Bangladesh’s first nuclear plant highlights emerging markets’ energy shift

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender and the largest issuing bank in the UPI ecosystem, is expected to recover the costs it incurs in processing and facilitating UPI transactions through the merchant discount rate (MDR) to be introduced on person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions from October 15. The revenue could leave a small surplus…

The U.S. Secret Service dealt with several drone-related incidents without adjusting its protection policies or documenting why it didn’t, according to a government report released Thursday. That information may have helped illustrate the emerging threat of civilian drone use before one was used in the 2024 assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania….

Smallcap funds have gained 14.3 per cent this year, compared with 5 per cent for midcap funds and 5.6 per cent for largecap funds. Improving earnings have helped the category recover. Can the rally continue at current valuations? Investors should weigh the earnings outlook against the risk of a correction.   Drivers of the rally …

December arabica coffee (KCZ26) is down -4.20 (-1.45%) today, and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX26) is down -51 (-1.44%). Coffee prices are sliding today amid beneficial growing conditions in Brazil and Vietnam.  Above-normal rainfall in Brazil may benefit flowering for next year’s coffee harvest, a bearish factor for prices.  On Monday, Somar Meteorologia reported that…

Not to brag, but without realizing it, I’ve become a model friend — someone my loved ones admire for how well I maintain my relationships. At least, so they tell me. Last month, my closest friend asked me for pointers on how to stay connected to her community while balancing work, well-being and everything else…

“The Fed is not in a position to cut,” Lapointe says. “We used to think that the Fed would still cut, would still find reasons to cut and inflation would be more driven by headline and the conflict would end. And so therefore they could go back and shift to sort of the early year…