Germany’s IW institute triples growth forecast for 2026

Personal Finance Published: Monday, August 3, 2026, 19:58 [IST] State-owned Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) is now running a limited period offer called Monsoon Dhamaka and has cut its home loan interest rate to 7% per annum, down from the earlier 7.1%. The bank announced the revised rate in a statement issued over the weekend, positioning…

Key Points Nvidia demonstrates significantly stronger revenue generation than Planet Labs, maintaining a massive and expanding gap between the two companies. Both Nvidia and Planet Labs posted consistent quarter-over-quarter revenue growth over the last eight periods. Investors should watch whether the revenue gap continues to widen or if the growth rate for either company begins…

Meta Platforms (META +3.28%) released its second-quarter earnings report on July 29. The company’s financial results weren’t bad, at least as long as we stop at the top line. Meta’s revenue grew by 28% year over year to $60.8 billion. But the tech leader’s earnings per share dropped 13% year over year to $6.18, while…

The housing market has been frozen since the COVID-era boom ended, with higher borrowing costs, limited supply, and elevated home prices mostly taking the blame. But stricter lending rules put in place after the housing crash that sparked the Great Financial Crisis are also weighing on prospective homeowners, according to a study last month from…

Companies looking for a faster way to accept payments in fiat currencies but settle in stablecoins may have a new option in an integration announced Wednesday between XDC Tech and Bridge, the stablecoin unit of the payments-technology firm Stripe. Under the arrangement, merchants can accept dollars or other fiat currencies through accounts offered by Bridge,…

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