This Kerala-based NBFC’s NCDs promise to double your money in 75 months. Should you invest?

This Kerala-based NBFC's NCDs promise to double your money in 75 months. Should you invest?

ThisThiruvananthapuram-basednon-banking financial corporation (NBFC) has launched a fresh issue of secured redeemable non-convertible debentures, which will close on May 17. The face value of NCD is ₹1,000. The minimum application requires investors to invest 10 NCDs, i.e., 10,000, in multiples of ₹1,000. The issue is meant to raise ₹50 crore with an option to retain … Read more

OpenAI joins AI content alliance as Election Commission warns of deepfakes

OpenAI joins AI content alliance as Election Commission warns of deepfakes

This marks OpenAI’s second global collaboration amid mounting concerns about AI’s increasing influence on various content forms, especially during, and in the run up to, the elections in major economies such as India and the US. OpenAI’s decision to join C2PA comes a day after the Election Commission of India issued a notice to political … Read more

Gold slips as US dollar strengthens, investors await Fed officials comments; silver trades flat

Gold slips as US dollar strengthens, investors await Fed officials comments; silver trades flat

Gold prices declined on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar strengthened, with investors anticipating additional remarks from Federal Reserve officials to gain insight into the potential timing of interest rate adjustments.  Spot gold decreased by 0.5% to $2,312.29 per ounce by 1218 GMT, while U.S. gold futures also fell by 0.5% to $2,320.60 per ounce. The … Read more

Godrej family settlement agreement: Lessons to learn to save disputes and taxes

Godrej family settlement agreement: Lessons to learn to save disputes and taxes

Seeding and nurturing a business with one’s entrepreneurial acumen, skills, hard work, perseverance and capital to grow it into a big fruit-bearing tree is the hallmark of a successful businessman. But equally important is ensuring that the said tree (business) continues to grow and bear fruits for the future generations to come, without there being … Read more

Alia Bhatt Deepfake: Bollywood actress again a victim of AI manipulation; netizens ask, ‘Is this legal?

Alia Bhatt Deepfake: Bollywood actress again a victim of AI manipulation; netizens ask, 'Is this legal?

Deepfake videos featuring numerous well-known figures have recently sparked widespread attention on social media, eliciting reactions among users.  In a recent incident, Bollywood Actor Alia Bhatt has once again fallen prey to a deepfake video. In this instance, her face was digitally placed onto the body of actress Wamiqa Gabbi.  This marks the second time … Read more

Why are infra and capital-goods stocks still in demand despite premium valuations?

Why are infra and capital-goods stocks still in demand despite premium valuations?

A rally fuelled by robust fundamentals has led to a re-rating in the infrastructure and capital-goods sectors, pushing several stocks into what seems like overvalued territory. Several infrastructure and capital-goods stocks are trading above their 10-year average price-to-earnings (PE) ratio. The PE ratio compares a company’s stock price to its earnings per share, so a … Read more

Retirement planning: What is the 3 bucket strategy? MintGenie explains

Retirement planning: What is the 3 bucket strategy? MintGenie explains

What is the 3-bucket strategy? The 3-bucket strategy involves appropriating your retirement corpus into three separate investment buckets to cater to your cash flow needs during different periods of the retirement years. Each bucket is based on a specific time horizon and serves a specific purpose. The strategy ensures you keep getting regular cash flows … Read more

Dividend stocks: HCL Technologies, Oracle Financial Services Software shares to trade ex-dividend today

Dividend stocks: HCL Technologies, Oracle Financial Services Software shares to trade ex-dividend today

Dividend stocks: Shares of HCL Technologies Ltd and Oracle Financial Services Software Ltd will be in focus when the stock market opens on May 07 (Tuesday). The Board of Directors of the two companies have declared interim dividend for their eligible shareholders. The record date by the 2 companies to ascertain the eligibility of shareholders … Read more

Shah Capital urges Novavax shareholders to vote against three directors

(Adds details from the company’s proxy filing in paragraph 6) May 6 (Reuters) – Hedge fund Shah Capital on Monday urged Novavax shareholders to vote against the re-election of three directors and proposals related to executive compensation, weeks after pushing for a board shakeup at the COVID-19 vaccine maker. Shah Capital, the biotech’s third-largest shareholder … Read more