‘To simply let the rupee depreciate to any level according to market forces will not be in the country’s interests.’ “Rather than letting the rupee depreciate to any level, the RBI should adjust interest rates sufficiently to attract capital inflows,” Subhash Chandra Garg, former Union finance secretary and author of […]

New York (CNN Business)A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of discounts. Walmart (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), Gap (GPS), Target (TGT), Bath & Body Works and others are increasing promotions and lowering prices on merchandise to entice inflation-weary shoppers to buy extra goods sitting on […]

Chicopee, Massachusetts-based Rachael’s Food Corp. is recalling around 2,246 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry wrap products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service or FSIS announced. The recall involves 7.5-oz. sealed plastic container packages containing ATLANTIS Fresh Market Italian […]

The right to gun ownership is protected by the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution – and with an estimated 393 million civilian-owned firearms nationwide, many Americans choose to exercise that right. But, while the U.S. has some of the most permissive gun laws among wealthy, developed nations, some of […]

As of June 2021, a total of 2,795 American exonerees have lost a collective 25,004 years of life to wrongful incarceration, according to the National Registry of Exonerations. This of course doesn’t count people who have served wrongful time without having their charges dismissed; nor does it count the probable […]

Lakshman Achuthan and Anirvan Banerji are co-founders of the Economic Cycle Research Institute (ECRI), which determines recession dates for 22 economies around the world. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own. A couple of months ago, when the consensus outlook for the economy was fairly sanguine, we warned […]

The three major U.S. equity indexes closed higher on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.03%, the Standard & Poor’s 500 rose 1.21%, and the Nasdaq Composite closed up 1.08%. Ten of 11 sectors, led by real estate (up 3.7%) and utilities (up3.6%) closed higher while communications services (down […]

Jon Bernthal has inked with CAA for representation. Bernthal currently stars in the HBO series We Own This City, alongside Josh Charles, Jamie Hector, and Wunmi Mosaku. Up next, Bernthal will be seen starring in Lena Dunham’s feature film Sharp Stick, alongside Kristine Froseth, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Taylour Paige. The […]

Hong Kong (CNN Business)China’s top leadership has gone quiet on the growth targets it had set for the year, as the world’s second-largest economy continues to battle a largely self-inflicted economic slowdown. In early March, China’s government had said that the country would target gross domestic product growth of about […]

‘The potential headwind is that the Indian economy is likely to see a slowdown in growth rates over the next two years.’ When seen along with interest rates, current valuations look better than three quarters ago, but not as comfortable in absolute terms, says Janakiraman R – VP & portfolio […]