The Centre is staring at a combined shortfall of up to Rs 1 trillion in excise and Customs revenues in the current financial year (FY23) compared to the Budget estimates (BE), mainly because of duty cuts on edible oil and petroleum products. The government set a target of Rs 3.35 trillion for excise and Rs 2.13 trillion for Customs mop-up […]

Showbiz figures headlined online town halls, fund-raising appeals and campaign endorsements in the final effort before Tuesday’s midterm elections. Midterm trends favor the party out of power, and polls suggest that Republicans may make substantial gains, particularly in winning control of the House. But the difficult environment for Democrats did not depress fundraising this cycle. According to the Center for […]

Broadway’s hit revival of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster is extending its run by two weeks, with a closing date now set for Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. “The hunger of audiences for our show continues unabated.In a statement,” said producer Kate Horton in a statement. “We are grateful to Hugh and Sutton and our entire glorious […]

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made a stunning comeback in Brazil’s politics by winning the presidential election. He defeated far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the second round by winning 50.9 percent of the votes. The election headed to a run off after both the candidates failed to win a clear majority in the first round held earlier […]

After job cuts at Twitter, Facebook’s parent company Meta is planning to begin ”large-scale layoffs” this week in what could be the largest reduction to date at a “major technology corporation in a year that has seen a tech-industry retrenchment,” a media report said. The Wall Street Journal reported that the layoffs at Meta, which has more than 87,000 employees, […]

TelevisaUnivision confirmed the exit of Paul Presburger from Pantelion Films and the Spanish-language streaming service Pantaya after serving as CEO for more than a decade. Presburger is said to be departing the company to focus on Globalgate Entertainment, the international production and co-financing company he co-founded six years ago, where he will be working on a slate of new productions, […]

Health and hygiene products maker Reckitt is recalling its certain AirWick Fresh New Day aerosol air fresheners due to injury and laceration risks, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said. The recall involves about 67,000 units of aerosol air fresheners in Fresh Linen and Fresh Water scents. The affected air fresheners come in 8-ounce aerosol cans with batch code B22077-NJ […]

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As home prices nationwide rose 20% year over year in most months this year, it was unimaginable that there could be a downtrend. Yet, these price increases have slowed in many markets. This has raised concerns that home prices will start to fall in some parts of the nation. A new study forecasts which markets will have this trouble. The […]