Shares of Nike surged over 2% in pre-market trading on Wednesday after Apple CEO Tim Cook purchased nearly $3 million worth of the sportswear maker's stock. Cook, who serves as Nike's lead independent director, bought 50,000 shares at $58.97 each, according to a regulatory filing. Earlier this month, Nike reported weak sales in China, causing its shares to drop.

The newly-listed shares of Lenskart Solutions and Groww-parent Billionbrains Garage Ventures will join the BSE LargeCap index from January 6, 2026. The shares of the recently demerged Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles will also be added to the index. Three of them will enter the BSE Allcap and BSE LargeMidCap indices as well.

The government has approved two new airlines, Al Hind Air and FlyExpress, this week. A third airline - Shankh Air - which had received its NOC earlier, is expected to begin operations in 2026. Following the IndiGo crisis, which resulted in the cancellation of hundreds of flights, the government stated its intention to end the duopoly in the aviation sector.

About 30% of India’s dark stores are now in Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities, showing quick-commerce expansion beyond metros. These small warehouses for ultra-fast delivery are set to nearly triple to around 7,500 by 2030 from 2,525 today, driven by rising demand. This growth is creating new opportunities for developers and investors, says Savills India.

Ganesh Kadam, a hotel management graduate, began grape farming in Nashik as starting a hospitality business would have required selling family land. The 2019 drought and COVID-19 pushed him toward value addition. By combining farming with solar dehydration of grapes, ginger, tomatoes, and other crops, he built a robust agri-enterprise with an annual turnover of ₹75 lakh.

India's digital commerce ecosystem faces challenges like diverse consumer segments, fragmented payment infrastructure, and logistics complexity. Strategic reforms, digital identity adoption, and improved data flows are enabling unified platforms that reduce friction, enhance reach, and improve conversion rates, empowering sellers to scale with better customer experiences.

Building advanced AI tools often fails due to unclear problem framing, lack of data pipelines, and insufficient execution muscle. GrowthJockey's venture-architect story for Intellsys AdGPT reportedly combined domain expertise, validated customer needs, and execution teams, reducing iteration cycles, accelerating fit, and delivering prescriptive advertising capabilities that solve marketer pain.

Advertising teams often face high media costs, delayed insights, and fragmented optimisation signals across channels. AdGPT by Intellsys reportedly embeds prescriptive AI that analyses performance patterns in real time, recommends budget shifts, creative changes, and channel priorities, helping teams improve ROAS, reduce waste and accelerate decision-making with less manual effort.

Traditional ad intelligence shows performance but seldom suggests next steps, leaving optimisation to intuition. AdGPT prescriptive ad intelligence combines performance data with predictive and prescriptive models to recommend actions on budget, creatives, and placements. This reportedly reduces cycle times, improves ROI, and enables systematic media decisions without guesswork.

Many salaried taxpayers have not received their income tax refunds for AY 2025-26 due to mismatches between ITR claims and employer-provided Form 16 data. The Income Tax Department has clarified that refunds are only paused, not cancelled, and will be processed once taxpayers correct errors or respond to official emails on time.