Principal Financial Group logo Principal Financial Group (NASDAQ:PFG) President and CEO Deanna Strable used an appearance at Bank of America’s U.S. Financial Services Conference to reinforce the company’s view that it is carrying strong momentum out of 2025 and into 2026, while highlighting strategic priorities in small and midsize business (SMB) retirement and benefits, global […]
O’Leary Ventures chairman Kevin O’Leary discusses Elon Musk’s merger of xAI and SpaceX into a major technology giant worth over $1 trillion on ‘The Bottom Line.’ Elon Musk said Sunday that SpaceX is shifting its near-term priorities away from Mars and toward building what he described as a “self-growing city” on the moon, citing faster […]
Tesco is pressing ahead with a major expansion of its convenience estate after buying a number of former Amazon Fresh stores in London. Britain’s largest supermarket group plans to open more than 70 new Tesco Express outlets by March 2027, building on the 60 convenience stores it opened last year. The retailer already operates just […]
Veteran investor Raamdeo Agrawal has described the government’s decision to offer a 100% tax holiday for data centres until 2047 as a transformational policy move that could reshape India’s position in the global artificial intelligence infrastructure race. Speaking to ET Now, Agrawal, Chairman & Co-Founder, MOFSL termed the incentive a “1000-pound gorilla” decision, arguing that […]
Budget 2026–27 reinforced the government’s urbanisation push, prioritising infrastructure development in tier-II and tier-III cities. The renewed emphasis on these cities is expected to create an additional growth lever for the real estate sector alongside tier-I markets, said real estate experts. Budget 2026: CREDAI welcomed the government’s infrastructure push but said it was “deeply disappointed” […]
Signalling a sharper focus on tier-2 and tier-3 cities, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1 announced a sustained infrastructure push, with Budget 2026 unveiling a major thrust on regional urban development focusing on the development of city economic regions (CERs), with a proposed allocation of ₹5,000 crore per region over five years to implement […]
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present Budget 2026 today, and the real estate sector is expecting a strong focus on affordable and rental housing. Industry stakeholders are seeking a broader definition of affordable housing, tax relief for homebuyers to improve affordability, and incentives for developers to encourage the construction of budget-friendly homes. Budget 2026 expectations: […]
The Economic Survey says higher female employment supports fairer labour market outcomes, strengthens household welfare and contributes to building a more inclusive, resilient, and productive economy | Photo Credit: TRILOKS;Rajeev G R 6767 Continuing with the government’s Nari Shakti policy push, the Economic Survey 2025-26 sought an increased women’s participation in the labour market to […]
India has opened up its nuclear sector to private companies, thanks to a new law passed in December — a significant boost to its ambition to build 100 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2047, the year India aims to attain developed-nation status. India is set to order a third fleet of locally designed reactors as […]
The logo of Amazon | Photo Credit: DAMIEN EAGERS Amazon said on Tuesday it would expand its same-day delivery service to more U.S. cities this year while closing some of its Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh physical locations to convert them into Whole Foods supermarket stores. The company said it plans to invest in opening […]