The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has notified rules to bring back share buybacks through the open market route, meaning listed companies will be able to repurchase shares through stock exchanges instead of the tender offer mechanism. The new framework will come into effect from August 1, 2026. The markets regulator had discontinued…
Half of India’s first-time credit card users are now from Generation Z (GenZ), and nearly half come from semi-urban and rural markets, highlighting a shift in the country’s credit card market as younger consumers and borrowers outside metropolitan cities increasingly adopt formal credit, according to a TransUnion Cibil report. Its latest white…
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Corn futures extended the rally to Tuesday, with contracts closing 3 ½ to 6 ¾ cents higher, as July was just 1 ¾ cents higher. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was a nickel higher at $4.13 3/4. The weekly Crop Progress report showed 16% of the US corn crop silking by July 5, 2…
Minutes Item 1. Introduction & Minutes of last meeting The Co-Chair welcomed members of the Committee to this hybrid meeting (the first of 2026) and noted that the minutes of the last UK Money Market Code Sub-Committee (Code Sub-Committee) meeting (held on 3 December 2025) are on the Bank’s website. The Co-Chair also noted that…
If you are paying rent of more than ₹50,000 a month, you need to deduct TDS before making the payment to your landlord. The Income Tax Act places TDS obligations on tenants paying high monthly rent. The rules are laid down under Section 194-IB of the Income Tax Act, 1961. Failure to comply can result…
Iran-related headlines have jumped back to the realm of relevance this week and Wednesday morning’s overnight session kicked things up another notch. Trump declared the ceasefire to be over and is currently saying peace deal negotiations may not even continue. Markets definitely reacted with oil and Treasury yields spiking overnight. The interesting part is the…
MOLINE, Ill., July 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — An agreement announced today by John Deere, the Federal Trade Commission, and five states ensures farmers and ranchers will have access to the diagnostic and repair tools that help them and independent service technicians maintain and repair their current and future John Deere equipment. “This is good news…
Joe Smith has been (among other things!) the general counsel of a regional bank, Commissioner of Banks for North Carolina; and the official independent settlement monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement. And Joe has some reflections on these experiences that I recommend reading. One easy way to get started is with his 2026 essay published…
A taxpayer who sold a residential property and claimed exemption from long-term capital gains (LTCG) tax under Section 54 cannot be denied the benefit merely because construction of the new house was delayed beyond the prescribed three-year period due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Chennai bench of the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has ruled….