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  • Reuters

    Election anxiety in India, South Africa weigh on EM equities, FX

    Emerging market stocks looked on course for their steepest fall in seven weeks on Tuesday, with Indian shares slumping on nervousness around election results, while political uncertainty continued to weigh on the South African rand. India's main stock indexes slid more than 5% each, pulling back from record levels hit on Monday, as vote counting trends showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance was winning a majority of seats in the general election, but well short of the landslide predicted in exit polls. The updates spooked financial markets which had expected a hefty win for Modi, with the rupee falling to 83.5 per dollar and benchmark bond yields rising.

  • NBC Sports Bay Area

    Ramos' deep blast evens score vs. Diamondbacks

    Heliot Ramos hits a deep fly ball to center, tying the score at 2-2 in the Giants' loss to the Arizona Diamonbacks on Monday night at Chase Field.Ramos' deep blast evens score vs. Diamondbacks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

  • Reuters

    Paramount Global's co-CEOs to lay out strategy for shareholders

    Paramount Global's newly appointed co-CEOs are expected to discuss their vision for the media conglomerate with shareholders on Tuesday, even as the company's controlling shareholder evaluates merging the company with Skydance Media. The trio of executives - George Cheeks, president and CEO of CBS; Chris McCarthy, president and CEO of Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios; and Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures - have led the company since the exit of former boss Bob Bakish in April.