Author: Isla

Accenture has appointed Pradeep Prabhala as lead of its India Market Unit, effective September 1, 2026, highlighting its focus on data, AI, and Global Capability Centers to support both Indian and global clients. His blend of consulting, consumer, and early-stage AI investing experience positions Accenture to deepen its capabilities in India as a hub for innovation and enterprise transformation. We’ll now examine how this leadership change in India, alongside Accenture’s AI focus, may influence the company’s existing investment narrative. Find 49 companies with promising cash flow potential yet trading below their fair value.Accenture Investment Narrative RecapTo own Accenture, you generally…

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There is a temptation to explain Dubai through its skyline. Visitors inevitably do. The towers are photographed, the artificial islands admired, the superlatives recited. Yet the city’s real architecture is invisible.It consists of connections: shipping routes, airline networks, financial markets, business forums, diplomatic relationships and, perhaps above all, an instinct for bringing together people who might otherwise never have met. Dubai has become one of the world’s great conveners. It is no accident that discussions about Africa’s economic future increasingly take place here.I was reminded of this while moderating a panel at the Global Banking & Markets Conference, where the…

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HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China and Hong Kong over the weekend, with the region on high alert and dozens of flights canceled. Hong Kong’s Observatory said Noul, which had intensified with maximum sustained winds of 140 kph (87 mph) near its center, was moving on Saturday steadily across the northeastern part of the South China Sea and edging closer to the coast of eastern Guangdong. The city’s observatory forecasts Noul could make landfall Sunday morning around the vicinity of the southern Chinese cities of Huizhou and Shanwei, bringing strong winds…

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KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 — Art of Speed (AOS) is set to return for its landmark 15th edition on August 1 and 2, bringing back its grassroots music festival, SoundCircus (SC), following a two-year hiatus.  As Malaysia’s premier annual celebration of custom vehicles, craft and counterculture, AOS will once again occupy the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS). The showcase spans 452,000 square feet of indoor exhibition space — roughly equivalent to eight football fields — and spills across a massive 320-acre outdoor footprint larger than the Perdana Botanical Garden.  Adding to the weekend’s pull is SC’s return with its largest setup…

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After nearly two weeks of nightly military action, Iran reported no new US strikes overnight into Saturday, while Qatar announced the full resumption of maritime navigation from Sunday. The developments offered a brief pause in a conflict that has disrupted Gulf shipping and heightened regional security concerns. However, fresh incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, the Gulf of Oman and the Red Sea underscored that tensions remain high.Iran reports first quiet night as diplomacy continuesIranian Health Ministry spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said the country experienced “a peaceful night”, with no new attacks reported overnight into Saturday.US Central Command, which had announced…

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When Apple set its sights on India as its next promising market, CEO Tim Cook planned to take a leaf out of the company’s China playbook – a retail and manufacturing strategy that had paid hefty dividends to the US tech giant.“We are, in essence, taking what we learned in China years ago and how we scale to China and bringing that to bear,” Cook told investors in February 2023. The company had just seen record quarterly sales in the Indian market, and was just weeks ahead of the opening of Apple’s first stores in the country. “India is a…

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Jakarta. Indonesian search and rescue teams rescued 11 foreign nationals and a crew member on Saturday after they spent hours drifting on a life raft in Tomini Bay when their speedboat broke apart and sank in rough seas. The vessel’s captain, identified only as Ferdiansyah, remained missing as of Saturday evening, and search efforts were continuing. The survivors escaped onto a life raft after the speedboat was struck by large waves at about 9 p.m. local time on Friday, according to Heriyanto, head of the National Search and Rescue Agency’s Gorontalo office. “Due to bad weather, at around 9 p.m.…

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