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Summary: A tanker was struck by a projectile off Oman while transiting a US-protected lane, according to UKMTO, even as Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi reported significant progress in talks with Iranian leadership; oil eked out a small gain on the session Gold pushed above $4,690, approaching resistance near the $4,700 round number, before dropping…

Virginia, home of the nation’s densest concentration of data centers, will require them to pay for the dedicated new power infrastructure they need in a bid to spare homeowners from rising electric bills. The commonwealth’s State Corporation Commission ordered large data center users to cover the cost of transmission infrastructure they will use exclusively. Gov. Abigail Spanberger recently pushed for developers…

The wheat complex is trading with the three exchanges extending gains on Friday. Chicago SRW contracts are showing 22 to 23 cent gains so far on Friday. KC HRW futures are showing 25 to 26 cent gains on the day. MPLS spring wheat is in rally mode, up 13 to 17 cents at midday. While…

In August, Axis Direct introduces 44 stock recommendations, advocating a buy-on-dips approach. The banking, capital goods, and realty sectors exhibit promising technical patterns for investors. Additionally, consumer durables, healthcare, power, and auto sectors are projected to perform well. However, a selective caution is suggested for FMCG, metals, and oil & gas stocks as the brokerage…

Technology cannot be expected to exercise professional scepticism on the auditor’s behalf. While it can inform their professional judgement, auditors cannot invoke tech tools to explain an inappropriate conclusion, the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) said on Friday.    In its first paper on “Staff Series on Technology in Audit,” NFRA laid down…

I really didn’t know what caring for an aging parent would be like. After my father died, my mother continued living alone in New York City. She was in her mid-80s and fiercely independent. She managed all her finances, doctor appointments, and dinner dates with her new boyfriend. She loved her apartment, her lifestyle, her…