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TAIWAN TALLY 21: Ku Yong-yan, 12, overcame several errors to claim silver in the men’s park event, while Wang Kuan-hung took gold in the men’s 200m butterfly By Grant Dexter / Staff reporter, with AFP, NAGOYA, Japan Taiwan’s skateboarders yesterday delivered two silver medals at the Asian Games in Japan, helping lift the nation’s medal tally to 21.Fourteen-year-old Lin Yi-fan claimed silver in the women’s park event with a first-run score of 85.15, becoming Taiwan’s first-ever skateboarding medalist at the Asian Games and, at the time, the nation’s youngest.Japan’s Mizuho Hasegawa took gold with 94.03. Photo: AP Lin told the…

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Why are more than half of FD investors exploring alternative investments?For years, fixed deposits have been the comfort zone for Indian savers. They offer predictable returns and are easy to understand. But as investors look more closely at what their money earns after tax and inflation, some are beginning to ask if they should put at least a part of their savings elsewhere.A 2026 online survey by Per Annum, an alternative investment platform, of 10,000 investors with existing or past exposure to fixed deposits and the stock market found that 52% of respondents had moved a portion of their FD…

UpBit, South Korea’s top crypto exchange by trading volume, has just outpaced popular global exchanges by 24-hour turnover on XRP. The altcoin’s trading volume saw a significant boost within the XRP/KRW pair. Sponsored Crypto Prediction Markets 18+ · Gambling involves risk. Play responsibly. This accounted for roughly 15.55% of all activity on the platform, edging out the two most popular digital assets, Bitcoin (BTC) & Tether USD (USDT). Pushing the daily turnover past $225 million, the demand comes from regulatory nuances. ▸ Live tracker Follow every XRP institutional move in real time Bank pilots, ETF flows, ODL volume & more…

How permitting has stymied investment and what could change Gervais describes Canada’s permitting process for resource extraction projects over the past decade as “horrendous,” with permits taking seven, ten, or twelve years and requiring approvals from countless stakeholders. There was never certainty, he says, that once a project obtained a permit it would not be renegotiated down the road. He contrasts that process with Australia, where permits typically take 18 months despite the country’s many similarities with Canada. Permitting speed matters, Gervais says, because the decision to invest in a resource extraction project is fraught with risk. Even if permitting…

Market OverviewBy the end of the day on Thursday, the crypto market had recovered from an intraday dip of 1.5% and returned to Wednesday’s closing level of $2.86T. One might say the market is making tentative attempts to hold onto this level, while the previous decline was merely a short-term profit-taking move following the rally. Judging by the market’s reaction to the news, the bullish turnaround occurred in August, although the market had bounced off its low in early July. In a bull market, particularly in the early stages, there are often quite aggressive corrections. Still, dips attract buyers, and…

Stock Brokers can accept securities as margin from clients only by way of pledge in the depository system w.e.f. September 1, 2020. Update your mobile number & email Id with your stock broker/depository participant and receive OTP directly from the depository on your email id and/or mobile number to create a pledge. Pay 20% upfront margin of the transaction early to trade in the cash market segment. Investors may please refer to the Exchange’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) issued vide circular reference NSE/INSP/45191 dated July 31, 2020, and NSE/INSP/45534 dated August 31, 2020, and other guidelines issued from time to…

Bill would make PE firms liable for portfolio company debts and close carried interest loophole as alternatives push into 401(k)s. Private equity firms would be held responsible for the debts, court judgments and pension obligations of the companies they control under legislation reintroduced by Democratic lawmakers in the Senate on Thursday. The bill revives a proposal that has failed to become law since Sen. Elizabeth Warren first unveiled it in 2019. The Stop Wall Street Looting Act – a proposal led by Warren, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, alongside other concerned legislators on the Left – returns as…

  Nigeria employment and economic landscape is undergoing a structural shift toward a skills-based economy, where individual competence, domain specialization, and problem-solving abilities supersede conventional job titles. This transition formed the central message for Adora Ikwuemesi, PhD, founder and director of Kendor Consulting, at the Next Frontier annual conference, titled: Beyond Boundaries for founders, small business enterprises, job seekers and investors,convened by Chigbo Okeke, founder, Job Role Consulting. The aim of the conference is to bridge entrepreneurial ideas with capital, and connect talent with opportunity to build the next frontier of Nigeria’s economy. As Ikwuemesi puts it, earning capacity in…

alexsl/iStock via Getty Images TINA (There is No Alternative) has reversed. A flood of capital requirements has created a situation where there are too many opportunities for mid-to-high yield investment. It is playing out in exactly the opposite way that TINA did in the zero-interest rate era and creating substantial price dislocations. This article will detail the reverse TINA environment and point to clear opportunities that have surfaced. TINA – what it is and what happened During COVID, the Federal Reserve reduced the Fed Funds rate to effectively zero to stimulate the economy. It worked in the sense that it…