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India’s macroeconomic foundations are demonstrating strong structural resilience against intensifying external pressures, with real GDP growth projected to settle between 7.0% and 7.2% for FY27. According to the latest August 2026 EY India Economy Watch, the robust outlook is anchored by an aggressive fiscal frontloading of central capital expenditure, which surged by 23.7% during the first quarter of FY27 (1QFY27).This state-led investment cycle has effectively cushioned the domestic economy from a deepening external imbalance. Driven by high global energy costs, the merchandise trade deficit widened to a six-month high of $32.0 billion in July 2026, pushing the Indian rupee to…

Bain Capital’s Private Credit Group invested approximately $6 billion during the first half of 2026 to support middle-market and private equity-backed companies, marking one of the group’s most active investment periods in recent years. The Private Credit Group completed 58 investments during the six-month period, supporting refinancings, leveraged buyouts and add-on acquisitions across new and existing portfolio companies. Of those investments, 34 involved new platforms. Bain Capital also closed more than $2.2 billion of new capital for investment during the first half, adding to the capital available for its private credit strategy. The group deployed capital across a range of…

Grayscale Sees More Room After Zcash’s 19x Rally Zcash may have further upside despite rising approximately 19-fold over the past year, according to Grayscale Head of Research Zach Pandl. The asset manager said Aug. 25 that Zcash could challenge Bitcoin’s network effects through capabilities that were unavailable or less relevant when Bitcoin established its lead. Grayscale’s “Currencies” sector groups crypto assets primarily designed to serve as digital money or stores of value. Bitcoin accounts for 93% of the category by market capitalization. The asset manager identified financial privacy, development addressing cybersecurity threats, and cross-chain reach through intents technology as Zcash’s…

SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Yonhap) — Lee Hyoung-il, named new finance minister Sunday, is known as a macroeconomic expert with extensive experience in financial and economic policy. Lee, 55, began his civil service career after passing the national civil service exam in 1992 while studying economics at Seoul National University. He built his expertise in macroeconomics while serving in key posts at the Economic Policy Bureau of the finance ministry. He served as deputy finance minister and presidential secretary for economic policy under the former Moon Jae-in government and was later promoted to head of Statistics Korea, the predecessor of the…

XRP shot up 60% in days and then collapsed 37% in a single minute, and the borrowed money that caused both moves is still sitting in the market. What that means for the next time Bitcoin slips depends on which…This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. The Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) price climbed above $80,000 on August 25, 2026, reaching more than $81,000 before pulling back. Bitcoin now trades around $78,000, while XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) has dropped to $1.39, well off the $1.70 price it reached during the rally…

Key PointsThe transaction involved the sale of 926 shares at $163.51 per share for a total value of ~$151,410 as of August 21, 2026.The disposition reduced the insider’s direct equity stake by 7%.All transacted shares were held directly by Matthew A. Liegel, who retains a total of 12,266 shares following the sale.This transaction represents a routine liquidation of equity following a 70% one-year total return for the stock as of August 21, 2026.Matthew A. Liegel, Chief Accounting Officer, sold 926 shares of Target Corporation(NYSE:TGT)on Aug. 21, 2026, for a total value of ~$151,410, as disclosed in a recent SEC Form…

The luxury home is chock-full of unique design features. It’s not Vancouver Island — it’s an island in Vancouver. Once a shipyard, Deering Island is now a small residential community in the city with less than 40 homes on it. And one of them just went on the real estate market. The property at 3308 Deering Island Place is selling for $6.78 million. The 1993 home overlooks the Fraser River with a large outdoor putting green on the waterfront. Inside the home are six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a golf simulator for those looking to improve their game. “Rarely available waterfront…

Young investors often hear that they have decades ahead of them and can therefore afford to take higher equity risk. While equity can indeed remain the core of a portfolio for long-term wealth creation, experts say this does not mean investors in their 20s or early 30s should avoid debt mutual funds altogether.Debt can play a role in providing stability, liquidity and diversification, particularly when the investment goal is closer or when market volatility makes it difficult to stay invested.Being young does not mean going 100% into equitySanjiv Bajaj, Joint Chairman & MD, Bajaj Capital, said young investors should not…

Buyers staked $64M chasing $75 NFTs; most funds refunded, Blokyz kept $561K Pluang Source link

In January 2026, during Operation Country Roads, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and state and local law enforcement detained roughly 600 immigrants across West Virginia. Many of those arrested were held in the state’s already overpopulated jail system, which until this spring was part of a national network of immigrant detention centers. Within this market, ICE ships detainees around the country, paying hundreds of facilities a per-day rate for housing them. Many of these facilities are in rural communities where federal funding cuts have hollowed out social services, from healthcare to food stamps, leaving them desperate for economic relief. Federal immigration…