Gold climbs above $4,100 as Middle East tensions underpin prices

A simple cup of coffee is signaling Syria’s reconnection with the world of modern payments after 15 years in the wilderness. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa paid for the coffee with a Visa card, marking the country’s first credit card payment since worldwide sanctions were imposed on the previous regime. Visa also announced that it has…

Listen to the article 7 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Meta, along with the company’s finance team, is dealing with a lot of moving pieces right now. Last week, the company agreed to a $16.7 billion settlement with California and a bipartisan group of 51 attorneys general…

Perhaps not realized by some investors, U.S. companies’ preferred method of returning capital to shareholders for the bulk of this century has been share repurchases, not dividends. Buybacks are flexible and more tax efficient than cash payouts. Plus, there’s the added benefit of boosting earnings per share for companies that materially shrink their share counts….

Home loan interest rates are as low as 7 per cent a year, with public sector banks offering some of the most competitive terms, according to data compiled by Paisabazaar. Bank of Maharashtra and Central Bank of India have the lowest starting rate at 7 per cent across loan slabs, while Bank of India starts…

The rupee stayed on upward track for the third straight session and ended 11 paise higher at 95.88 (provisional) against the US dollar on Tuesday, supported by lower crude oil prices amid signals of easing West Asia crisis. According to forex traders, the sustained outflow of foreign capital amid selling pressure in domestic…

Flight-tracking company FlightAware has filed a lawsuit against prediction-markets operator Kalshi, alleging the platform improperly leveraged its proprietary information and brand to support wagering on flight cancellations. The complaint, submitted August 10, 2026, in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York (case 1:26-cv-06824), names Kalshi Inc. along with several affiliated entities….