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LONDON – India Capital Growth Fund Limited (LSE:IGC), a Guernsey-registered investment company focusing on Indian market opportunities, has announced an investor webinar to provide a 2024 update. The event, featuring Principal Adviser Gaurav Narain, is set for December 10, 2024, at 10 am GMT. The webinar is designed to update both current and prospective shareholders … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Eurozone inflation rose to 2.3 per cent in November, exceeding the European Central Bank’s target for the first time in three months. The rise in consumer prices was in line with economists’ expectations and surpassed … Read more
As you prepare for your Thanksgiving feast, it’s natural to focus on the big meal. But have you thought about how you’ll handle that mountain of Thanksgiving leftovers that often follow? Rather than letting extra turkey, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce go to waste, why not reimagine them into new, exciting dishes? With a little … Read more
British pop sensation Ed Sheeran is all set to return to India in 2025 with his blockbuster ‘+ – = · x Tour’. After his sold-out show in Mumbai in March this year, Sheeran will perform in 6 Indian cities, including Delhi and Hyderabad in his 2025 tour. With this, the singer is set to embark … Read more
The German government is planning to allocate approximately €2bn ($2.11bn) into the semiconductor industry to bolster its chip production capabilities, reports Bloomberg. The move comes two months after US-based semiconductor manufacturing company Intel shelved its plan to build €30bn chip factory project in Magdeburg. German Economic Ministry spokesperson Annika Einhorn was cited by the news … Read more
ojos de hojalata/iStock via Getty Images Taking aim at the dangers social media poses for kids, Australia has passed legislation that would ban children younger than 16 from accessing platforms like TikTok (BDNCE), Facebook and Instagram (NASDAQ:META), Snapchat (NYSE:SNAP), Reddit (NYSE:RDDT) and X. The law will
Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congresswoman representing Georgia’s 14th congressional district, has recently made several stock purchases, according to a recent congressional trade report. The stocks acquired are all publicly traded and range from tech giants to energy companies. On November 25, 2024, Greene purchased stocks from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:), Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc. – … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. France’s government warned the Rassemblement National against acting recklessly after the far-right party issued a fresh ultimatum on budget concessions, the latest move in a fight that could bring down the administration. Prime Minister Michel … Read more
Canada’s antitrust watchdog said Thursday it is suing Google over alleged anticompetitive conduct in the tech giant’s online advertising business and wants the company to sell off two of its ad tech services and pay a penalty. The Competition Bureau said that such action is necessary because an investigation into Google found that the company “unlawfully” tied … Read more
By Eduardo Baptista and Casey Hall BEIJING (Reuters) -Casual wear giant Uniqlo is facing calls for a consumer boycott in China after a BBC report quoted the CEO of its owner as saying the company does not source cotton from China’s Xinjiang region, which has faced allegations of forced labour in recent years. Fast Retailing … Read more