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Sensex climbed 238.22 points to settle at 76,741.82. | Photo Credit: PTI Market benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty rebounded on Thursday (July 9, 2026) after a heavy correction in the previous session amid foreign fund inflows and a largely positive trend in global markets.However, caution prevailed in the market as the United States and Iran exchanged strikes for a second consecutive day, an expert said.The 30-share BSE Sensex climbed 238.22 points, or 0.31%, to settle at 76,741.82. During the day, it jumped 823.05 points, or 1.07%, to 77,326.65.The 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 80.75 points, or 0.34%, to end…

If you’re looking to supercharge your savings, a high-yield savings account can provide a competitive interest rate to help your balance grow faster.  However, not all banks offer high savings account rates, which is why it’s important to shop around and find the most competitive savings interest rates available.  Read on to learn more about where to find the best savings interest rates today. Where to find the best savings interest rates today The average interest rate on a traditional savings account is only 0.38%, according to the FDIC. However, today’s best high-yield savings accounts pay around 3%-4%. Today, Thursday,…

Blackstone Inc. (ISIN US09259E1082) is one of the largest global alternative asset managers, with a primary stock listing in the United States and a business centered on private equity, real estate, infrastructure, and private credit strategies for institutional and wealthy investors.Scale in alternatives investingThe company manages large pools of capital across multiple flagship funds and customized mandates, serving pension funds, sovereign entities, insurance companies, endowments, and other long-term allocators of capital. Its business model is built on earning management fees on committed and invested capital, complemented by performance-related income when investments are realized at a profit.Blackstone Inc. operates in the…

I watched a grown man lose his mind over a parking space once. A mall car park here in Bangkok, a spot he swore he’d been waiting for, a smaller car that nipped in ahead of him. He got out. There was shouting, then some gesturing I won’t describe in a family publication. He looked about fifty. Wedding ring, sensible sedan, the full kit of a life properly assembled. And I remember thinking: there it is. A man who has aged beautifully and not grown up one inch. Maya Angelou got to that thought long before me, and put it…

EBRD invests US$ 100 million in Housing Bank’s Blue BondsFirst blue bond issuance in Jordan and the SEMED region Financing to support green transition and investments in sustainable water economy The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has invested US$ 100 million in blue bonds issued by Housing Bank, one of Jordan’s leading financial institutions. The issuance is the first blue bond in both Jordan and the wider southern and eastern Mediterranean region (SEMED). It is also the third use-of-proceeds labelled bond issued by a financial institution in Jordan. Such issuance supports the development of the sustainable finance market…

Arab Finance: Prices of several basic food commodities and vegetables dropped on Wednesday, July 8th, according to data from the Information and Decision Support Center (IDSC). The price of packaged rice hit EGP 33.9 per kilogram, marking a daily fall of 2.1%. The price of packaged flour also declined by 1.3% to EGP 25.7 per kilogram. Sugar dropped by 0.8% to EGP 33.9 per kilogram, while the price of sunflower oil edged down by 0.8% to EGP 102.7 per kilogram. The price of tomatoes retreated by 1.8% on a daily basis to EGP 24.8 per kilogram. © 2026 All Rights…

Landbay has reduced rates by 0.05% across 18 Premier buy-to-let products and launched a new 2-year tracker product transfer option with no early repayment charges. Landbay has announced a further round of rate cuts across 18 Premier buy-to-let products. The lender has reduced rates by 0.05% across 5-year fixed-rate products available up to 75% LTV for purchase and remortgage, including AVM and product transfer options. Premier is Landbay’s range of standard and HMO products for borrowers with up to 15 mortgaged properties. It is available to both individual and limited company landlords. The reductions include purchase and remortgage 5-year fixes,…

A July 4th weekend celebration ended with over 240 tents, chairs and personal property being slashed in Southport and is currently under investigation by local authorities. (Port City Daily/File) SOUTHPORT — A July 4th weekend celebration ended with over 240 tents, chairs and personal property being slashed in Southport and is currently under investigation by local authorities.  On Friday, July 3, at roughly 7:30 a.m., the Southport public works department notified Southport police about several damaged chairs along North Howe Street. Upon responding to the area, officers discovered multiple slashed chairs set up for the Fourth of July Parade.  As officers continued…

BAAS Technologies builds reusable sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles for research institutions and commercial space players. BAAS Technologies, a Nashik-registered space-tech startup, has raised INR 5 crore in a pre-seed funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures. SINE IIT Bombay and a group of private angel investors also joined the round.Founded in 2024 by Tanmay Kanmahale, Prashant Patil, Swayam Sonar, Atharva Pingale and Shriniwas Hase, BAAS Technologies builds reusable sub-orbital and orbital launch vehicles for research institutions and commercial space players.The company also designs and develops its own solid and liquid rocket propulsion systems and its upcoming 100 kN Rocket…

Life might be complicated, but certain tools can give you a sense of control and comfort. It might be your drive and resolve itself; sometimes it can be something literally mystical. That’s our Tarot!We will be using our Raider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck and discerning from 78 cards what this week holds for you, dear readers. This draw has specifically been procured for The Daily Star readers and anyone else who stumbled upon this read.This is a five-card Tarot draw, picked specifically according to classical planetary occultism on the day of Sol (the Sun), in its threshold hour, so that it may…