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Story continues below. Advertisement Motilal Oswal’s Research Report on Home First Finance Profit for Q1FY25 increased 27% YoY to INR 878 million (as expected). Net profit increased 18% YoY to INR 1,460 million (as expected). Other income increased 34% YoY to INR 382 million supported by higher disposition income due to improved disposition yields. Operating expenses increased 18% YoY to INR 655 million (as expected). Accounts payable increased approximately 22% YoY to INR 1,200 million (as expected). Annualized credit costs were approximately 20 bps (approximately 40 bps YoY). Management announced a 35 bps increase in PLR effective August 2024. This…

Micron Technology, Inc. MU shares are down today. The company today announced the shipment of its 9th generation (G9) TLC NAND SSDs, becoming the first in the industry to achieve this milestone. G9 NAND boasts a maximum transfer speed of 3.6 GB/s, providing high bandwidth for data read and write operations. This new NAND delivers the highest levels of performance for AI and data-intensive applications, from personal devices to enterprise and cloud data centers. Micron’s G9 NAND delivers 50% faster data transfers per die, 99% higher write bandwidth and 88% higher read bandwidth compared to competitive products, improving performance and…

One thing is hotter than the record-breaking temperatures sweeping across the country this summer: business for air conditioning contractors.Gary Bedard, president of Home Comfort Solutions for Lennox International, one of the industry’s largest manufacturers of HVAC equipment, said the U.S. has seen a surge in demand for air-conditioner replacements this summer as temperatures across the country soared into the triple digits. The surge in demand could be even bigger in heatwave epicenters such as Washington, D.C., he said.This summer has already been the hottest on record in Washington, DC, with a record four consecutive days this month when temperatures topped…

LOS ANGELES — Erica Ash, an actor and comedian known for her sketch comedy and appearances on parody shows “Mad TV” and “Real Husbands of Hollywood,” has died at the age of 46. Ash died of cancer on Sunday in Los Angeles, according to a statement from her publicist and her mother, Deanne. “Erica was an incredible woman and talented entertainer who touched countless lives with her sharp wit, humor and pure passion for life. Her memory will live forever in our hearts,” the statement said. Ash impersonated Michelle Obama and Condoleezza Rice on the Fox sketch series Mad TV…

Cue SportsAdvani, Sitwala to compete in West Indies Billiards & Snooker ChampionshipsMultiple-time world champion Pankaj Advani and current Asian and National Billiards Champion Dhruv Shitwala will compete in the West Indian Billiards & Snooker Championships being held here from August 3rd.There are three categories of competition: Senior Billiards, Senior Snooker and Junior Snooker.Also appearing will be current national snooker champion Sourav Kothari, Aditya Mehta, Laxman Rawat, Rupesh Shah, Dhvaj Haria, Alok Kumar, Siddharth Parikh and S. Sreekrishna.The senior snooker champion will receive a cash prize of Rs 200,000 while the runner-up will receive Rs 120,000.The winner of the senior billiards…

Rising medical costs are putting a strain on Slovakia’s health insurers, with the state-run General Health Insurance Company (VšZP) the hardest hit, with a projected year-end loss of €169 million. The Health Surveillance Agency (ÚDZS) has warned of the potential negative consequences and asked VšZP to present measures that would allow the losses to be recovered without affecting insured persons or health care providers. According to ÚDZS, the resource shortage does not affect all three health insurers equally. State-owned enterprises under pressure Two private health insurers are also expecting losses in 2024: Dovera expects losses of €70 million and Union…

Major earnings reports from big tech companies due this week could determine the direction of the market in the near term as Wall Street looks for signs that big AI investments are paying off. Disappointing results from Alphabet and Tesla prompted a fierce sell-off, raising questions about how long it will take for the AI ​​story to come to fruition. Last Wednesday’s session saw the S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index post their biggest drop since 2022, wiping more than $750 billion in value from the “Magnificent Seven,” Morgan Stanley’s sales desk said. The Round Hill Magnificent Seven ETF…

I’m prompt engineer Michael Taylor.This is Prompt Engineering Support.[funky upbeat music]@Marmotses wants to know, serious question,what is a prompt engineer/prompt engineering?One of the main things I’m doing every dayas a prompt engineer is AB testinglots of different variations of prompts.So I might try asking the AI one thingand then ask it a completely different wayand see which one works best.So a prompt engineer might be employed by a companyin order to optimize the promptsthat they’re using in their AI applications.@AdamJonesInk is asking,does anyone else use please and thank youwhen communicating with ChatGPT and Perplexity?I’m hoping that I’ll get better responsesor…

As the threat of signal loss continues to loom over the industry, this change gives brands more time and freedom to put the right infrastructure in place, run tests to future-proof their marketing strategies, and continue to deliver targeted ads that reach the right people at the right time. This includes combining first-party and third-party data to improve data quality, enabling precise targeting and precise measurement that can have an immediate impact on ROI. That’s why data providers are working together to help brands build effective marketing strategies now and in the future, with a focus on enhanced data, interoperability,…

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported Tuesday that roughly one in three U.S. youth will receive mental health treatment in 2023. That translates to roughly 8.3 million young people between the ages of 12 and 17 receiving counseling, medication or other treatment.The findings are among those released in SAMHSA’s 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. The comprehensive poll, conducted annually by the federal agency, is closely tracked by mental health and addiction experts. The survey includes a wide range of questions asked of Americans ages 12 and older who live in the community rather than…