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Dalal Street was heading for a volatile end to the week, with benchmark indices slipping below crucial support levels and traders bracing for further downside. The Nifty fell below the 25,300 mark recovering later, while Bank Nifty traded lower by nearly 0.7%, reflecting growing nervousness across sectors.In a conversation with ET Now, market expert CA Rudramurthy BV flagged the breakdown as technically significant.“See, Nifty definitely trading below 25,300 on spot is not a good sign, that was the last support and if you see the latest short-term low what we made recently that was at around 25,327. So now, Nifty…

Gold price prediction today (AI image) Gold price prediction today: Gold rates are showing a positive bias, says Jateen Trivedi, VP Research Analyst – Commodity and Currency, LKP Securities. Here is his detailed analysis on the intraday trading outlook:Gold April futures on MCX are trading near ₹1,60,100 after witnessing a sharp rebound from intraday lows around ₹1,58,500. The recovery indicates short-covering and fresh buying interest emerging near lower levels. The short-term structure now suggests a continuation bounce, provided key support holds.Gold Technical Setup:EMA 8 & EMA 21:Price has reclaimed the short-term EMA cluster after a strong rebound. The 8 EMA…

For years, some UK investors lamented the lack of an Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) in the FTSE 100. They didn’t yearn for a clone of the AI chipmaker necessarily, more a stock that goes up by a mind-boggling amount in a short space of time. Nvidia certainly did that, surging around 1,000% in the three years following the release of ChatGPT in late 2022. The chatbot kicked off the whole AI revolution, which Nvidia’s chips are still powering today. Yet the FTSE 100 has one. It’s Rolls-Royce (LSE:RR), the extraordinary engine maker whose shares have exploded 1,120% higher in a little over…

ElevenLabs is expanding its long-running collaboration with Google Cloud in a new multi-year agreement focused on scaling enterprise AI voice tools. The company will increase its use of Google Cloud infrastructure, including access to NVIDIA’s latest Blackwell GPUs, as demand for real-time voice agents grows across industries. According to a Google Cloud press release, ElevenLabs will deploy Google Cloud’s G4 virtual machines powered by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPUs to train and serve its models. The new agreement gives the company access to a larger cluster of Blackwell GPUs, aimed at supporting bigger enterprise deployments and research workloads. That…

Netflix has decided not to raise its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, effectively ending its role in the bidding contest for the studio and streaming company’s assets. The move clears the path for Paramount Skydance, whose revised all-cash offer of $31 per share the WBD board has already labeled superior. Netflix had four business days to respond to Paramount’s improved proposal but chose to stand down. Investors welcomed the clarity. Netflix shares surged more than 10% in extended trading, while Paramount gained as much as 5%. WBD shares, however, slipped as the market digested the likely outcome. WBD CEO David…

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OpenAI may be the world’s most valuable private company right now, but when Microsoft invested a billion dollars in the AI startup in 2019, it was nowhere close to seeing such success. The bet in the company was unsure to a point where even co-founder and original CEO Bill Gates advised Satya Nadella against the move.In a recent interview with tech-focused YouTube channel TBPN, Satya Nadella, who is now the CEO of Microsoft, recalled how Bill Gates had expressed his lack of confidence when the company invested in OpenAI.“Remember this was a nonprofit, and I think Bill [Gates] even said,…

Falling returns, investment exit worries, longer holding periods and tougher fundraising conditions are hobbling the private equity industry, with experts warning that only the strongest will survive. According to a report by Bain & Co , private equity delivered low payouts to investors for a fourth consecutive year, weighed down by roughly 32,000 unsold companies worth about $3.8 trillion. It’s taking longer to sell these businesses: about seven years on average now, compared with five to six years between 2010 and 2021, the report released Monday said, adding that exit volumes dropped by 2% last year. “It’s a very bumpy…

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AND Digital has partnered with AI learning and upskilling company, HowNow. Key benefits to date include a 50% reduction in learning content curation time and an 80% reduction in L&D onboarding administration. Tara Ryan-Tedford, learning and development lead at AND Digital, said, “HowNow has been the linchpin of this transition. By housing structured onboarding pathways and post-induction support in one accessible place, we’ve been able to move toward a self-serve, on-demand resource model. As an L&D team, this has also reduced our induction admin by 80%.” HowNow is a learning platform that connects what people learn to the skills they…