Snap Inc's shares ended up 44 percent on their first day of trading as investors flocked to buy into the hottest technology stock offering in three years, overcoming doubts about the loss-making messaging app company's slowing user growth.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein became the first major Wall Street leader to speak out against President Donald Trump's order to halt arrivals from several Muslim-majority countries.

India has \"broken\" UN limits on nuclear arms and long-range missiles and Pakistan should also be accorded the same \"privilege\", state-run Chinese media said on Thursday as it criticised New Delhi for carrying out Agni-4 and 5 missile tests whose range covers the Chinese mainland.

India on Monday successfully test fired indigenously developed intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile 'Agni-5' from the Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

Cyrus Mistry's removal as the Chairman of Tata Sons' has cast a shadow on the ties between the two families. While the Tatas have always had a commanding presence, Pallonji family has maintained a low profile and mostly stayed away from spotlight.

International competitors took to the track for a different kind of race at the weekend - the Beer Mile World Classic, where they ran laps after chugging beer.

It seems that hotels chains like Taj Hotels & Resorts, ITC Hotels, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group will be affected as a result of this multi-billion dollar deal.

The acquisition will create the world's largest hotel chain with top brands including Sheraton, Ritz Carlton and the Autograph Collection.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil slumped over 4 per cent on Wednesday to hit a 6-1/2-year low as a huge unexpected stockpile build in the United States reinforced concerns about a growing global oil glut.

The exchange, a unit of Intercontinental Exchange Inc, said the halt, which occurred shortly after 11:30 am EDT, was not the result of a cyber attack. Other exchanges were trading normally.

Having started with economy hotels in 2005, Ji Qi, Founder of the China Lodging Group, gradually brought in midscale and upscale properties into his portfolio. Growth has been phenomenal, and targets going forward are equally so.

Gold price was headed for its biggest weekly jump since January, after the US Federal Reserve cautioned over its rate hike path and US economic growth.

High capital costs, long development time and poor room rates are impacting the return of capital employed (ROCE), making investors impatient and piling on the pressure on hotel operators.

For the foreign hospitality chains looking for easy pickings in a supply-starved nation, India has proved to be an unexpectedly complex market to crack.

The convergence of digital technologies makes it possible for companies to create customer value by providing a unique personalised experience for every consumer and delivering products and services sourced from across the globe.

Currently, InterContinental Hotels Group has 19 hotels in India with a presence in 11 cities and another 45 hotels under construction. BUSINESS TODAY caught up with Pascal Gauvin, Chief Operating Officer, IHG (India, Middle East and Africa).

Slowing economic growth and an oversupply of new hotels conceived during the boom years of 2006 and 2007 have led to falling room and occupancy rates in India, straining relationships between hotel owners and the global chains brought in to run them.

The Forward Markets Commission said National Spot Exchange's payment troubles made FTIL an unfit operator of commodities exchanges. The regulator has ordered the company to cut its stake of 26 per cent in MCX to less than 2 per cent.

Financial Technologies stock opened the day on a strong note and as the trade progressed it further jumped 11 per cent to Rs 201.40 on the BSE.

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