According to Moody’s Ratings, financial services have become the main drivers of growth and profitability for MercadoLibre and StoneCo, fundamentally reshaping their risk profiles. As both firms evolve into full-scale financial platforms, their strategies increasingly center on credit expansion — particularly in Mexico — where SME financing represents just 1% of GDP. While proprietary real-time…
India’s inflation edged up in March as the war in the Middle East lifted crude prices and squeezed gas supplies for key industries. Source link
Bollywood paparazzo Manav Manglani has shared his take on the Bachchan family’s relationship with the paparazzi, especially in light of Jaya Bachchan’s controversial remarks on the culture. Speaking on a podcast, he highlighted how different members of the family engage with photographers, while also addressing the backlash that followed Jaya’s comments. Bollywood paparazzo Manav Manglani…
ILT20 Trophy (Photo by CREIMAS/ILT20) The International League T20 (ILT20) will return for its fifth season on November 22, 2026, with the month-long tournament set to conclude on December 20 at the Dubai International Stadium.The six-team competition will feature 34 matches, continuing in the November–December window that was first introduced last year (December-January) after the…
Resilience through data: stories from the ground At the heart of the session were discussions where citizen science researchers and practitioners from various conflict zones shared their experiences. Domiziana Ferrari set the scene by exploring how citizen science can help to address the environmental data gap associated with armed conflicts, and where frameworks that combine…
Inaugurating the Poshan Pakhwada programme in Gajuwaka under the ICDS Pendurthi project limits, TDP State president and Gajuwaka MLA Palla Srinivasa Rao said: “Maternal and child welfare forms the foundation of a healthy society. The State government is moving forward with a firm resolve to eradicate malnutrition.” After releasing the awareness posters on Monday, addressing…
Trump sued the newspaper and its owners including Rupert Murdoch in a Florida federal court last summer and asked for at least $10b (£7.4bn) in damages. Source link
Wall Street opened the week on a cautious note, with key indices slipping on Monday as the collapse of US-Iran peace talks over the weekend rekindled geopolitical concerns and clouded the outlook for equities.Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 356.14 points, or 0.72%, to 47,572.11, while the S&P 500 dropped 22.25 points, or 0.33%, to 6,794.64…
One of the biggest mistakes in conversations about economic development is that people talk about formalization as if it were mainly a legal or regulatory issue. It is not. Formalization starts much earlier and much closer to the ground. It starts at the moment a transaction happens and whether that transaction leaves behind a usable…
Formula 1 insists the sport will not be racing in India next year despite an outlandish claim from an Indian government minister on Monday. F1 raced at the Buddh International Circuit, 30 miles outside New Delhi, from 2011-2013 – with the last grand prix seeing Sebastian Vettel claiming his fourth world championship and the German…
