#WWDC2023 | Shares of #Apple rose 1.5% to hit their record high of $183.6 ahead of the developer conference today.

The launch will see Apple test a market crowded with devices that have yet to gain traction with consumers and put it in direct competition with Meta.

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WWDC2023 | The laptop is 11.5mm thin and easy to carry with 3 pounds weight, it comes in 4 colours. There is a15.3-inch screen , gets 500 nits of brightness and supports



Gets 6 speakers and delivers immersive audio and with M2 chips, the new air is 12x faster than intel based Macbook air.



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#WWDC2023 | #Apple announces a barrage of fresh upgrades in its applications with iOS17 roll out.

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#WWDC2023 | "It's the first Apple product you look through, not at," CEO Tim Cook said.



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#Apple partners with #Disney to offer a seamless experience to users via #AppleVisionPro. The platform will run Disney Plus to celebrate Walt Disney's 100th anniversary.

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The announcement comes on a day the #edtech giant is slated to pay the $40 million instalment of an unrated loan of $1.2 billion it took in November 2021, the largest unrated loan by a #startup ever.



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Even amid warm and rainy conditions, hotels and travel companies that cater to the #Goa market are seeing a notable upswing in business volumes and room rates compared to the summer of 2022.

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Known for his Coffee Can investing approach, #SaurabhMukherjea allocates 90% of his personal investment portfolio to equities and just 10% for debt instruments, primarily for FDs for emergencies.

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The minor among the group of seven female wrestlers who accused #BrijBhushanSharanSingh, the president of the Wrestling Federation of India, of sexual harassment has retracted her allegations.



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#MintSnapView | Domestic airfares are expected to remain high for another six to seven months, or until airlines are able to induct more aircraft and sort out the issues with P&W engines.
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/when-will-sky-high-airfares-return-to-earth-11686032575214.html

India’s #internet economy is projected to grow to $1 trillion by 2030 from $175 billion in 2022, according to a joint report ‘The e-Conomy of a Billion Connected Indians’ by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

By 2030, the internet economy’s contribution to India’s technology sector will grow to 62% from 48% in 2022.

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President #DroupadiMurmu has been conferred the ‘Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star’, Suriname's highest civilian award.

Murmu arrived in Suriname on Sunday on a three-day state visit, her first since assuming office in July last year.

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Foreign portfolio investors have started investing in Indian stocks again after two lean fiscals.

But there are fears that potentially stiffer disclosure norms and slowing profit growth could cause them to review their bullish stance.

https://www.livemint.com/opinion/online-views/falling-profits-strict-sebi-rules-could-deter-foreign-investors-11686048398176.html

The benchmark Indian government 10-year bond yields are likely to remain under check going ahead amid the low inflation and steady interest rate scenario, analysts said.

https://www.livemint.com/market/commodities/bond-yields-reach-peak-may-stay-under-check-going-ahead-say-analysts-11686048241206.html

#MintCharts | #India had 113 billionaires in 2022, the fifth highest in the world, according to a new "billionaire census" by Altrata.

However, as a share of population, India had the fewest billionaires among top nations.

#MintExplainer | Like any loan agreement, the contract between Byju’s and its lenders had several conditions. One of these was that #Byju’s would have to file its audited financial statements on time.

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Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath has joined the likes of Azim Premji, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, & Rohini and Nandan Nilekani and has become the fourth and also the youngest Indian to pledge donating their wealth to charitable causes.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/people/zerodha-co-founder-nikhil-kamath-to-donate-50-of-wealth-to-bill-gates-warren-buffet-founded-the-giving-pledge-11686052523908.html

#Japan's government will aim to have women make up at least 30% of directors at major firms by 2023, according to a draft plan issued by the Gender Equality Bureau.

https://www.livemint.com/news/world/japan-aims-for-over-30-of-top-firms-directors-to-be-women-by-2030-report-11686022940077.html

The #WorldBank said in a report on June 6 that the global economy is in a precarious situation and heading for a substantial growth slowdown as sharp interest-rate increases has hit activity and stirred the vulnerabilities in lower-income countries.

https://www.livemint.com/economy/world-bank-slashes-global-growth-outlook-to-2-1-on-sharp-interest-rate-hikes-11686059538499.html

The union pharma secretary S Aparna said that initiatives like global research & development network can collectively build a future where access to life-saving medical countermeasures becomes a universal reality.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/strengthen-the-global-collaboration-network-on-r-d-pharma-secretary-at-g20-11686067371577.html

US stocks gained on Tuesday as investors awaited inflation data and the Federal Reserve's monetary policy meet next week.

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