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President Donald Trump in a social media post Thursday evening indirectly revealed data from Friday’s market-moving nonfarm payrolls count, an apparent violation of long-standing federal policy on statistical releases. In a Truth Social post around 9 p.m. ET, the president indicated that private sector payrolls had expanded by 654,000 for the full year of 2025,…

Close-up of a hand holding a cellphone displaying the Amazon Pharmacy system, Lafayette, California, Sept. 15, 2021. Smith Collection | Gado | Getty Images Amazon announced Friday it now offers Novo Nordisk‘s Wegovy weight loss pill through its digital pharmacy. Novo Nordisk began rolling out an oral version of its injectable obesity drug Wegovy in…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website BENGALURU: Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank Group pared its holding in Ola Electric Mobility to 13.5% from 15.6%, in what appears like a staggered exit from the electric 2-wheeler maker that was once among its marquee India bets. SVF II Ostrich (DE), a SoftBank affiliate and Ola Electric’s second-largest shareholder after…

The Union Budget 2025-26 earmarked ₹6.81 lakh crore — or 13.4% of total Central government expenditure — for the Ministry of Defence (MoD). Of the MoD’s total budget, ₹4.92 lakh crore, or 72%, is meant for the Defence Services (primarily the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Defence Research and Development Organisation). About ₹1.61 lakh…

A view of the SEBI headquarters in Mumbai. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has excluded brokers with less than 10,000 registered clients from complying with the technical glitch framework. The move would mean 60% of stock brokers would be kept away from the framework. 👉 Visit the Official…

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto India’s forex reserves dropped by $9.809 billion to $686.801 billion in the week to January 2, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday (January 9, 2026). In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves had jumped by $3.293 billion to $696.61 billion….

Image used for representational purposes. Photo credits: Special Arrangement Aurobindo Pharma subsidiary CuraTeQ Biologics has received notice of compliance (NOC) from Health Canada’s Biologics and Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Directorate for Dyrupeg, its pegylated filgrastim biosimilar version. A notice of compliance from Health Canada is issued to a drug manufacturer after a successful review, confirming the product…

Farmer harvesting Red Potato, especially harvested for McCain French Fries at Deesa farm in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji Gujarat recorded a total production of 48.59 lakh tonnes of potatoes in the 2024–25 season, which includes varieties cultivated for processing into French fries and wafers, officials said on Monday. The State has emerged…

The Camp Jeep outdoor terrain at the New York International Auto Shown on April 16, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC DETROIT — Stellantis is scrapping its plug-in hybrid electric Jeep SUVs and Chrysler minivan amid slowing EV sales, quality issues and weakened federal fuel economy requirements. The automaker on Friday said the decision to end…

President Donald Trump will meet Friday afternoon with more than a dozen oil companies at the White House to discuss plans for investment in Venezuela, less than a week after the U.S. ousted President Nicolas Maduro. The CEOs of Exxon, ConocoPhillips, Shell and a representative from Chevron will attend, sources told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan. Representatives…