Startup founders are increasingly highlighting their college or school "dropout" status during their one-minute pitches, with the trend being particularly evident during Y Combinator Demo Days, TechCrunch reported. Noting that it has become a kind of "credential", Moxxie Ventures founder Katie Jacobs Stanton said, "I think it's perceived as something quite positive in the venture ecosystem."

Switzerland registered a record 55,654 new businesses in 2025, marking the highest annual startup count in its history. Official data showed steady growth across sectors such as consulting, crafts, and real estate, with no single industry dominating. The figures underlined the country’s resilient entrepreneurial ecosystem despite wider economic and regulatory shifts.

Info Edge, which had invested ₹86 crore in Zomato-parent Eternal between 2010 and 2013, has seen the value of its stake significantly multiply over the years, Moneycontrol reported. Info Edge held 119.46 crore shares in Eternal at the end of the September quarter. At shares' current price of ₹282.85 apiece, Info Edge’s stakeholding would be worth ₹32,000 crore.

A delivery agent, who participated in the nationwide strike of gig workers, said companies "pay crores to celebrities for ads", but delivery partners have to pay for everything, including helmets and water. "Why can't they provide us basic safety gear and water?" he said. "I've been working since 2022, and my earnings have only declined," he added.

Jubilant FoodWorks has divested its entire shareholding in Hashtag Loyalty, a rewards and customer-engagement platform it co-founded, to focus on core food-service operations. The move marks a strategic shift as the company aims to streamline its portfolio and direct resources toward growth in its main restaurant business. Financial terms of the stake sale were not disclosed.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) clarified on Wednesday that it has not received any communication from the government regarding any relief on its ₹87,695 crore statutory dues. Earlier in the day, reports emerged that the Union Cabinet approved a five-year interest-free moratorium for the dues linked to adjusted gross revenue. Shares of the company ended around 11% lower.

Shares of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway have compounded at roughly 19.8% to 19.9% annually since he took control of the firm in 1965. In comparison, the S&P 500 has given 10.4% returns, including dividends, NDTV Profit reported. A $1,000 investment in Berkshire in 1965 would be worth over $55 million by the mid-2020s, compared to roughly $390,000 for the index.

Warren Buffett, who is set to step down as the chairperson of Berkshire Hathaway, has shared several investing strategies over the years. Some of his investing rules are to buy what one can understand, think long-term in businesses, choose quality over cheap price, and look for strong management. Focusing on fundamentals while ignoring market hype is another investing rule.

The Enforcement Directorate has attached a property worth ₹150 crore near Buckingham Palace in London in a money laundering case involving textile businessman Nitin Kasliwal and his company S Kumars Nationwide. Kasliwal is accused of defrauding a consortium of banks of ₹1,400 crore, ED said. It added that Kasliwal diverted the funds outside India to buy immovable assets.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticised Washington over its bad policies, claiming that billionaire Jeff Bezos moved away from the state due to that. "The state of Washington lost its biggest taxpayer- Jeff Bezos- to Florida. That's not 'just talk'. That relocation alone has had a major impact on the...state's budget," DeSantis said. "Enacting income tax would be counterproductive," he added.