Counting of votes will be held tomorrow for the Gujarat Assembly polls, considered a prestige battle for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his home state and a litmus test for new Congress president Rahul Gandhi. While BJP is seeking a sixth straight term in office, Congress is aiming to stage a comeback in power after being in the Opposition for over two decades. The results will be announced tomorrow when the counting of votes will be held at 37 centres across the state’s 33 districts, amid tight security.

Retail brokerage TD Ameritrade Holding Corp will allow clients to trade bitcoin futures on the newly minted CBOE Futures Exchange from December 18. In order to be eligible to trade the futures, clients must have a minimum balance of $25,000. The margin requirement will also be 1½ times what the CBOE requires. Bitcoin prices had hit a record high of $17,428 on Friday, amid warnings that it was a bubble on the verge of bursting.

The Hyderabad High Court is likely to hear on Monday a petition filed by debt-ridden realty firm Unitech Ltd, seeking refund from the Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation of about Rs 500 crore deposited by the company in 2008 for the development of 350 acres of land. Unitech said it paid Rs 165 crore in instalments and now seeks Rs 500 crore towards principal amount and interest, as the project did not take off due to land disputes. According to the petition filed by the company, the amount was deposited as it emerged as the successful bidder for developing design and constructing an integrated airport township and multi-services aerospace park.

LG V30+, priced at Rs 44,990, will go on sale starting December 18. The smartphone will be sold exclusively via Amazon India. The LG V30+ is a minimal upgrade to the already launched the LG V30. The smartphone comes with 128GB of storage compared with 64GB on the LG V30. As a part of the first sale, LG is offering a free one-time screen replacement worth Rs 12,000, a free wireless charger worth Rs 3,000 approximately, and in-app purchases worth Rs 6,400 for the Beat Fever app.

The Kerala Government is organising a Petrochemical Investor Meet on December 18 to highlight the opportunities being opened up by the new Petrochemical Park. Potential investors and customers will get an insight on the downstream opportunities based on feed stock available from BPCL Kochi Refineries upcoming petro-chemcial project, which is expected to be commissioned in early 2019. The seminar will highlight the investment opportunities, infrastructure, facilities and utilities available, downstream possibilities, product demand, potential markets available.

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