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India is overtaking China today as the most populated country in the world, according to a MarketWatch projection of data released by the United Nations that shows India’s population hitting 1,425,782,975 on Friday, while China’s will fall to 1,425,748,032. China had been the world’s most populous country since at least 1950, when the UN started releasing population data. Today’s projection is based on data that was released in July 2022 in the United Nations’ World Population Prospects and a simple linear equation. The July 2022 report said only that India is projected to surpass China as the world’s most populous…
© Reuters. U.S. stocks lower at close of trade; Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.42% Investing.com – U.S. stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower. At the close in NYSE, the declined 0.42%, while the index fell 0.21%, and the index lost 0.35%. The best performers of the session on the were JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:), which rose 7.55% or 9.74 points to trade at 138.73 at the close. Meanwhile, Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:) added 1.44% or 4.79 points to end at 336.92 and Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:)…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday that debtors and creditors made “tangible progress” on debt restructuring issues this week, but urged countries facing mounting debt problems to seek help earlier in the process. A new sovereign debt roundtable was helping to accelerate work on debt restructurings, Georgieva told a news conference during the IMF and World Bank spring meetings in Washington. She said participants had reached a common understanding this week of the role multilateral development banks could play, by providing positive net flows to countries in need. But countries nearing debt…
Charles Schwab stock (NYSE: SCHW) has lost 38% YTD as compared to the 7% rise in the S&P500 index over the same period. The recent stock volatility was due to the fear of a banking crisis after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. That said, at its current price of $52 per share, it is trading 29% below its fair value of $73 – Trefis’ estimate for Charles Schwab’s valuation. The company missed the street expectations in the fourth quarter of 2022, despite a 17% y-o-y increase in the net revenues to $5.5 billion. The revenues were up due to…
The Justice Department plans to announce charges against more than 24 Mexican drug cartel leaders and members, according to senior law enforcement officials. The announcement is expected on Friday morning and is part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s push to target the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) groups, the officials say. This includes the arrest of Sinaloa Cartel members earlier this year, like Ovidio Guzman, the son of the cartel’s former drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Jorge Ivan Gastelum Avila and Jose “N.”It’s unclear if charges will be announced against the three sons of El Chapo Guzman, Ovidio, Ivan and Alfredo, who allegedly…
Investors and businesses should plan for interest rates to remain higher for longer than currently expected by the market, according to JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon.The world saw what happened last month when higher rates and a sudden deposit run exposed bad management at Silicon Valley Bank. Earlier, rising rates and a surging dollar sparked a meltdown in U.K. sovereign debt last September, Dimon reminded analysts Friday during a conference call.”People need to be prepared for the potential of higher rates for longer,” Dimon said on the call.”If and when that happens, it will undress problems in the economy for…
A Moscow court has fined the Wikimedia Foundation for refusing to remove an article on Russian-language Wikipedia called “The Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhia region,” according to state media. The foundation — which owns Wikipedia, a site with pages in around 300 languages, including Russian — has been fined 2 million rubles ($24,500), Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported Thursday. The court documents allege that Wikimedia refused to remove “material” about the hostilities “within the framework of the special military operation” in Ukraine and about the country’s Zaporizhzhia region becoming part of Russia, TASS said. Leighanna Mixter, senior legal manager…
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The escalating climate crisis continues to send alarm bells ringing across the globe. As temperatures soar, we bear witness to a litany of devastating consequences: extreme weather events wreaking havoc, massive chunks of Antarctic ice disintegrating, wildfire seasons lengthening, vibrant coral reefs left bleached and lifeless, and disease-carrying mosquitoes expanding their territories. The primary culprit? Human activity. Our relentless burning of fossil fuels and deforestation activities have set average global temperatures on an upward trajectory, resulting in climate disruptions that show no signs of abating.While there is an urgent need to address the climate crisis, one approach that has been consistently…
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