologizing for what he describes as a “messy rollout” after paying users expecting access to the new frontier model were left waiting. Sam Altman apologizes for ‘messy’ GPT-6 Astra rollout that’s locked out

The stock rose 3.94% to hit an intraday high of Rs 38.95 apiece on the NSE. At 2:57 pm, Ola Electric shares were trading at Rs 38.24, up 2.05% from the previous close of Rs 37.47. However, the stock pared some of the gains and settled 1.97% higher at Rs 38.21. At the closing pric

TAPE Tape capacity shipments fell in 2025 but 2026 could be a boom year for tape Shipped tape archive capacity went down 9 percent year-on-year in 2025 as enterprises archived less data, but a great shipment rise could be coming. Data from the LTO Program Technology Provider Comp

Stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather, minister says - Published Households should stock up on food to prepare for extreme weather as the strongest El Niño event in a generation develops over the Pacific Ocean, a government minister has said. Environment Secretary Dame

Germany’s anti-immigration, nationalist AfD looks set to emerge as the dominant party in key state elections this weekend, cementing its rise and reshaping of the country’s politics. Recent polling published by Die Zeit showed, however, that the party will fall short of winning a

Walmart-owned Flipkart’s quick commerce arm Minutes could add another 1,000 dark stores by mid-2027 or the Big Billion Days sale of 2027, according to a UBS report. The brokerage, citing an industry expert, said the rollout would depend on the performance of individual markets an

The US made inroads in its economic pressure campaign on Iran, though concerns over a return to military conflict drove oil prices higher. The EU formally endorsed Washington’s sanctions push against Tehran, while broader efforts to block Iran’s oil exports and financial transact

Volkswagen said it would slash 50,000 additional jobs — bringing the total to 100,000 by the end of the decade, the most in automotive history — as the German firm faces cutthroat competition from Chinese carmakers. European leaders have stepped up their vows to crack down on Chi

This week’s meeting of G20 finance ministers underscored rising global trade tensions, with several countries, including the US, lashing out at China. Exports from the world’s second-largest economy have surged in recent months — the country registered a record $1.2 trillion surp

OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, does more thinking beyond human oversight, boosting capabilities but raising concerns about loss of control. Existing frontier AI models use “chain of thought” reasoning: They write ideas down, in English, in a “scratchpad” to keep track. CoT boosts

Chinese chipmaker CXMT allegedly used a written roadmap to steal Samsung DRAM tech — South Korean court says 'Project Hefei' lifted 620-step recipe to build 10% global market share If the allegations hold, the move was geopolitcs-scale plan worthy of Dr. Evil himself. The saga in

Africa’s richest man said his refinery’s much-anticipated IPO would launch soon, a move that could mark a step-change for the continent’s financial and energy markets. Aliko Dangote said the firm would seek to raise $5 billion, potentially making it Africa’s biggest-ever public o

D2C sneaker brand Comet has raised ₹100 Cr ($10.6 Mn) in a Series B funding round led by global investment firm Verlinvest. Existing investors Elevation Capital and Nexus Venture Partners also doubled down on the startup. Additionally, Snapchat CBO Ajit Mohan, Urban Company found

The investment boom is putting pressure on balance sheets and cash flows. Aggregate debt for these companies is projected to increase from $226 billion in 2024 to $502 billion in 2026. Their combined free cash flow is expected to fall from $238 billion to a marginal deficit of $2

One of his most striking observations was: “If I had to name one factor that dominates human bad decisions, it would be what I call denial.” Denial Can Distort Decision-Making Munger’s observation highlights a basic weakness in human behaviour: people often struggle to accept fac

Purple Style Labs IPO: The Purple Style Labs IPO received a modest response from investors, ending its three-day bidding period with an overall subscription of 1.36 times. With the subscription process now complete, the focus has moved to the company’s stock market debut, which i

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Electric two-wheeler maker Ola Electric has opened its first dealer-operated stores across India, less than a month after announcing a shift from its company-owned retail model. The first dealer-led outlets have gone live across Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Telangan

US-based hedge fund Jane Street has asked the Securities Appellate Tribunal to direct the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to hand over correspondence between the market regulator and National Stock Exchange relating to a study by the stock exchange on Jane Street’s

Listen to this post: Good morning, This week’s Stratechery interview is with OpenAI President and co-founder Greg Brockman. Brockman dropped out of college in 2010 to join Stripe, and rose to become the company’s CTO; he left in 2015 and co-founded OpenAI, where he also served as

Artificial intelligence tokens — once a term familiar only to techies — are rapidly entering everyday life in China. Banks, cafes, and telcos, among other small and big businesses, are offering free AI tokens as incentives to attract more customers. Some businesses are selling to

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OpenAI has launched GPT-6 Astra, its latest frontier model, in a bid to push into AI systems that can use computers and execute tasks more autonomously. OpenAI says that GPT-6 Astra is its most capable model yet. The model supports reasoning efforts ranging from low to maximum an

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Ugreen, known for its phone power banks, chargers, and NAS storage solutions, is moving into the smart home — in a big way. This week at the IFA tech show, the company launched its HomeAgent smart home platform that combines security camera storage, on-device AI, and smart home c

At Apple this week, it was the end of an era. After 15 years as CEO, Tim Cook stepped aside, replaced by longtime executive John Ternus. As my colleague Sebastian Herrera wrote in a just-published profile of Ternus, he steps up at a tense moment for the $4.75 trillion company: Co

Nvidia has become one of the world's largest corporate backers of tech companies as the value of its equity investments soared more than tenfold in the past year to $99 billion, with the chip giant increasingly looking to leverage its huge capital reserves to bolster the AI secto

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin was up 3.93%, and Ethereum was up 4.51% to trade at $2,515. Among the major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and Cardano gained up to 6.91%. Also Read | MF Tracker: HSBC Midcap Fund turns Rs 10,000 SIP to over Rs 2 crore, emer

Pill argued that acting sooner could help prevent temporary increases in inflation from becoming more persistent. A timely rise in Bank Rate could also reduce the risk of businesses and workers adjusting wages and prices in ways that reinforce higher inflation, he said in comment

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Shareholding data for the June 2026 quarter show that retail investors raised their stakes in 98 BSE 500 companies for a second straight quarter, extending the trend through June 2026. This points to rising confidence among individual investors. Retail investors include resident

The pan-European STOXX 600 slipped 0.1% to 648.67 points by 0710 GMT. Germany’s DAX was up 0.1%, while London’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1% and France’s CAC 40 declined 0.2%. Volkswagen shares jump on restructuring plan Volkswagen shares jumped 6% after the supervisory board of Europe’s l

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