Indian Rupee trades on a positive note on the weaker USD on Friday.  The uptick in INR is bolstered by interbank USD sales and easing Middle East tensions. The final reading of the US March Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE) will be the highlight…

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Microsoft and Alphabet reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations.Their CEOs said that their profits are in part thanks to their companies’ investments in AI.This is going to be “a goldmine situation for them,” Wedbush’s Dan Ives told CNBC.  Investors just got a sneak peek at what the fruits…

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Those inside the Supreme Court would have to rely strictly on their visual memory of oral arguments – since photography and video are prohibited while court is in session – were it not for the veteran courtroom sketch artists. Thursday, in the press pit to the left of the justices’ bench, one of them, Bill Hennessy, was sketching away throughout the historic arguments over presidential immunity, which began around 10:00 a.m. ET and concluded at 12:41 p.m. With his work balanced over his knees, Hennessy filled in the red velvet curtains hanging behind the bench and captured the justices, not…

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Investing

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bounced back from an absolutely dreadful day for tech shares, as its stock surged Thursday after the closing bell. All it had to do was to hand out billions of dollars to investors. The tech giant announced its first quarterly cash dividend, saying it…