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Facebook Will Launch Its Digital Currency Libra in January

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Libra would be a stablecoin and would be released in the month of January. Its value would be backed by the US dollar. Grow Your Business, Not Your Inbox Stay informed and join our daily newsletter now! November 30, 2020 2 min read This article was translated from our Spanish

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Sensex, Nifty posts 12% gains in November, yet India lags world markets

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India’s emerging market peers Brazil and Thailand gained 26 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively, in November TopicsMarkets | Sensex | Nifty Samie Modak  Last Updated at December 1, 2020 01:39 IST The benchmark Sensex and the Nifty posted a 12 per cent gain in November, but this was

Commodity Picks: 30 November, 2020

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Soybean Soybean is trading at Rs 4,347 per quintal at the benchmark Indore markets. For the week ahead, prices are expected to trade firm and head towards Rs 4,400 and then Rs 4,425 per quintal. Positive crush margins would support demand from processoRs and firm global

Petrol consumption up 4.5 per cent, diesel down 7.3 per cent in November

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Braving the pandemic, consumption of petrol has increased by 4.5 per cent in the month of November, while that of diesel was seen 7.3 per cent down. The consumption of petrol was seen at 1,939 TMT till November 26 this year, as against 1,855 TMT during

RBI issues another marquee 10-year bond, making it third this calendar

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the government have once again introduced a new 10-year benchmark bond as the old one crossed Rs 1 trillion in outstanding. This is the third benchmark 10-year bond in this calendar, indicating the sheer volume of bonds getting issued by the

Copper zooms near 7-year high on Covid vaccine hopes, fund buying

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Copper rallied to its highest in nearly seven years on Thursday on hopes that a vaccine for the coronavirus would galvanise global markets and boost demand for the industrial metal. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.9 per cent to $7,368 a tonne

Nifty50 took 1,613 trading sessions to climb from 8,000 to 13,000 level

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The benchmark Nifty50 index had hit the 8,000 mark for the first time in September 2014. It took the index over six years (1,613 trading sessions) to scale the 13,000-mark— a gain of more than 60 per cent. On an average, every 1,000-point milestone took about 270 trading

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The pandemic has created the most competitive digital landscape the world has ever seen. Whether for your company or for yourself, it’s never been more crucial to build your personal brand. To sell yourself to a world of customers reluctant to spend, one thing is for certain: Your branding must be relentless, authentic, and powerful.

“It’s the only thing you’re going to have,” explains Gary Vaynerchuk, or Gary Vee for short. “Your reputation online, and in the new business world, is pretty much the game. You have to be a good person. You can’t hide anything, and you’ve got to be out there at some level.”

Vee has an impressive resume of branding experience, and we’d do well to take his advice. He started his entrepreneurial journey as a wine critic before establishing Resy,

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Libra would be a stablecoin and would be released in the month of January. Its value would be backed by the US dollar.

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Facebook’s digital currency project, Libra, will be released in January and its value will be backed by the US dollar.

According to information from the Financial Times, a year and a half ago Facebook wanted to launch a cryptocurrency that was similar to Bitcoin, which it called Libra, after some companies such as Visa and Mastercard withdrew from the project, and given the concerns expressed by some banks and financial institutions, As well as the European Union, in April of last year The Libra Association introduced changes that made

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India’s emerging market peers Brazil and Thailand gained 26 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively, in November

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The benchmark Sensex and the Nifty posted a 12 per cent gain in November, but this was pale in comparison with global peers. On Monday, stocks in Asia (the Indian markets were closed) swung from gains to losses, along with US futures and European equities as investors monitored progress on the path to a coronavirus vaccine on the final day of a record month for global equities. Oil retreated. India’s emerging market peers Brazil and Thailand gained 26 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively, in November, while most European markets rose more than 20 per cent. China was the only major global market that India outperformed in November. However, Chinese
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We can only say that the 60s in Mexico were rare times for advertising.

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This article was translated from our Spanish edition using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.


If you are over 50 years old and lived in Mexico, you will undoubtedly remember the thousands of commercials and their wonderful jingles that were given during the 60s.

It is always interesting how advertising has evolved hand in hand with social changes such as the greater penetration of women into the workplace, the rejection of products previously recommended by doctors such as cigarettes and social rights.

That’s why the following note is incredibly comical: A 1967 ad for Cloralex went viral on Tiktok among 15-30 year olds due to

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has instructed field officers to verify authenticity of business of entities that have been granted registration under the goods and services tax (GST) framework without Aadhaar between August 21 and November 16. Sources said this standard operating procedure is part of the government’s efforts to check fake invoices.


Those that have been given registration without Aadhaar authentication will be taken as deemed registration. The list of such deemed registrations will be circulated zone-wise to the field officers for confirmation. The confirmation needs to be completed within three weeks.



The tax officer concerned, in addition to physical verification, may further carry out a preliminary financial verification of the registrants by seeking certain documents, informed sources.


Meanwhile, according to the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) sources, the DGGI and central GST

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Soybean


Soybean is trading at Rs 4,347 per quintal at the benchmark Indore markets. For the week ahead, prices are expected to trade firm and head towards Rs 4,400 and then Rs 4,425 per quintal. Positive crush margins would support demand from processoRs and firm global cues to keep the price trend positive for the week ahead.



Wheat


Wheat prices in Delhi market are trading at Rs 1,811 per quintal. Prices are expected to trade lower towards Rs 1,780 per quintal due to ample availability in the open market and subdued demand for private stock.


Prerana Desai, Research head, Edelweiss Agri Services and Credit


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