Author: Charlotte

The rich in India do not reveal much. About 3.2 lakh people proudly disclose incomes above Rs 1 crore, according to data from IT returns filed each year. However, if you listen to interviews with top executives at luxury car companies, they would say there are more than 8.3 lakh households with a net worth exceeding Rs 9 crore. Their excitement about their booming sales in India is not hidden. Yet, in a country of 150 crore people, that is still a small number.This influence extends beyond consumption; the financial behaviour of the rich serves as an inspiration for ordinary…

Review: Waterford Male Voice Choir at SETU Chapel If Carlsberg organised concerts, they would probably be like the Waterford Male Voice Choir’s 25th anniversary concert at SETU on Manor Hill.I’ve often remarked that the greatest challenge with any arts group is simply keeping it going. Members depart for a variety of reasons and life intervenes, like the economic crash and, of course, Covid when members had to rehearse online and adapt to line tapes on their own.Tonight’s concert, that begins at 7.30pm sharp and finishes at 9.30pm, is a sell out and the programme is well co-ordinated. Despite the large…

Kathmandu — To make the capital market more dignified and investment-friendly, the government will enhance the regulator’s capacity, build a technology-friendly trading system, and strengthen the investor protection mechanism, Finance Minister Dr. Swarnim Wagle announced through the budget.Wagle said the restructuring of the Nepal Stock Exchange (NEPSE) will be advanced, with the phased introduction of instruments such as intraday trading, short selling, and derivatives.The Finance Minister said the government will adopt a zero-tolerance policy against undesirable activities in the capital market, such as share cornering and insider trading.He added that arrangements will be made to allow companies listed on Nepal’s…

When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

Bitcoin shows typical month-end dip; altcoins may rise as Bitcoin dominance signals shift. Pluang Source link

Economists like me are often thought to neglect the plight of ordinary people, as if all we cared about was the aggregate economy, especially when an inordinate focus is given to gross domestic product as the yardstick for progress. Yet among the first lessons in basic economics is a discussion on why GDP is not a measure of well-being. The formal study of economics includes both microeconomics and macroeconomics, where the former looks at economic behavior and outcomes at the level of people as consumers and/or producers, and the latter examines these at the level of the overall economy. To…

Recognizing prestige television is to know it when you see it. In an era in which the market is saturated with a never-ending glut of content coated with the veneer (and marketing power) of a prestige television show, you can feel whether you’re actually watching a truly exquisite piece of TV in your bones. It doesn’t just have the backing of a big studio or streaming service or budget. It doesn’t just have something to say, or shock value, or enough content to ignite millions of water-cooler conversations around the world. It doesn’t even have to be art (I’m looking…

Which Brands Are Leading in Fashion NFTs? Adidas is the top fashion NFT brand from the traditional apparel industry, with 12 NFT collections to date and a dedicated web3 internal team known as the Three Stripes Studio. Adidas launched their first fashion NFT collection Into the Metaverse in late 2021. Since then, the German sportswear brand has added 5 more solo fashion NFT collections and a web3 artist residency program. Adidas has also been active in partnering other brands including Bape and Bugatti, with 6 collaborative NFT collections in total so far. Another traditional brand leading fashion NFTs is Nike,…

Dennis Hull, the left winger who spent fourteen seasons in the NHL, scored over 300 goals, represented Canada in the legendary 1972 Summit Series, and spent the rest of his life making people laugh about all of it, died on May 30, 2026. He was 81. Born November 19, 1944 in Point Anne, Ontario, Dennis came from perhaps the most talented hockey family in the history of the sport. His older brother Bobby Hull was one of the greatest players who ever lived. His nephew Brett Hull would go on to score 741 NHL goals. In that context, being known…

Illustration: Liu Rui/GTAs the summer peak approaches, demand for cooling-related consumption is strengthening across China, driving the rapid expansion of the so-called summer economy. Emerging trends in the summer spending boom reflect broader shifts in China’s ongoing consumption upgrading and its digital and green transition.The notion of “cooling resources” being transformed into “hot momentum” reflects more than a seasonal trend. It points to a deeper evolution in China’s summer economy, driven by continuous changes in consumption scenarios and industrial formats, and increasingly characterized by the country’s upgrading demand and innovation-led growth.In bustling commercial districts during the height of summer, cold…