Friday, March 13
Washington: US Commerce Department Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday sought to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein, alleging he "barely had anything to do with" the convicted sex offender amid calls for his resignation over new revelations about ties between them. The U.S. Justice Department in January published millions of new files related to Epstein, including emails that showed Lutnick apparently visited Epstein's private island for lunch years after he claimed to have cut off ties. Lutnick now faces calls from both sides of the aisle to resign. Lutnick pushed back in a Senate hearing, saying the two men had exchanged only about 10 emails and met three times over 14 years and that a lunch with Epstein only took place because Lutnick was on a boat near his island,
Standard Chartered on Tuesday appointed Peter Burrill as interim Group Chief Financial Officer, replacing Diego De Giorgi with immediate effect, an exchange file showed.Diego De Giorgi will step down from his role as Executive Director and GCFO due to pursuing an external opportunity, while Pete will take office in London and report to the current Group Chief Executive, Bill Winters."An announcement on the permanent appointment ofGCFO will follow in due course," the company said in the statement.
Shares of Navin Fluorine International rallied after 3% to Rs 6,6824 after the company reported a robust set of figures for the December quarter of financial year 2026. Net profit rose to Rs 185.4 crore in the quarter, up an impressive 122% from Rs 83.6 crore in the corresponding period last year.Revenue from operations increased 47.2% YoY to Rs 892.3 crore compared with Rs 606.2 crore a year earlier.Operating performance improved significantly during the quarter. EBITDA climbed to Rs 307.4 crore from Rs 147.3 crore in the year-ago period, while the EBITDA margin expanded to 34.4% from 24.3%, reflecting stronger operating leverage and a favourable business mix.As for the revenue split, HPP (high-performance products), which includes refrigerants and inorganic fluorides, reported a 35% incr
Binnabari, India: The beekeepers rise early. They've come a long way to spend the winter months in the electric yellow mustard fields of Assam, and they have to make the trip worth it.At dawn, they eat a simple breakfast and won't eat again until dusk. They'll spend all day checking the hives, smoking them to disperse the bees so they can collect thick golden honeycombs to be sold overseas. It's a demanding job. Stings are a fact of life. At night, the workers settle in under blue tarpaulins and think of the families they've left behind, sometimes for months at a time, to move their wooden bee boxes to this place. But the harvest is a way to make ends meet. "I earn an income, that's why I do business," said Karan Raj, a beekeeper from Bihar.Migratory beekeepers have moved their colonies of
