‘The Digital Rupee will be equal to the Indian rupee in value and backed by the full faith and credit of the RBI/Indian government.’ Pranav Sharma, founding partner, Woodstock Fund, responds to Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com‘s queries about how the Digital Rupee — proposed in the Union Budget 2022-2023 — will […]

New York (CNN Business)Wendy’s has unveiled its full breakfast menu ahead of its launch early next year. The fast food chain announced in September it was entering the hyper-competitive time slot. The full menu was shown Friday at Wendy’s annual investor day and includes new items in addition to the […]

 When Oscar winner Jordan Peele’s anticipated film Nope went into production last year in Southern California, it welcomed the first cycle of trainees from Universal Filmed Entertainment Group’s California Below-the-Line Traineeship for individuals seeking careers behind the camera. The new program—which NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion department developed in […]

‘There is a vision in the Budget, and the vision is to take India from a largely agrarian, rural economy into a fast-track digitalised economy.’ Finance Minister Nirmala Seetharaman presented her fourth Budget on February 1, and there were not many surprises in it. Did the Budget disappoint anybody? Yes, […]

Ad sales, including a jump at YouTube and Google Search, fueled solid fourth-quarter earnings for parent Alphabet including beats on the top and bottom line. The stock popped more than 6% after hours. YouTube advertising revenue surged 25% to $8.6 billion. Sales from search grew to $43 billion vs $31.9 […]

Caught in the path of the storm? Use CNN’s lite site for low bandwidth. (CNN)A triple whammy of sleet, snow and ice has bombarded a 2,000-mile swath of the eastern US — and many Americans are now stuck in the storm with no electricity. More than 100 million people in […]

New York (CNN Business)The restaurant industry will likely never return to its pre-pandemic state, according to the National Restaurant Association. The trade group says 2022 will be a “new normal,” for the sector as it struggles to rebound and as competition for workers remains intense, according to the association’s 2022 […]

German automotive giant Daimler AG is now called Mercedes-Benz Group AG following the successful stock market debut of Daimler Truck. The names change completes the realignment, and the new company will now focus fully on passenger cars and vans in the luxury and premium segment. The company’s stock exchange symbol […]

Spire Animation Studios has closed a $20 million funding round that includes a strategic investment from Epic Games. It said the fresh funds are earmarked for staff expansion, studio technology and infrastructure build out and creative development. Epic will also join Spire’s board of directors. The collaboration will see Epic’s […]

This was the one Budget that required radical departures on all these fronts, when it had none, asserts, Shreekant Sambrani. Long decades ago, when I was a small schoolboy, I used to watch with fascination my mother put away sums of money from the monthly amount my father gave her […]