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Hedera is a decentralized public network where developers can build secure, fair applications with near real-time consensus. The platform is owned and governed by a council of global innovators including Avery Dennison, Boeing, Deutsche Telekom, DLA Piper, FIS (WorldPay), Google, IBM, LG Electronics, Magalu, Nomura, Swirlds, Tata Communications, University College London (UCL), Wipro, and Zain Group.   The Hedera Consensus Service (HCS) acts as a trust layer for any application or permissioned network and allows for the creation of an immutable and verifiable log of messages. Application messages are submitted to the Hedera network for consensus, given a trusted timestamp, and fairly ordered. Use HCS to track assets across a supply chain, create auditable logs of events in an advertising platform, or even use it as a decentralized ordering service.

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HBAR is trending due to news of FedEx joining its Governing Council and reported US military adoption for quantum-secure drones, leading to a strong division among investors with many highlighting its real-world utility and institutional partnerships, while others express skepticism over its price performance and question its fundamentals.

Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc. engages in the development and commercialization of therapies for high unmet medical needs. The firm intends to treat schizophrenia, jet lag disorder, atopic dermatitis, central nervous system disorders, and circadian rhythm sleep disorder. Its product portfolio includes HETLIOZ, Fanapt, Tradipitant, Trichostatin, and AQW051. The company was founded by Mihael Hristos Polymeropoulos and Argeris N. Karabelas in 2002 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

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Vanda Pharmaceuticals is actively trending following the FDA approval of Nereus for motion sickness, with community attention now shifting to its blockbuster potential for GLP-1 induced nausea and the highly anticipated Bysanti PDUFA decision in February. Investors are debating the company's undervalued status and the likelihood of a major buyout or partnership driven by these significant pipeline developments, amidst concerns over management's performance and a recent shelf offering.

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TQQQ is actively trading amidst broad tech sector volatility, with the community sharply divided between those buying dips for potential recovery and those concerned about leveraged ETF decay, against a backdrop of ongoing geopolitical tensions and uncertain Federal Reserve policy. Traders are closely watching key support levels as market sentiment shifts between short-term rebounds and longer-term caution.

Amarin Corp. Plc is a pharmaceutical company, which focuses on the commercialization and development of therapeutics for cardiovascular health. It focuses on the development and commercialization of Vascepa capsules. The company was founded by Geoffrey William Guy on March 1, 1989 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

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Amarin is trending as investors await critical legal decisions, including a Supreme Court review of its patent infringement case and antitrust rulings, while an FDA clarification on fenofibrates is seen as opening significant market opportunities for Vascepa. The community is also keenly discussing its China market strategy and growing speculation around a potential acquisition, especially following recent positive financial updates.

Pfizer Inc. is a research-based global biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery, development, manufacture, marketing, sales and distribution of biopharmaceutical products worldwide. The firm works across developed and emerging markets to advance wellness, prevention, treatments and cures that challenge the most feared diseases. The company was founded by Charles Pfizer Sr. and Charles Erhart in 1849 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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Pfizer is a hot topic after its Q4 earnings beat and positive Phase 2b data for its monthly obesity drug, yet the community is divided on its competitive edge against rivals and frustrated by the stock's stagnant performance. Many view PFE as a defensive dividend play, holding steady amidst broader market volatility while anticipating future pipeline developments.

Churchill Capital Corp. X is a blank check company, which was created for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was founded by Michael Klein on January 4, 2024 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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Churchill Capital Corp X (CCCX) is trending as its merger with Infleqtion nears, with the company expected to debut on the NYSE as INFQ, sparking community anticipation over recent NASA and DOE contract wins and extremely low redemption rates signaling strong investor confidence in its quantum technology's potential compared to sector peers.

Kyndryl Holdings, Inc. is a technology services company, which engages in the provision of infrastructure services. It operates through the following segments: United States, Japan, Principal Markets, and Strategic Markets. The Principal Markets segment represents the aggregation of operations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The company was founded on December 4, 2020 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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Kyndryl Holdings is trending following a substantial stock plunge triggered by an SEC investigation, key executive departures, internal control weaknesses, and lowered guidance, leading to a strong community debate between deep-seated concerns over credibility and the potential for an oversold rebound in the IT services sector.

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. engages in the provision of cruise travel services. It offers cruise experiences for travelers with itineraries in Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Africa, Canada, Bermuda, Caribbean, Alaska and Hawaii. Its brands include Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The company was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

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Norwegian Cruise Line is trending following an abrupt CEO change, with Harry Sommer's departure largely celebrated by retail investors who perceive continued market manipulation, even as major analysts like JPMorgan issue downgrades citing leadership transition uncertainty.

Kaspa was fair-launched in November 2021 with no pre-mine, zero pre-sale, and no coin allocations, and is 100 percent community-managed. Kaspa aims to be the world's global sequencer for traditional finance and decentralized crypto markets by utilizing proof-of-work and its BlockDAG consensus protocol, GHOSTDAG. Being the world's fastest proof-of-work network, Kaspa combines five properties: (1) hard money principles, (2) Bitcoin's ethos of security-first fundamentals (boasting a security threshold of fifty percent with significant market hashrate), (3) decentralization from rapid block rate mining, (4) block speeds faster than any PoW or PoS network, and (5) smart contract development through based-rollups without fragmented liquidity. Ushering in all five properties, Kaspa is on track to fulfill Satoshi Nakamoto's vision of a digital medium of exchange while also advancing global layer-one sequencing and minuscule confirmation times dominated by internet latency (cf. chapter 6 of the the paper for some initial benchmarks). The Kaspa implementation includes a lot of cool features and subprotocols including Reachability to query the DAG's topology, Block data pruning (with near-future plans for block header pruning), SPV proofs, and later subnetwork support which will make future implementation of layer 2 solutions much easier.

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Kaspa (KAS) is trending for its unique BlockDAG technology, delivering highly scalable and secure Proof-of-Work, with the community actively discussing upcoming smart contract implementations and potential major exchange listings. While many hail KAS as a "sleeping giant" poised for significant growth, others express skepticism over its recent price performance and perceived delays in wider adoption.

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NEOS S&P 500 High Income ETF (SPYI) is trending as investors are drawn to its consistent high monthly income and favorable tax efficiency, with the community actively discussing its perceived stability and value as a long-term income generator compared to other covered call ETFs.

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li>Retail-driven speculation propelled a little-known Indian chipmaker to historic gains, even as losses mount.</li><li>Regulators have stepped in amid concerns over trading activity, curbing liquidity, and intensifying scrutiny of the rally.</li><li>The rally highlights how AI-linked narratives can fuel meme-stock behavior even in the absence of clear earnings visibility.</li></ul>Technology stocks shone the brightest this year, underpinned by strong performances by artificial intelligence (AI) plays, including chipmakers, storage solutions companies, and data infrastructure companies. Granted, it was not a steady, steep ascent, but the trend was broadly to the upside, interspersed with minor pullbacks.&nbsp;AI stalwart Nvidia is up a relatively less glamorous 29% this year, but its chip peers Micron, Broadcom, Intel, and AMD have had a stronger run. So did the storage solutions companies such as Western Digital, its spin-off company Sandisk, and Seagate Technology, as well as chip-equipment makers Lam Research and KLA Corp.&nbsp;<h2 class="st-heading-2">Breakout Story Or Shady Play?</h2>But an obscure chipmaker in the eastern part of the world has beaten all these big giants fair and square in terms of stock performance — a David in the world of AI Goliaths.However, the company’s opacity continues to deepen by the day. Welcome to the world of RRP Semiconductor. The Thane, India-based company has built an Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly &amp; Test (OSAT) facility in Maharashtra for chip packaging, fabrication, and testing.&nbsp;The company's financial soundness, however, is in question. RRP Semi reported negative revenue of Rs. 682.14 lakhs ($68.2 million) for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2025, according to its filings with the stock exchange. Its adjusted loss swung wildly from Rs. 0.21 a year ago to Rs. 5.25.Incorporated as a trading investment firm in 1980, the company transitioned into the electronics and semiconductor industry, renaming itself RRP Semiconductor in May 2025, according to information from the stock market analytics firm Trendlyne.&nbsp;RRP Semi landed in trouble with regulators after social media speculation that Indian cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar had invested in the company sent its shares soaring. The sports icon had attended the inauguration of the Navi Mumbai OSAT plant in late March 2024. In a filing with the BSE in mid-October, the company clarified that Tendulkar has not subscribed to its shares and that the company has not received land from the government of Maharashtra. This Indian state is located here.&nbsp;<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/YTD_Gain_Of_AI_plays_png_bcaa026187.webp" alt="YTD Gain Of AI plays.png">Source: TradingViewFor the year-to-date period, RRPSemi stock has skyrocketed about 6,000%. It hit a peak of Rs. 11,902 (intraday) on Monday and has been retreating amid regulatory scrutiny. The gains are much more outsized at 55,000% over the 20 months through Dec. 17, and, according to Bloomberg, this marked the most significant increase among companies worldwide with a market value above $1 billion. The company currently has a market cap of $1.7 billion.<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/RRP_2025_12_18_04_53_47_png_882c9c4895.webp" alt="RRP_2025-12-18_04-53-47.png">Source: TradingView<h2 class="st-heading-2">RRP Semi — India’s Meme Darling?</h2>Social-media frenzy, a small free float, and the company’s pivot to semiconductors, along with the swelling retail investor base, led to 149 straight “limit-up” sessions,&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/world-beating-55-000-surge-in-india-ai-stock-fuels-bubble-fears?srnd=homepage-asia">according</a> to Bloomberg. A limit-up session refers to a scenario when a stock or index reaches the upper circuit limit, or the pre-defined maximum allowable price increase for the day. According to a Bloomberg chart, RRP Semi has seen a surge in retail participation in the second half of the year.&nbsp;RRP Semi is 98% owned by Rajendra Chodankar, the founder of RRP Group, the parent company, and some of his associates.Traders in the stock had thrown caution to the wind and plunged long into the stock despite the exchanges and the company flagging potential issues. The Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the stock market regulator in India, has begun looking into whether any wrongdoing is involved in RRP Semi’s stock surge, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The stock is now restricted to trading only once a week.&nbsp;For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.Read Next:&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/cryptocurrency/micron-proved-ai-boom-isn-t-over-and-exposed-oracle-broadcom/cLegKbQREAe">Micron Just Proved the AI Boom Isn’t Over — And Exposed What Oracle, Broadcom Got Wrong</a>

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li>India’s data-center capacity is projected to jump from 1.5 GW to 10 GW by 2030 amid rising data generation and a major compute shortfall.</li><li>Amazon, Microsoft, Google and others unveil multiyear, multibillion-dollar plans to expand cloud and AI infrastructure across key Indian cities.</li><li>Reliance, TCS, Adani and new operators are accelerating domestic buildout, reinforcing India’s emergence as a critical global AI infrastructure node.</li></ul>In the scramble for AI supremacy, hyperscalers and data-center companies are investing at a breakneck pace — enough to draw skepticism over whether such massive capital spending will ever deliver adequate returns. Against this backdrop, headlines of megacap hyperscalers pouring billions into India have been steadily trickling in.<h2 class="st-heading-2">India Beckons</h2>E-commerce giant Amazon (AMZN), which has a thriving cloud computing business, became the latest to announce a multi-year, multibillion-dollar commitment in India to advance AI innovation. The Amazon news comes close on the heels of Microsoft’s announcement regarding $17.5 billion investment in the country over four years ending 2029.While Amazon stated that the $35 billion will be spent on expanding all of its businesses and on three strategic pillars, namely AI-driven digitization, export growth and job creation, Microsoft’s largesse was set to be splurged primarily on cloud and AI infrastructure.The software giant said this marked its largest investment in Asia and that it hoped to have the largest hyperscale presence in Indian when the new data center goes live in mid-2026.Not long ago, Alphabet, Inc.’s (GOOGL) (GOOG) Google made a $15 billion push in India, meant to build an AI hub in the port city of Visakhapatnam situated in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. Delving into the investment, CEO Sundar Pichai said, “This hub combines gigawatt-scale compute capacity, a new international subsea gateway, and large-scale energy infrastructure.” Google said the AI hub with house a purpose-built data center campus capable of gigawatt-scale compute capacity.Meta is also rumored to be considering building datacenter infrastructure in the subcontinent. An Economic Times report&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-to-partner-with-sify-for-500-mw-visakhapatnam-data-centre/articleshow/125475106.cms?from=mdr">stated</a> in late November that the Mark Zuckerberg-led company is looking to partner with India’s Sify Technologies to build a 500-megawatt data center in Visakhapatnam. Sify will reportedly spend $1.7 billion on the project and lease it to Meta. The social-media giant will also implement its ambitious subsea cable project ‘Waterworth’ at Sify’s landing station in the area.<h4 class="st-heading-4">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;India Raking In AI Windfall</h4><figure class="table" style="width:96.28%;"><table class="ck-table-resized"><colgroup><col style="width:19.21%;"><col style="width:20.22%;"><col style="width:13.26%;"><col style="width:20.52%;"><col style="width:26.79%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>&nbsp;</td><td>Investment Size</td><td>Time Horizon</td><td>Data Center Location</td><td>Data Center Capacity</td></tr><tr><td>Google</td><td>$15B</td><td>Through 2030</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>gigawatt-scale</td></tr><tr><td>Microsoft</td><td>$17.5B</td><td>Through 2029</td><td>Hyderabad</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Amazon</td><td>$35B</td><td>Through 2030</td><td>Expansion, New facilities in Telangana &amp; Maharashtra</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>Meta (unconfirmed)</td><td>to lease from Sify</td><td>-</td><td>Visakhapatnam</td><td>500-megawatt</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>Incidentally, Sam Altman-led OpenAI, the maker of the ChatGPT large-language model, is also looking the India way. A Bloomberg report in August stated that the company was&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/openai-plans-india-data-center-in-major-stargate-expansion">scouting&nbsp;</a>for partners to set up data centers with at least 1 gigawatt of capacity.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Domestic Players Join The Party</h2>India’s top business groups, as well as newer data center operators, are also deepening their commitments. These include:-Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries’&nbsp;<a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-reliance-to-build-worlds-largest-ai-powered-data-center-in-jamnagar-with-30-billion-investment-3724737/">planned</a> data center in Jamnagar to be built for $20 billion to $30 billion; Once operational, it is expected to exceed the capacity of the world’s largest data center (600-MW capacity), operated by Microsoft in Virginia-Indian IT services giant TCS recently announced a strategic partnership with private-equity firm TPG for its AI data center business, which it calls HyperVault. The project involves a cost of $2 billion, with TPG contributing roughly 50% of the investment.-Adani Group’s proposed 48 MW AI green data center in Telangana&nbsp;The Adani Group will also reportedly invest $5 billion in Google’s AI data center project.<h2 class="st-heading-2">Pull Behind India’s Data Center Surge</h2>Consulting firm McKinsey estimates that datacenters equipped to handle AI processing loads would require $5.2 trillion in Capital expenditure (Capex) by 2030, and that for traditional IT applications would need another $1.5 trillion, taking the total to $7 trillion in capital outlays by 2030.&nbsp;India currently has 1.5 GW of data center capacity, which is expected to increase to 10 GW by 2030, according to TCS. Citing estimates, the company said the Indian data center market has attracted about $94 billion in investment since 2019.Deloitte’s estimates put India’s cumulative data center investments at $105 billion by 2025-07.<figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:654/509;" src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/Screenshot_2025_12_10_at_6_02_04_AM_png_d4c6ba08ca.webp" alt="Screenshot 2025-12-10 at 6.02.04 AM.png" width="654" height="509"></figure>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Source: DeloitteThe firm opines that there is a mismatch between India’s data center capacity and the data it hosts. The country hosts about 20% of the world’s data, yet accounts for less than 3% of global data center capacity.&nbsp;<blockquote>"The gap between India’s AI aspirations and compute infrastructure presents a strategic opportunity and a national imperative to build AI data centres at scale."</blockquote><h2 class="st-heading-2">How Hyperscalers’ Stocks Performed This Year</h2>The “Magnificent Seven” group, of which the hyperscalers are part, has outperformed the broader U.S. market this year. The&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MAGS">Roundhill Magnificent Seven ETF (MAGS)</a>, an exchange-traded fund that tracks the Mag 7s, has risen 23% this year compared to the&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/SPY">SPDR S&amp;P 500 ETF (SPY)</a>’s 18% gain.The&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/GOOGL">Alphabet stock</a> (+68%) has been the outperformer in the group,&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MSFT">Microsoft&nbsp;</a>(+18%),&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/META">Meta&nbsp;</a>(+13%), and&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/AMZN">Amazon&nbsp;</a>(+4%) trailing it.<img src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/Hyperscalers_YTD_return_png_0842df1524.webp" alt="Hyperscalers YTD return.png">Source: KoyfinOn Stocktwits, retail sentiment toward Alphabet was ‘bearish’ as of early Wednesday, while that toward Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta was ‘neutral.’ According to Koyin, the maximum upside potential among the four stocks is for Amazon (+30%).For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.Read Next:&nbsp;<a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/how-wdc-stx-stocks-became-unlikely-ai-winners-of-2025/cLIussoRENn">The Best AI Trades Of The Year Weren’t Nvidia Or AMD — They Were 2 Old-School Storage Giants</a>

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<ul class="summary-bullets"><li>“I'm doing a trade deal with India, and I have great respect and love for Prime Minister Modi.” — President Donald Trump.</li><li>According to a Bloomberg News report, Modi reportedly skipped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur to avoid a meeting with Trump and having a possible discussion on Pakistan.</li><li>India currently faces 50% tariffs on its exports to the U.S., after Trump slapped additional levies for the country’s purchases of Russian oil.</li></ul>U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that Washington, D.C., is going to do a trade deal with India, while adding that he has “great respect and love” for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The Republican President spoke about the potential deal during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea. He also repeated his claim that the U.S. played a key role in the ceasefire between India and Pakistan in May, which India has denied on numerous occasions.<h2 class="st-heading-2">What Did The US President Say?</h2>“I'm doing a trade deal with India, and I have great respect and love for Prime Minister Modi,” Trump said. He also said he spoke with both Modi and Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, and threatened to withdraw from trade deals with their respective nations, which helped avert a “nuclear war.”While Trump and Modi have shared a cordial relationship in the past, the U.S. President’s assertions about the American role in ending the conflict between India and its neighbor have strained it. According to a Bloomberg News <a class="st-link-external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-28/modi-skipped-summit-due-to-worries-trump-would-mention-pakistan?srnd=homepage-asia">report</a>, Modi reportedly skipped the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur to avoid a meeting with Trump and having a possible discussion on Pakistan.Trump reiterated his respect and admiration for Modi by describing him as “tough as hell” and “the nicest looking guy.” This praise also comes at a time when both countries are working to strengthen economic ties that have been marred by turbulent trade negotiations.On the market front, retail sentiment on Stocktwits about the <a href="https://stocktwits.com/symbol/INDA">iShares MSCI India ETF</a> was still in the ‘neutral’ territory at the time of writing.<figure class="image"><img style="aspect-ratio:795/99;" src="https://news.stocktwits-cdn.com/INDA_O_Ct_29_JPG_522aa531a8.webp" alt=" INDA’s Sentiment Meter and Message Volume as of 05:44 a.m. ET on Oct. 29, 2025 | Source: Stocktwits" width="795" height="99"><figcaption>&nbsp;INDA’s Sentiment Meter and Message Volume as of 05:44 a.m. ET on Oct. 29, 2025 | Source: Stocktwits</figcaption></figure><h2 class="st-heading-2">Are The US And India Close To A Trade Deal?</h2>India currently faces 50% tariffs on its exports to the U.S., after Trump slapped additional levies for the country’s purchases of Russian oil. Last week, a report by the Indian publication Mint stated that India and the U.S. are on the cusp of finalizing a long-overdue trade agreement that could significantly lower U.S. tariffs on Indian goods from around 50% to 15%-16%. This is contingent on India’s commitment to scaling back its purchases of Russian oil.The report stated that as part of the proposed deal, India may permit higher imports of non-genetically modified U.S. corn and soymeal. This has been another sticking point in the ongoing negotiations, as India guarded the price-sensitive agricultural and dairy markets.The agreement could also include a framework for periodic review of tariffs and market access.While no deal has been formally announced, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier this week to discuss bilateral ties.Also See: <a href="https://stocktwits.com/news-articles/markets/equity/fiserv-q3-earnings-preview-as-spending-trends-in-focus/cLGZ1aQR3vv">Fiserv Q3 Earnings Preview: Spending Trends In Focus, Analysts Warn Of Lower Sales Forecast</a>For updates and corrections, email newsroom[at]stocktwits[dot]com.

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