As technology companies worldwide continue to conduct layoffs, Apple CEO Tim Cook has said that mass layoffs are a "last resort" for the company. Regardless, Apple has been working to reduce costs and a significant slowdown in its hiring has been registered.

Speaking to CNBC, Cook said that he looks at layoffs "as a last resort" and "mass layoffs are not something that we are talking about at this moment".

Shares of Paytm rallied 5.5 per cent to a high of Rs 726 on the BSE as the stock reacted positively to the company's Q4 performance. Paytm had sharply narrowed down its losses in Q4FY23 to Rs 168 crore as against a loss of Rs 763 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago.

At 09:35 AM, the stock had pared some gains but was still up over 3 per cent at Rs 712. The counter had seen trades of around 45,000 shares as against the two-week average volume of around 1.96 lakh shares on the BSE. Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.7 per cent at 61,498.

Shares of state-owned Coal India Ltd fell 2.7 per cent to Rs 230.7 per share in the intra-day trade on Monday after the world's biggest coal miner reported a 17.7 per cent drop in its March quarter net profit on higher provision made for wage revision of employees. By comparison, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.7 per cent at 9:30 AM.

CIL's consolidated net profit came at Rs 5,527.62 crore in the January-March as compared with Rs 6,715 crore in the same period a year back, according to the company's filing with stock exchanges. The decline in profit in the fourth quarter of 2022-23 (April 2022 to March 2023) was despite higher coal production and dispatches to users.

Indian wire and cable maker RR Kabel Ltd., backed by private equity firm TPG, filed for an initial public offering on Sunday, seeking to raise up to $27.53 million, according to its draft prospectus filed to India's market regulator and seen by Reuters.


RR Kabel, India's fifth largest branded wires and cable manufacturer, plans to use funds raised through the IPO to repay or prepay borrowings, in part or in full, from banks and financial institutions, according to the prospectus.

Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar has sought more time to reconsider his decision to step down as party chief, senior NCP leader Praful Patel said on Friday.

Patel and senior party leaders met Pawar at his Silver Oak residence in south Mumbai after a committee formed to choose his successor rejected his decision to step down as NCP chief.

Consumers can expect steep discounts on smartphones as brands, e-commerce platforms and major retailers prepare to roll out various schemes to clear out inventory accumulated in the first quarter of 2023, when sales fell by a record-breaking 16-20 per cent year-on-year (YoY), said an Economic Times (ET) report.

Companies are also trying to generate demand at a time when sales of entry-level and mid-range smartphone sales have been slow, said market trackers.

Chartered Accountants (CA), Company Secretaries (CS) and cost and works accountants are concerned about the new regulation that would subject them to the strict anti-money laundering law if they enter into financial transactions on behalf of their clients, a report in the Economic Times (ET) said.

Chartered accountants stated that the new rule would increase the risk of their work.

Shares of non-banking financial company (NBFC) Manappuram Finance extended this week’s losses, slumping 14 per cent on Friday to an intra-day low of Rs 102.60 on the BSE as the Enforcement Directorate (ED) froze Rs 143 crore worth of assets of the firm’s MD and CEO V P Nandakumar in an ongoing money laundering investigation.

With today’s fall, the stock has lost 21 per cent since Wednesday, May 3 when the ED had first began searches at the company’s premises.

Adani Enterprises Ltd, on Thursday, reported a 137.5 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit in the quarter ended March 31, to Rs 722.48 crore from Rs 304.32 crore in the same quarter in 2021-22 (FY22). The company's board recommended a dividend of Rs 1.2 per share.

"The Board has recommended a dividend of Rs 1.20 (@ 120 per cent) per equity share of the face value of Rs 1 each fully paid up for the Financial Year 2022- 23, subject to approval by shareholders of the Company," the company said.

Gold price rose Rs 540 in Friday's early trade with 10 grams of the yellow metal (24-carat) trading at Rs 62,180, according to the GoodReturns website. Silver price jumped Rs 300 with 1 kg of the precious metal selling at Rs 77,100.

The price of ten grams of 22-carat gold rose Rs 500, with 10-grams of the yellow metal trading at Rs 57,000.

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