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Avoid meme stocks and don't over-leverage: Here are the top tips from a 6-figure retail trader
'You actually can be wrong quite a lot and still make money.' That's one surprising lesson learned by Ivailo Chaushev, a day trader who's been navigating the market for 16 years, inspired as a teenager watching his father trade. Chaushev says he…
Scammers impersonate financial chiefs to lure retail investors online
Impersonating prominent figures such as Bank of Korea (BOK) Gov. Shin Hyun-song on social media has emerged as a common tactic among investment scammers, who use fake profiles to lure retail investors into unauthorized investment chat rooms and…
Indian Mobile Retailers Protest UPI MDR Charges, Demand Zero MDR
Indian mobile phone retailers are set to observe 'No UPI Day' on October 2, 2026, protesting the new 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate on UPI transactions over Rs 2,000, arguing it will severely impact their income and the digital payments ecosystem.
UPI must remain zero MDR': Mobile retailers announce Oct 2 protest
Mobile phone retailers across India plan to observe October 2 as 'No UPI Day' in protest against 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate charges on UPI transactions, a senior official of industry body AIMRA said. The government has introduced a 0.4 per…
COSTCO PAYS IT FORWARD: Retailer Returns $184M in Tariff Refunds to Shoppers as Prices Drop on Meat, Produce and More
Costco Wholesale has handed back $184 million in tariff refunds and is sending most of it straight to the checkout lane. According to Fox Business, the warehouse giant reinvested the majority of that money into lower prices on produce, meat…
Mobile phone retailers to protest against UPI MDR charges on Oct 2
Mobile phone retailers across India plan to observe October 2 as 'No UPI Day' in protest against 0.4 per cent merchant discount rate charges on UPI transactions, a senior official of industry body AIMRA said. The government has introduced a 0.4 per…
Instacart's Chief Accounting Officer Sells Over 3,000 Shares After the Stock Falls from a One-Year High
Lisa Blackwood-Kapral, Chief Accounting Officer of Maplebear Inc. (CART -0.16%), which operates as Instacart, sold 3,017 shares of common stock on September 15, 2026, according to a recent SEC Form 4 filing. MetricValueTransaction…
Rate Market Fear Gauge Is Warning for Corporates
Corporate bonds have been relatively resilient amid a global government bond selloff, but the strength may not last. Bond market volatility, a measure of uncertainty about the direction of bond yields, is spiking. Historically, that has…
Latest on future for a Solihull Post Office
A Solihull MP has shared an update on the future of a Solihull town centre post office telling residents to “stay tuned”. As the Local Democracy Reporting Service previously reported TG Jones closed its store in Mell Square in the…
These shops in Chennai have almost everything 'covered': gardens, cars, camping experiences and industrial machinery
Umbrellas are a victim of “folk association”. They are certainly not the sole preserve of the monsoon with its drippy skies, but that is the period they get busier and therefore, get almost entirely associated with the rains. The…
Google tests buying from Walmart-owned Flipkart through Gemini and AI Mode in India
Google has started testing a way for shoppers in India to buy products from Walmart-owned Flipkart directly through Gemini and AI Mode, as the search giant looks to expand its AI services from product discovery into transactions. Users in the test…
The Big Topic at Zalando's 'Partner Day': What AI Can - and Can't - Do for Online Fashion
German online fashion retailing giant Zalando last week held its annual “Partner Day,” an event at which senior managers from the world's biggest brands come to hear about the latest developments in online shopping and platform…
A former BCG partner says leaving consulting taught him how to build
This is an as-told-to conversation with Daniel Dantus, a former BCG partner who's now a senior vice president at Skan AI, a startup that analyzes how work happens across a company. This conversation has been condensed and edited for clarity. I came…
Multiple rate hikes', recession risk: bond market signals trouble ahead
We are witnessing a once-in-a-generation bond market sell-off. It's the main event on global financial markets at present, which also means there are implications for millions of Australians. For the uninitiated, a bond is generally either a…
Indicators 2026: Which NEPA jobs are most likely to change because of AI?
The use of artificial intelligence is quickly becoming common in workplaces across Northeast Pennsylvania — and recent data suggests that AI is more likely to change how many people work rather than eliminate their occupations altogether.
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