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Source: Live Mint Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong has dropped by 9.4 per cent, which is its biggest decline since 2008. This drop has wiped out its highest gains made during a Chinese holiday. Previously, Zheng Shanjie, the Chairperson of China’s National Development and Reform Commission, stated that China was “fully confident” of accomplishing…
Source: Business Standard 3 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 10:54 PM IST Non-life insurers have reported a 6.53 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in premiums in September, owing to underperformance of state-owned general insurers, slowdown in auto sales impacting motor insurance segment, and weak performance in the crop insurance segment….
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Source: The Verge Google’s Pixel 8A is the kind of phone you tell your parents or your hair stylist to buy (hi, Shannon!). The interface is straightforward and clean, it offers a high level of dust and water resistance, and it’ll receive regular software updates for the next seven years. That’ll give you a lot of…
Source: Bitcoinist FTX, once a giant in the crypto exchange world, has cleared a major hurdle in its bankruptcy proceedings. On Monday, a US bankruptcy court approved its plan to repay customers using up to $16.5 billion in recovered assets. The approval signals a win for the company’s efforts to right the wrongs that caused…
Source: Coin Tegraph The organization claims it’s developed a first-of-its-kind blockchain network. Read Full Article
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Source: The Verge That’s just a glimpse of the best Apple deals we’re currently seeing, though. Below, we’ve compiled the best across a range of categories — including tablets, headphones, styluses, and more — so you can sift through Apple’s various wears more easily. We’ve also put together a larger guide to the best Prime…
Source: Business Standard The dollar index, which measures the U.S. currency against major rivals, slipped 0.2% to 102.31. 4 min read Last Updated : Oct 08 2024 | 4:11 PM IST The dollar eased from near seven-week highs against major currencies on Tuesday after investors assessed the outlook for U.S. rate cuts, even as…
Source: Coin Tegraph Daily active wallets in the DApp industry soared in the third quarter of 2024, driven primarily by a 71% growth in the performance of AI-related applications. Read Full Article
Source: Live Mint The soft drink Pepsi’s parent company, Pepsico Inc., announced double-digit organic sales growth for the Indian market in the third quarter of the calendar year 2024, reported the news agency PTI on Tuesday, October 8. “There are pockets of strength in International, Southeast Asia and India markets that are growing nicely,” said…
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Source: The Verge The prototype has been nicknamed the Twiggy Macintosh because it features the same 5.25-inch double-sided floppy disk drive originally created for the Apple Lisa, which had been codenamed the Twiggy during its development. Those drives were notoriously unreliable, and since the Macintosh didn’t come with any internal storage, a disk drive users…
