Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Monday that he thinks the central bank is close to the point where it should stop lowering interest rates. In a CNBC interview, the central banker said the key calculus now is whether the Fed should be more focused on a slowing labor market or stubbornly high inflation….
Oil prices dipped on Saturday after the United States launched a surprise military operation in Venezuela, capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on drug trafficking charges, triggering sharp moves across global markets.Crude prices fell as investors bet that the political shift could eventually pave the way for higher oil output from Venezuela, which holds…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party MLAs on Monday staged a protest inside the Delhi Assembly premises, drawing attention to the worsening air pollution levels in the national capital.Leader of opposition in the Assembly, Atishi, led the protest amid AAP’s efforts to press for urgent policy measures and accountability on Delhi’s deteriorating air quality.The protest highlighted…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Oil stocks — Shares of major U.S. oil companies jumped following the U.S. attack on Venezuela that led to the ouster of leader Nicolas Maduro as they are seen as beneficiaries from the rebuild of energy infrastructure in the country. Chevron , which already has a…
Hardware wallet giant Ledger is grappling with a data exposure incident, this time linked to its third-party payment processor, Global-e. An email notification sent to customers by Global-e and initially shared by pseudonymous blockchain sleuth ZachXBT on X said the breach involved unauthorized access to Ledger users’ personal details like names and contact information from…
NEW DELHI: The Congress move to appoint Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as chairperson of the candidate screening committee for the upcoming Assam elections has added to the murmurs of leadership debate within the grand old party, with the BJP-led NDA claiming internal conflict between the Gandhi siblings. Soon after Priyanka’s elevation, which was announced on Sunday,…
2020 Delhi riots: Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 Delhi riots case, with Khalid saying jail has now become his life. Fire at ONGC well: A gas pipeline leak at an ONGC well in Andhra Pradesh’s Konaseema district triggered a fire at the site, but no casualties or…
NEW DELHI: Rupee continued to slide against the US dollar on Monday. It ended 8 paise lower at 90.28 (provisional) against the US dollar, pressured by firm American currency and weak equity market sentiment.Renewed geopolitical tensions triggered by the US military action in Venezuela strengthened the dollar across global markets, forex dealers said, overshadowing the…
The crypto market is in a buoyant mood on Monday after bitcoin BTC$93,063.47 rose to $93,350, its highest level since Dec. 11, before giving back some of those gains. The bulk of the move occurred at midnight UTC, around the time bitcoin futures trading opened on the CME exchange, which created a “gap” between $90,500…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah (ANI) NEW DELHI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he is set to surpass the late D. Devaraj Urs as the state’s longest-serving chief minister on January 6, but stressed that the two leaders should not be compared due to their different social backgrounds.“With the blessings of the people, tomorrow late…
