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Anthropic said it is committing 5 per cent of its shares to a new "public benefit" fund, with the fund's worth potentially increasing as its shares grow in value.
Markets
It's not clear how such share contributions would work, and Musk did not elaborate on his donation plans…
World
The proposed summit comes amid warming ties between Trump and Putin especially after the US President announced a deal to buy Russian diesel and signed an order waiving key sanctions on Moscow…
Markets
Revenue also rose 9.8% to Rs 15,093 crore versus Rs 13,747 crore the previous quarter, also above the estimate of Rs 14,035 crore.
World
Beijing has leaned heavily on exports for growth this year, but that engine faces growing pressure as domestic demand remains weak and trade tensions with the European Union escalate…
World
Programme reduces monthly support to 1.1 million people as two-thirds of the population face crisis-level food insecurity…
Economy & Policy
Rubio said that every country has a complex set of factors that it has to take into account. 'Geography is real. For some countries, it's very difficult to acquire energy from alternative sources.
Markets
22, 24 carat Gold prices up across metro cities on October 19…
Equity Investments
In the newsAnthropic commits 5% of its stock to new 'public benefit' fund ahead of IPO
An IPO is a company's first sale of shares to the public. The grey-market premium is an unofficial pre-listing price signal, not a promise of listing gains.
Exam anglePrimary market: the company raises new capital. Secondary market: investors trade existing shares and the company receives nothing.
Financial Statement Analysis
In the newsHindustan Zinc Q2 Results: Net Profit Rises 17% To Rs 6,412 Crore, Margin Expands
Results show whether a company is growing profits, not just sales. Margins show how much of each rupee of revenue survives as profit.
Exam angleGross margin → operating margin (EBIT) → net margin. EBITDA adds back depreciation and amortisation, which are non-cash expenses.
Alternative Investments
In the newsWorld Food Programme cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza, citing funding shortages
Startups raise money in rounds, and each round sets a price for the whole company. A unicorn is a private company valued above $1 billion.
Exam anglePost-money valuation = pre-money valuation + new investment. VC returns come from a few big winners that make up for many failures.
CA Final · Financial Reporting
In the newsPutin proposes summit with Trump, Xi Jinping to discuss Ukraine deal
Revenue is recognised when control of goods or services passes to the customer, not simply when cash arrives or a contract is signed.
Exam angleInd AS 115's five steps: identify the contract → performance obligations → transaction price → allocate it → recognise as each obligation is satisfied.
CA Inter · Cost & Management Accounting
In the newsIndia sugar stocks slide as government halts sugarcane-based ethanol diversion
When input costs rise faster than prices, each unit sold contributes less towards fixed costs, so profit falls faster than sales.
Exam angleContribution = sales − variable costs. Break-even units = fixed costs ÷ contribution per unit; P/V ratio = contribution ÷ sales.
CA Final · Advanced Financial Management
In the newsRupee falls 3 paise to close at 94.92 against US dollar
Exporters and importers use forward contracts to lock in today the exchange rate they'll get when the payment actually arrives.
Exam angleForward rate by interest rate parity (direct quote): F = S × (1 + r_home) ÷ (1 + r_foreign). An exporter hedges by selling dollars forward.
Anchor book oversubscribed more than 30 times as global and domestic investors queue up for Reliance subsidiary’s listing…
The latest ethanol tender excludes supplies produced from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses, cutting off an important higher-margin outlet for sugar mills…
Stock Market Highlights: Barring Nifty PSU Bank, all other sectoral indices ended in the red, with Nifty Private Bank, Nifty IT, Nifty FMCG, Nifty Realty and Nifty Auto falling the most.
PhonePe on Monday rebranded its investing and trading platform Share.Market as PhonePe Invest, bringing it into its broader financial ecosystem…
IPO Watch
Research reports by Emkay Global Financial Services, Ventura Securities, GEPL Capital and SBI Securities highlight company’s robust prospects…
A fall in oil prices offered some support to bonds and Wall Street stock futures, limiting Asia's losses…
Stock market holiday: The Indian stock market will remained closed on Tuesday, 20 October, on the account of Dussehra.
NII grows 20% y-o-y as provisions nearly halve and asset quality improves in September quarter…
RBI last conducted a VRR auction to push liquidity into the banking system on July 29, 2026…
Sitharaman identified fuel, fertilizer and access to capital as risks for India’s economy in 2027.
Credit card refund vs chargeback explained: Understand the key differences, when to request a merchant refund, how to dispute a credit card transaction, what evidence to keep and how to report unauthorised payments.
India's merchandise exports grew across key regions in April-August FY27, with shipments to Africa rising 47% to $26.19 billion and ASEAN exports surging 56% to $23.08 billion.
Ann incoming circulation from Gulf of Thailand will be closely watched as it moves westwards towards the Andaman Sea, where it could likely develop into a low-pressure area and intensify…
Net sales rose 18.9 per cent to ₹23,024 crore and domestic grey-cement volumes grew 13.8%, while PBIDT increased 17.3% to ₹3,832 crore on year in Q2FY27…
Global rating agency Moody's on Monday said it expects Fairfax Financial Holdings' proposed acquisition of a majority stake in IDBI Bank to have limited impact on its financial leverage, citing the Canadian investor's funding plans and strong liquidity position.
Signature Global and Manasum Senior Living are collaborating to create a housing project for senior citizens. The project, titled Manasum Varishta, is located on Dwarka Expressway and will comprise 164 homes.
H-1B registrations by Infosys, TCS and Cognizant fell sharply for FY2027 amid higher visa costs and a wage-weighted selection system. The figures reflect fresh entries in the annual cap selection process, rather than total H-1B employment.
The assured peak supply under Seci's FDRE-IX tranche was at a tariff of ₹6 per unit, with an effective date of October 6, 2026, a company statement said…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) India is expanding its retail presence in the National Capital Region, with the luxury automaker relocating to a bigger integrated facility in Delhi and opening a new outlet in Gurugram, seeing it as a key growth market.
Located in Loughton, Essex, the Microsoft data centre was scheduled to open next year.
India has issued a fresh safety advisory for its nationals in Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attack concerns. Riyadh airport remains shut, while Indian airlines have extended flight suspensions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned that a future US president could be hostile towards Israel, calling for new alliances with countries such as India and those in Latin America to strengthen his country's position.
US President Donald Trump asserts that negotiations for peace between Russia and Ukraine are progressing well. He criticizes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for not securing a better deal two years ago.
The decision has triggered political opposition in Washington, with lawmakers questioning its implications for Ukraine and the enforcement of sanctions against Moscow.
"People can rest assured that they will most likely not dare to attack us," newly appointed Iranian defence minister Mehrdad Akhlaghi told reporters shortly after securing parliament's vote of confidence.
IT Ministry sources said the ministry had reports from agencies that Meta platforms were not promoting all narratives equally, with their algorithms appearing to favour one kind of content over others…
AI-CYBERCRIME/ (PIX):EXCLUSIVE-How one hacker used AI agents and a few thousand dollars to break into scores of sites…
Samsung will reportedly use TSMC's 3-nanometre process for Nvidia's custom HBM base dies, marking its first collaboration with the Taiwanese firm at the HBM manufacturing stage…
China's proposed export controls on advanced AI technologies could affect access to Chinese open-weight models, with implications for global developers, Indian enterprises and the push for open AI…
On one hand companies say AI will do entry level work and they will hire experienced forward deployed engineers but still focus on entry-level hirings to manage spends…
Will California stand with the working class or the oligarchs in the vote this November? The Democratic party has a choice to make. Are we going to be New Deal Democrats or corporate Democrats? Are we standing with the working class or the tech oligarchs?
Are they put off by the hen parties, the tea rooms or the £5-an-hour parking? No matter. It’s time for my bold new approach ... York may be falling out of fashion with tourists.
When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power?
What makes these risks dangerous is not only their existence, but the ease with which institutions can ignore them when they are difficult to measure, explain or fit into established categories…
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Addressing the women’s health gap in Switzerland could deliver eight additional healthy days per year for every woman and potentially contribute more than 7 billion Swiss francs in annual…
McKinsey & CompanyNew
Our latest research finds that distinctive capabilities unique to Latino business owners and consumers in the United States could create significant growth in one of the world’s biggest…
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The news is a setback for the AI infrastructure company as it prepares to go public.
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Oil prices fell Monday, pulling back after Friday’s gains as traders weighed Trump’s decision to waive newly imposed sanctions on Russia against persistent Middle East supply risks.
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This new crisis looks different and the bloc’s leaders are preparing to talk directly to Putin…
Western allies provided advance warning about only one of two overnight attacks, says Ukrainian air force…
Europe, Middle East and Africa revenues rose 0.7% following war in Iran and a slowdown in work for Saudi Arabian government…
Nasdaq 100 futures rise 1% following biggest weekly drop since Trump’s ‘liberation day’ in April last year…
This new twist may portend a backlash against wealth creation in America…
India’s navy is exploring new ways to power future warships so they can carry laser and microwave weapons capable of taking down swarms of cheap drones, according to Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar.
The European Union is considering strengthening the rules around a riskier form of insurance provided to the banking sector, as part of an upcoming package to broadly ease access to securitized finance.
Though stockpiles are currently ample, a mining slowdown threatens to erode the country’s reserves.
Iran’s main oil-loading terminals have remained empty for weeks, adding to signs that a US naval blockade of the country is throttling Tehran’s exports.
Once a model of economic stability, Indonesia now faces growing hardship at home as President Prabowo Subianto’s policies shake investor confidence.
A prolonged housing crash, sluggish consumer spending and plunging investment have left China dependent on exports to keep the economy growing.
The Trump administration is ignoring the will of Congress and waiving new Russia sanctions amid fears that high energy prices will cost Republicans in next month’s elections.
For years, Ukraine’s armed forces have relied on satellite communication services developed by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Recent restrictions have hampered its war effort.
A wave of corporate results that could help determine whether the stock-market rally has more room to run — or whether investors are growing wary of the companies that powered it.
“Ill-timed circumstances can change our financial future in unexpected ways.”
“My plan is to continue working as long as I’m able to do so and invest my Social Security benefits while I’m still earning a paycheck.”
Since midsummer portfolio managers have been emphasizing free cash flow, profitability, high margins, strong balance sheets and stable earnings when stockpicking.
Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices : Markets closed over 1 per cent lower on Monday as losses in private banks and IT stocks overwhelmed gains in metals and public-sector lenders.
New Delhi: State-run miner NMDC has put its planned foray into nickel on hold partly because of global oversupply concerns in Indonesia, a country that accounts for more than 60% of global output of the metal, two company officials with direct knowledge of the matter…
Q2 Results Today, 19th October 2026 Live Updates: Stay tuned to businessline for more…
Shares of public sector banks surged up to 8% on Monday, buoyed by Punjab National Bank’s strong Q2 results.
