The board of markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday agreed to change the buyback process to make it more investor-friendly, and introduced a new category of brokers with enhanced risk-mitigating measures. Sebi will also introduce a new platform to invest in direct plans of mutual funds. It changed rules that would enhance the board & governance … Read more
India’s net direct tax collections in 2022-23 surpassed the ₹11-lakh crore mark by December 17, reflecting a 19.8% uptick over last year, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said on Sunday. Last year, in the corresponding period, it was ₹9,47,959 crore. “The net direct tax collection of ₹11,35,754 crore includes Corporation Tax (CIT) at ₹6,06,679 … Read more
Apple Inc.’s walled garden around its technology is as synonymous with the iPhone maker as the iPhone itself. It is how Apple lures consumers into buying expensive earphones, watches and speakers that work seamlessly with that rectangular slab in their pockets, and ultimately what locks people in to Apple products. That has been great … Read more
Growth of mutual funds (MFs) subsided in 2022 as the equity market struggled to inch up. Until November this year, the industry has added 5.8 million investors, compared with 6.8 million in the corresponding period last year. The assets under management has risen by Rs 2.6 trillion during the period, down 63 per cent from … Read more
The Bank of England warned on Tuesday about “significant pressure” on households and businesses due to higher inflation and borrowing costs, but said they were more resilient than before the global financial crisis. The BoE had previously flagged that Britain was entering a lengthy recession and, with inflation at a 41-year high and a sharp … Read more
Development of a nuclear fusion reactor is the Holy Grail of clean energy that scientists have been striving to find for decades. So reports about scientists at California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) achieving a “net energy gain” from an experimental fusion reactor signal a game changer. That’s because, for the first time, a fusion … Read more
A handful of successful real estate investors agree that mortgage interest rates aren’t too high. Of course, they’re higher than what we saw last year, but that was a unique situation. Rather than letting market conditions dictate how you invest, focus on what you can control. A handful of successful real estate investors agree: Stop … Read more
The Pentagon announced that up to $9 billion worth of cloud-computing contracts were awarded to Google, Oracle, Amazon, and Microsoft. In a statement, the U.S. Department of Defense said, “The purpose of this contract is to provide the Department of Defense with enterprise-wide, globally available cloud services across all security domains and classification levels, from … Read more
More Chinese provincial capitals relaxed Covid restrictions as authorities expand a policy shift toward reopening the economy after anti-lockdown protests erupted across the country. Kunming, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, will effective Sunday allow people to ride public transport without showing a PCR test, while Nanning in the neighboring Guangxi region scrapped such testing … Read more