The British pound fell in the European market on Thursday against a basket of global currencies, extending its losses for the second consecutive day against the US dollar, moving away from its two-month high, under pressure from accelerating correction and profit-taking, in addition to the continued recovery of the US currency from multi-year lows. This decline comes ahead of the...

Borrowing costs began to ease for some Canadians on Wednesday after the Bank of Canada announced its first interest rate cut since March, lowering its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points, from 2.75% to 2.5%. Commercial lenders, such as private banks, base their own lending rates on the central banks benchmark rate. The Bank of Canada pointed to a...

The New Zealand dollar fell broadly in Asian trading on Thursday against a basket of major and minor currencies, extending its losses for the second consecutive day against the US dollar, retreating from a seven-week high amid accelerating correction and profit-taking, in addition to the continued recovery of the greenback from multi-year lows. Data released in New Zealand showed a...

The US Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday its decision to cut the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, from 4.50% to 4.25%, in a move that was broadly in line with market expectations. ...

07:55 AM EST, 02/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Trilogy Metals ( TMQ ) fell 1.6% at last look Friday in NYSE American pre-market trading as it reported a fiscal 2024 net loss. The company reported a net loss of US$8.6 million, or a loss of US$0.05 per share, for the year ended Nov. 30, 2024, compared to the FactSet analyst consensus...

08:27 AM EST, 02/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was down 0.1% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) declined 0.1% in Friday's premarket activity ahead of more economic reports due later in the day. US stock futures were also lower, with S&P 500 Index futures down 0.2%,...

08:04 AM EST, 02/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US stock futures were trending modestly lower in Friday's premarket session as investors await retail sales and industrial production figures later in the morning. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 0.27%, S&P 500 futures were off 0.15%, and Nasdaq futures were declining 0.16%. Oil prices were moving higher, with front-month global benchmarks...

08:51 AM EST, 02/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were flat to lower premarket Friday with the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) recently inactive and the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.3%. Cohu ( COHU ) shares were over 3% lower after the company reported a swing to a Q4 non-GAAP loss as revenue declined during the period....

Huawei Technologies has teamed up with China's Shaanxi Coal Industry Co to pilot the intelligent coal mine technology in two places. Smart coal mine sensors monitor parameters like gas build-up, ventilation levels and flooding, and send an alert if any of these reach a dangerous level. Sustainability too has to be factored into the equation, going forward.

On World Environment Day 2022, we take a look at the tech sector that alone is responsible for 2-3 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. See how technology impacts the environment and what the big companies are doing.

Utimaco provides a Public Warning System (PWS) that sends alerts and warnings within seconds to every cell phone in an area affected by a catastrophic situation without the need for mobile numbers and irrespective of the congestion in the telecom network.

The IT city is facing the worst of floods and social media is flooded with visuals from Bengaluru as residents expressed their anger, opinions, and interesting takes online.

The new bill exempts registered AYUSH practitioners and people accessing codified traditional knowledge, from sharing benefits with local communities or giving prior intimation to state biodiversity boards before accessing biological resources.

Accusing Kejriwal of being busy with election campaigning in poll-bound states and waking up to the situation late, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, said that the Centre had held a meeting with Chief Secretaries and senior officials from four North Indian states on 20th October to discuss measures to reduce air pollution, which he claims weren't adopted by the AAP-led governments.

On Tuesday, the Gehlot government invited bids for both projects to build the dams within the next four years. The chief minister had announced both projects in last year’s budget.

Activists have contended that words like "ecotourism facilities" and "any other purposes" are too vague and may pave the way for widespread exploitation and misuse.

09:00 AM EDT, 04/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon ( AMZN ) is seeking to challenge Poland's leading online marketplace Allegro, using its video streaming platform as a way to attract customers, Reuters reported, citing company officials. Amazon ( AMZN ) plans to add more original Polish-language shows to the five it has launched on its Prime Video service since 2023,...

09:02 AM EDT, 04/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Winshear Gold Corp. ( HELOF ) said Tuesday that Mark Sander has stepped down as president of the company, but will continue to serve as a director. The company has tapped Patricio Varas as a replacement for Sander, effective immediately. Winshear is gearing up to launch its first-ever drill program to test the...

(Reuters) -Lucid reported first-quarter deliveries above market expectations on Tuesday as price cuts helped boost demand for its luxury electric sedans. Shares of the California-based company rose around 1% in premarket trading. The company handed over 1,967 vehicles in the first quarter, compared with estimates of 1,745, according to eight analysts polled by Visible Alpha. Lucid's upbeat deliveries reflect the...

09:06 AM EDT, 04/09/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Norfolk Southern ( NSC ) said Tuesday it will pay $600 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the derailment of one of its trains in East Palestine, Ohio, in February 2023. If approved by the court, the agreement will resolve all class action claims within a 20-mile radius of the derailment...

Federal prosecutors are calling for a prison sentence of five to seven years for former FTX executive Ryan Salame, who has been implicated in its multibillion-dollar collapse. His defense team asserts that his punishment should reflect his role in exposing the fraud, pushing for a lighter sentence of no more than 18 months. Salame’s Defense According to a sentencing memo...

The previous two cycles may provide an indication of where BTC prices might head after the previous all-time high was broken. In the 2013 cycle, Bitcoin prices peaked at around $1,130, but they did not break this level again until March 2017. However, in the three months that followed, BTC prices doubled. When the 2017 all-time high of $20,000 was...

Uniswap Labs, the company behind the decentralized exchange Uniswap, has issued a response to the Wells Notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Meanwhile, Uniswap’s native token UNI has surged 2.0% over the last 24 hours and 37% over the week to hit $9.48. Uniswap Labs Criticizes SECs Legal Basis In a blog post on May 21, Uniswap Labs...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Monday that will provide long-sought-after legal clarity around how crypto assets should be classified, registered, and custodied. The bill, titled the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act (FIT21), received near unanimous support from Republicans alongside 71 additional votes from Democrats, resulting in a final tally of 279 yea to...