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October 19, 2024
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HDFC Bank net profit rises 5% to 16,821 crore for Q2 FY25

MUMBAI: HDFC Bank reported a 5% rise in standalone net profit to Rs 16,821 crore for Q2FY25, up from Rs 15,976 crore in the corresponding quarter last year. The bank’s total deposits increased by 15.06% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 25,00,100 crore, with savings account deposits at Rs 6,08,100 crore, current account deposits at Rs. 2,75,400 […]

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October 19, 2024
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Pro-Trump group funded by Musk struggles with outreach targets, inflation of door-knocking figures

The political action committee funded by billionaire Elon Musk to help re-elect former U.S. President Donald Trump is struggling in some swing states to meet door-knocking goals and is investigating claims that some canvassers lied about the number of voters they have contacted, according to people involved in the group’s efforts. The difficulties, in pivotal […]

Health
October 19, 2024
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Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and more head to Las Vegas to tout health-care AI tools

Visitors check out Nvidia’s AI technology at the 2024 Apsara Conference in Hangzhou, China, on September 19, 2024. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Nvidia, Google, Microsoft and dozens of other tech companies are descending on Las Vegas next week to showcase artificial intelligence tools they say will save doctors and nurses valuable time.  Sunday […]

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October 19, 2024
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GST on term life and health insurance premiums may be exempted

NEW DELHI: The Group of Ministers (GoM) on Saturday decided to exempt the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on term life insurance premiums and health cover premiums paid by senior citizens, according to news agency PTI citing official sources.“GoM members are broadly on board for cutting rates on insurance premiums. A final decision will be […]

Health
October 19, 2024
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Drug costs, abortion, Obamacare: How Trump and Harris could change U.S. health care

President Donald Trump talks to the press outside the White House, July 19, 2019, left, and Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to mark the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel, at the vice president’s residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, Oct. 7, 2024. Getty […]

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October 18, 2024
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Trump again refuses to release current health records, as Harris questions his fitness

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, addresses the media as he arrives at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on October 18, 2024, in Detroit, Michigan.  Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Donald Trump on Friday dismissed more questions about whether he would release his current medical records, doubling down on refusing to provide a […]

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October 18, 2024
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Stellantis to shutter and sell large testing facility amid cost-cutting efforts

Carlos Tavares, chief executive officer of Stellantis NV, speaks to the media at the Stellantis auto manufacturing plant in Sochaux, France, on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.  Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT — Automaker Stellantis plans to shutter and sell its large vehicle proving grounds in Arizona at the end of this year, […]

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October 18, 2024
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Embraer CEO says jet maker studying possibilities for a new aircraft

Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto speaks during the Embraer Media Day 2022 at the aircraft factory in Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, May 30, 2022.  Carla Carniel | Reuters Brazilian plane maker Embraer is studying the market and new technology that could warrant it building an all-new jet, CEO Francisco Gomes Neto told CNBC. A […]

Business
October 18, 2024
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Spirit Airlines extends debt refinancing deadline hours before expiration

A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a debt refinancing timeline to December, hours before it was set […]