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Financial Express Chandigarh
OpenAI may target $1-trn IPO valuation
OPENAI IS LAYING the groundwork for an initial public offering that could value the company at up to $1 trillion, three people familiar with the matter said, in what could be one of the biggest IPOs of all time.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Jio users to get Gemini Pro free...
THE PLAN INCLUDES access to the Gemini 2.5 Pro model through the Gemini app, advanced image and video generation tools Nano Banana and Veo 3.1, expanded use of Notebook LM for research and study and 2 TB of cloud storage.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Fed split hardens following Powell’s December warning
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR Jerome Powell’s blunt warning that investors need to rein in expectations for a December interest-rate cut underscored a growing tug-of-war among US policymakers who are opposed in their outlooks for jobs and inflation.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
5,000 FPOs must have turnover above ₹1 cr by FY26: Chouhan
AGRICULTURE MINISTER SHIVRAJ Singh Chouhan on Thursday called for increasing annual sales turnover of at least 5,000 farmers producer organisations (FPOs) to above ₹1 crore each by FY26 for achieving economy of sale and financial sustainability.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
US grants 6-month waiver to India on Chabahar port
After one-month relief, US grants India six-month Chabahar waiver. Fresh exemption to come into effect from October 29
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
China's AI push has scale. But substance?
WHEN IT COMES to the sheer number of generative artificial intelligence users in China, the question shouldn’t be how many there are, but how they’re using it.Anew report from the China Internet Network Information Center indicates the nation had some 515 million users as of June, up by 266 million since December, according toa readout from Xinhua.Ata first glance, the figure suggests that Beijing’s push to spread the technology throughout industries to boost productivity — the so-called Al Plusinitiative — is bearing fruit.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Move follows similar offers by Airtel-Perplexity & ChatGPT Jio users to get Gemini Pro free under RIL-Google deal
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES (RIL) and Google on Thursday entered into a partnership to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence across consumer and enterprise segments in India.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
FPIs flash renewed India comeback signal
BLOOMBERG DATASHOW that in January this year, the open interest of short contracts hit 445,114—the highest since September 2015.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Surya Kant named Chief Justice of India
JUSTICE SURYA KANT was on Thursday appointed as the 53rd Chief Justice of India and he will assume charge on November 24. The Department of Justice in the Union Law Ministry issued a notification announcing his appointment.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Meta seeks $25 bn from bond sale
META PLATFORMS AIMS to sell at least $25 billion of investment-grade bonds on Thursday, a day after Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg warned the company would spend even more aggressively on artificial intelligence in the coming year.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Canara Bank profit climbs 19%
REPORT CARD
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
OIL Swabalamban: Empowering Youths, Shaping Futures
\"When a nation invests in the skills of its youth, it invests in the strength of its own future.\" Guided by this belief, Oil India Limited (OIL) has, for decades, invested deeply in the development of communities across its operational areas. Among its flagship Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, one project stands out as a shining example of sustained impact and human transformation- Project 'OIL Swabalamban'.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Trump cuts China tariffs by 10% after deal with Xi
Pause on rare earth curbs; Beijing to buy 12 mn tonne soybean
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt reimposes import tariff on yellow peas
TO BOOST THE market prices of pulses, the government has imposed a 30% import duty on yellow peas, a cheaper substitute ofchana, largely used in the food processing industry, from November 1.Duty-free imports of the item was allowed from December, 2023.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Indices close lower as Fed rules out December cut
THE BENCHMARK INDICES fell up to 0.70% on Thursday, weighed down by the US Federal Reserve’s comments ruling out a rate cut in its next policy announcement in December, amid mixed global cues.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Bigger, bolder, brighter
OUTDOOR AD SPENDING, BUOYED BY NEW-AGE FORMATS AND INNOVATIVE DISPLAYS, SURGED NEARLY 20% THIS FESTIVE SEASON
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
L&T targets 6x rise in data centre biz
ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) plans to expand its data centre capacity sixfold to 200 MW from 32 MW as it bets big on India’s growing digital infrastructure demand.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
BSNL achieves 93% of Q2 revenue target, says Scindia
STATE-RUN TELECOM operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) achieved 93% of its second-quarter revenue target for FY2025-26, generating Rs 5,347 crore, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Thursday.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt to create valid data on district domestic product
THE ANNUAL SURVEY of unincorporated sector enterprises (ASUSE), coupled with the periodic labour force survey (PLFS), would be extremely useful in calculating the district domestic product (DDP), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Secretary Saurabh Garg has said.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Is protecting ‘competitors’ over ‘competition’ creating regulatory uncertainty?
THE RECENT BOMBAY High Court judgement of 11 September 2025 against Asian Paints, upheld by the Supreme Court on October 13 2025, has attracted media attention. These verdicts have created a perception of regulatory uncertainty in corporate boardrooms, whether “competitors” are being protected at the cost of “competition” due to the High Court’s rejection of res judicata, a concept recently introduced by the Competition Amendment Act, 2023. Such perception can hinder our economy’s growth, warranting further debate.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Building Sustainable and Inclusive Future with Indian PSUs
PSU-led CSR projects not only empower people in backward regions but also help strengthen urban development
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Union Bank sees 10% fall in profit
PUBLIC SECTOR LENDER Union Bank of India reported a 10% year-on-year (YoY) decline in net profit to ₹4,249 crore for the second quarter of FY26, compared to ₹4,719.7 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Tighter cost control & higher exports drive Hyundai net up
Profit rises 14% to ₹1,572 cr in Q2, revenue grows 1%
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
CAG urges states to build Odisha-like budget buffers
'STABLISATION FUND WILL COME IN HANDY IN HARD TIMES'
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Bandhan Bank profit slides to ₹112 crore
THE POST-TAX PROFIT of private lender Bandhan Bank decreased to₹112 crore during the second quarter of the current financial as compared to 937 crore in the year-ago period. Operating profit decreased to ₹1,310 crore, from $1,855 crore in the same quarter last year.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Global auto firms brace for chip cuts
CARMAKERS AROUND THE world are planning to scale back production after an export freeze on a Chinese semiconductor company based in Netherlands threatened to disrupt the industry’s supply chains.
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
ITC Q2 profit rises 3% to ₹5,126 crore
REVENUE DECLINES 1.3% TO %21,256 CRORE
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Engineering exports to US down 9.4% in September
Shipments of steel, iron robust
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October 31, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
China’s 5-yr tech ambition plan
DAYS BEFORE MEETING President Trump in South Korea, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping laid out the next stage ina strategy of long-term competition with the USand the West that centres on securing a global lead in advanced manufacturing and technology.
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October 30, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
A trade deal with India soon: Trump
WHILE THE FALL deadline for the initial tranche of BTAwas set by both sides and both sides were sounding confident of a dealin the offing, that was notto be,as differences persisted.
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