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Microsoft won a nearly $22 billion contract to supply U.S. Army combat troops with its augmented reality headsets.

New York-based social activist Prem Bhandari, who has been taking up the cause of OCI card holders for the past several years, welcomed the announcement.

Global equity benchmarks and oil prices jumped on Friday while safe havens such as the dollar and U.S. Treasuries dipped as hopes for a global economic recovery overshadowed the continued blockage of one of the world's most vital shipping lanes.

In its latest Global Economic Outlook (GEO), Fitch said revision is on the back of 'stronger carryover effect, a looser fiscal stance and better virus containment'.

The rate of 1 gram of 22-carat gold stood at Rs 4,402 after gaining Rs 102 from the previous rate of Rs 4,300.

On March 24, the BSE Sensex lost 871.13 points or 1.74 percent to close at 49,180.31. Similarly, the NSE Nifty plunged 265.35 points or 1.79 percent to settle the day at 14,549.40.

Gold rates observed a huge fall as the rate of 1 gram of 22-carat gold stood at Rs 4,300 after a drop of Rs 80 from the previous rate of Rs 4,380.

The indices on Wednesday, March 24, are expected to give a lower or flat start as at 7:15 am the SGX Nifty was trading at 35.00 points or 0.24 percent down at 14,790.00.

GameStop Corp said on Tuesday it may sell new shares as the U.S. video game retailer that led the Reddit rally of "meme stocks" looks to take advantage of a morethan 800% surge in its stock price since January.

Amazon.com Inc on Tuesday named Salesforce.com Inc executive Adam Selipsky to lead its Amazon Web Services unit.

WeWork lost $3.2 billion last year, according to documents shown to prospective investors by the officesharing startup as apart of a pitch for $1 billion in investment and a stock market listing, the Financial Times https://www.ft.com/content/465614229edd...

According to industry observers, there are many Chinese apps which are active in the digital lending space allegedly leaking personal data and often harass their borrowers and family members at the first sign of loan default.

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday:

With the financial year (2020-21) just around the corner, there are certain financial tasks that need to be completed before the deadline of March 31 to avoid paying a penalty.

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday:

When Amazon found out that its workers were trying to form a union, the company put up signs across the warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, including in bathroom stalls, a worker said Wednesday.