Early 20s are crucial years of development and key learnings in one’s life. And while it is important to make mistakes and learn from them, getting right advice during those years is also crucial.

Not everyone is lucky to have received advice during the graduation years and MIcrosoft co-founder #BillGates is one of them.

https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/5-things-microsoft-co-founder-bill-gates-wishes-he-knew-in-his-early-20s-11684131511105.html

An #IBM employee who has been on sick leave since 2008, has sued the company claiming that the 54,000 pounds (₹55,30,556) salary he draws every year, despite being an inactive employee, is ‘not generous enough’.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/ibm-employee-on-sick-leave-since-2008-draws-rs-55-lakh-salary-per-year-says-payment-not-generous-enough-11684072030528.html

US stock indices rose on Monday amid ongoing debt ceiling negotiations between the White House and Republicans.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/global-markets-update-us-european-stocks-gain-amid-debt-ceiling-talks-11684180153210.html

Following strong global cues on cautious optimism ahead of this week's deliberations over the US $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, Indian #stockmarket ended higher on second day in a row.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/buy-or-sell-vaishali-parekh-recommends-three-stocks-to-buy-today-may-16-11684198623617.html

#StocksToWatch | Here are the top 10 stocks that could be in focus in today's trade

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/stocks-to-watch-hdfc-pfizer-adani-group-pvr-inox-p-g-health-vedanta-11684197436581.html

The proposed changes are expected to provide banks additional flexibility in meeting sector-specific PSL targets & free up capital for extending credit to industrially vibrant sectors, fostering economic growth.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indian-banks-seek-changes-to-priority-sector-lending-rules-rbi-may-restructure-to-allow-deposits-in-rural-infrastructure-funds-11684174627791.html

India’s goods exports fell the steepest in three years in April as weakening global demand and declining commodity prices continued to weigh on outbound shipments.

https://www.livemint.com/economy/indias-goods-exports-fall-13-in-april-driven-by-weakening-global-demand-and-declining-commodity-prices-11684174867058.html

Two months after a deal to be acquired by Walmart-owned PhonePe fell through, all three founders of the Bangalore-based digital lending platform #ZestMoney have resigned.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/zestmoney-founders-resign-two-months-after-failed-phonepe-deal-leaving-fintech-startup-in-uncertainty-with-100-employees-remaining-11684175226871.html

A host of users have reported getting spam and scam calls and messages from unknown international numbers on #WhatsApp.

https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/whatsapp-spam-in-india-what-s-causing-the-flood-11684173230941.html

According to the latest figures issued by the National Crime Records Bureau, #cybercrimes against minors have progressively climbed from 88 in 2017 to 1,376 by 2021.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indias-top-child-porn-busting-squad-how-kerala-s-ccse-is-leading-the-fight-against-online-child-sexual-exploitation-11684175527728.html

Global trends will dictate the sentiment of Indian markets on Tuesday alongside reaction towards key inflation data like #WPI and major #Q4 earnings.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/global-market-key-triggers-to-dictate-indian-stock-market-today-16th-may-11684202469506.html

The International Financial Services Centre Authority, the regulatory body overseeing #GIFTCity’s international financial services centre, is considering permitting unsponsored depository receipts for Indian shares.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ifsca-considers-udrs-for-indian-shares-to-boost-liquidity-and-attract-foreign-funds-seeking-offshore-alternatives-to-mumbai-s-stock-markets-11684174747432.html

Wholesale #inflation contracted for the first time in three years in April as global commodity prices softened, easing pressure on raw material costs used by factories.

https://www.livemint.com/economy/wholesale-inflation-contracts-for-first-time-in-three-years-easing-pressure-on-raw-material-costs-and-consumer-inflation-in-new-delhi-11684174867313.html

The markets regulator has not investigated publicly traded #AdaniGroup companies since 2016 for suspected misuse of global depository receipts to route black money or any other violation, Sebi told SC.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/sebi-contradicts-finance-ministry-says-no-adani-group-companies-under-investigation-since-2016-for-law-breaches-hindenburg-report-highly-complex-11684175046891.html

Investment banks have snapped up management graduates from leading Indian business schools even as they are wary of the slowing economy, placement executives at top B-schools said.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/investment-banks-snap-up-management-graduates-from-indian-b-schools-despite-slowing-economy-hiring-strategies-tweaked-amid-economic-uncertainty-11684171087087.html

Leading multiplex operator #PVRINOX Ltd announced that it will shut down some of the #cinema screens due to accelerated depreciation on cinemas proposed to be shutdown.

Read here: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pvr-inox-plans-to-shut-down-50-cinema-screens-in-next-six-months-details-here-11684159086706.html

#Opinion | The first rule of forecasting, the financial journalist Jane Bryant Quinn once observed, is this: give them a forecast or give them a date; just never give them both.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/the-ai-arms-race-will-create-both-winners-and-losers-11684173375230.html

India’s telecom operators are urging the Centre to extend licensing conditions applicable to them to apps offering messaging and calling services, following the rise in unsolicited calls from international numbers on #Whatsapp.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/indias-telecom-operators-urge-government-to-extend-licensing-conditions-to-messaging-apps-to-combat-rise-in-unsolicited-calls-and-potential-security-risks-11684172895575.html

The newly merged #PVRInox entity plans to shut down approximately 50 cinema screens over the next six months.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/pvr-inox-to-shut-50-screens-in-6-months-11684172338198.html

#Gold and silver rate today is trading tepid as investors await outcome of the ongoing $31.4 trillion US debt ceiling negotiations.

https://www.livemint.com/market/stock-market-news/gold-silver-rate-today-trade-tepid-amid-us-debt-ceiling-negotiations-buy-or-wait-11684211306853.html

American financial services company #WellsFargo has agreed to pay shareholders $1 billion to settle a class-action lawsuit in connection with the lender’s 2016 unauthorised accounts scandal.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/wells-fargo-to-pay-1-billion-in-class-action-lawsuit-report-11684209590001.html