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Source: Live Mint Mr Pichai is not alone. New Street Research, a firm of analysts, estimates that Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft will together splurge $104bn on building AI data centres this year. Add in spending by smaller tech firms and other industries and the total AI data-centre binge between 2023 and 2027 could reach…
Source: Live Mint In complete contrast to the conventional rules of investing, a recently released Sebi study showed that retail investors sell nearly half of their holdings in initial public offerings (IPOs) within a week. Individual investors sold 50 per cent of the shares allotted to them by value within a week of listing and…
Source: Live Mint Even if that appears appealing, the programme has undergone quite a few changes recently.Mint gives a lowdown on the pros and cons of the Portugal Golden Visa programme. The application process Until recently, real estate investment was a popular route for individuals seeking a Portugal Golden Visa. However, from October 2023, real…
Source: Live Mint New-age tech stocks such as Zomato, Nykaa, Mamaearth, FirstCry, Paytm, Policybazaar, among others, have lately generated a buzzing interest among D-Street investors, especially after significant volatility following their respective initial public offerings (IPOs). D-Street experts say a combination of improved performance, attractive valuations and profitability, strategic growth, and favourable market conditions has…
Source: Live Mint PWC, a professional-services firm, reckons that AI could add almost $16trn to global economic output by around 2030 (compared with 2017). McKinsey, a consulting firm, separately arrived at a similar figure, but now reckons this could rise by another 15-40% because of newer forms of AI such as large language models. Yet…
Source: Live Mint In a market dominated by non-bank financiers, a public bond issued by an Adani group entity is the first from a non-lending company since 2016, when the National Highways Authority of India came out with an issue. A public bond market issue is when a company offers it to retail, or individual,…
Source: Live Mint Edelweiss Mutual Fund’s managing director and chief executive officer (CEO), Radhika Gupta, supported ordinary investing compared to chasing unrealistic gains offered by potential fraudsters in the market waiting to entrap retail investors. Gupta took to her social media profile on platform X and said that investors should stick to “dal-chawal investing” (ordinary…
Source: Live Mint Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, India’s former President and one of the nation’s most revered educators, once said, “The true teachers are those who help us think for ourselves.” As we celebrate Teachers’ Day on September 5th, Dr. Radhakrishnan’s birthday, it’s important to recognize that everyone we encounter has something to teach us. The…
Source: Live Mint Google became one of the world’s largest companies by building the world’s most popular internet search engine. But the advent of AI has spawned an army of rivals ready to upstage its monopoly. Now, with OpenAI showcasing SearchGPT, should Google be scared? Is SearchGPT really novel? Not really. Microsoft’s Bing—incidentally powered by…
Source: Live Mint Let’s get real—you’re not going to work forever. At some point, the daily grind will become exhausting, and you’ll need more time for health and family. With life expectancy rising, you could easily be living into your 90s, which means 30 years without a paycheque. Now, factor in inflation, which could triple…
