The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) accommodative monetary stance and cumulative rate cut during late FY25 and FY26 led to broad-based easing in lending rates across sectors, a new report shows. According to CareEdge Ratings, transmission was more pronounced in fresh loans, reflecting the growing share of External Benchmark Lending Rate (EBLR)-linked…
Nearly three in ten alternative asset managers covered by a Financial Conduct Authority review have no formal transaction monitoring system, according to findings published by the UK regulator on Wednesday. The FCA surveyed 242 firms and received responses from 87% of the sample. The results form the basis of a new FM Intelligence analysis of…
Personal Finance Updated: Friday, July 24, 2026, 15:47 [IST] The Suvarna Keralam SK-62 lottery draw has been completed, and the Kerala State Lottery Department has released the official winning numbers for this week’s Friday lottery. Conducted at Gorky Bhavan, Thiruvananthapuram, the weekly draw attracted thousands of participants hoping to win the top prize of Rs…
Tony Malkin is shuffling the deck of his property portfolio, one building at a time. Empire State Realty Trust is marketing 1359 Broadway for sale, the Commercial Observer reported. A source familiar with the listing told the publication that the 22-story, 486,000-square-foot property could go for $225 million, which would work out to $463 per…
In my opinion, no asset class is driven more by public policy than municipal securities. Federal or state policy initiatives determine everything from taxes levied upon income, property, and consumer sales to the coveted tax exemption on municipal bonds. Funding priorities and competing allocations of critical, yet thinning, resources for infrastructure and other essential purpose…
Six weeks ago, Oracle (ORCL -4.21%) management guided for about $8.05 in non-GAAP (adjusted) earnings per share this fiscal year. As of this writing, the stock trades around $117 — less than 15 times that figure, after setting a new 52-week low of $114.75 on Friday. A multiple like that is usually reserved for mature…
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to halt $100,000 H-1B visa fee ruling
Public relations executives who promote buildings and transactions to investors, potential buyers and the media say artificial intelligence has rewired their jobs over the past few years — compressing workflows from weeks to days. But it has also complicated how they track effective strategies. Marketing processes have been upended as AI adoption becomes mainstream and more…
Binary options trading offers a high-risk, high-reward way to speculate on short-term price movements. Unlike traditional options, binary options settle with a fixed payout either the trade ends “in the money” and you earn a set return or “out of the money” and you lose your investment. Given this simplicity, binary options attract both experienced…
World Foundation raised $52.5 million in new funding to bring World ID technology to organizations, consumers and artificial intelligence (AI) agents. The organization raised the new funding by selling to strategic investors WLD tokens that are subject to a one-year lockup, it said in a Friday (July 24) press release. World Foundation is the independent nonprofit steward of the World…