The yen rose in Asian trade on Thursday against a basket of major rivals, extending gains for the second straight day against the US dollar amid active haven demand with mounting global trade uncertainty. Recent Japanese consumer prices data showed increasing inflationary pressures on the Bank of Japans policymakers, boosting the odds of a rate hike in June. The Price...

The euro fell in European trade on Friday against a basket of major rivals, giving up a six-week high against the US dollar on profit-taking. Despite the losses, the common currency is about to mark a weekly profit after the European Central Bank hinted at a pause in the year-long cycle of policy easing. The dollar rebounded ahead of the...

The euro settled near six-week highs against the dollar before an expected ECB interest rate cut on Thursday, while the US dollar rebounded mildly after weak labor data. Recent data showed the US services sector shrank for the first time in a year, while the labor sector is showing signs of weakness as well, leading to a wave of US...

The US dollar fell against most major rivals on Wednesday as investors assess US President Trumps tariff negotiations with major trading partners, including China. The Trump administration granted countries a deadline until today to offer their best trade deals, while also imposing 50% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Trump is scheduled to talk to Chinese President Xi Jinping this...

(Updates prices and adds details, as of 0230 GMT) By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell more than 2% on Monday, with technology stocks among the biggest decliners, tracking heavy losses among Wall Street peers in the previous session. The Nikkei was down 2.14% at 35,613.32, as of the midday break, dropping below the...

With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Monday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows: Wall Street expects Oracle Corporation ( ORCL ) to report quarterly earnings at $1.32 per share on revenue of $13.23 billion after the closing bell. Oracle shares fell 0.2% to $141.49 in after-hours trading. BlackSky Technology Inc...

NEW YORK, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Uncertainty over the U.S. economy's health is rippling through markets, adding fuel to an already-volatile period that has investors grappling with a shift in Federal Reserve policy, a tight U.S. election and worries over stretched valuations. U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday after closely watched jobs data showed labor market momentum slowing more than expected,...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures up: Dow 0.42%, S&P 500 0.53%, Nasdaq 0.73% Sept 9 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, rebounding from heavy losses last week, as investors remained optimistic about soft landing prospects for the U.S. economy ahead...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing city authorities have announced subsidies for firms that purchase domestically produced artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as China seeks to develop its semiconductor industry and reduce reliance on foreign technology. The sizes of subsidies were not specified in a document outlining the initiative by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology dated April 24. Companies...

Soybean Price Analysis Expected Scenario The soybean price has returned to rise after a previous decline, remaining consolidated above the EMA50. It is waiting for more intraday rise to target 1193.10$ mainly. Stochastic current negativity might hinder the price's mission to rise, causing some temporary sideways fluctuation. Continuation of the bullish wave requires holding above 1170.00$ and 1155.00$ levels. Expected...

April 25 (Reuters) - Western Digital ( WDC ) surpassed expectations for quarterly revenue and profit on Thursday, riding on a surge in demand for its data storage products from cloud service providers. The results are the latest sign that demand for memory chips is improving, after earnings of larger rivals Micron Technology ( MU ) and Samsung Electronics (...

Sugar Price Analysis Expected Scenario Sugar price has resumed its negative trades, moving away from the 19.82$ level. This reinforces the expectations of continuing the bearish trend on the intraday and short-term basis. It is waiting to test 18.50$, representing the first target, with the possibility of further decline towards 17.35$. Expected Trading Range Between the support at 19.60$ and...

A hologram statue of  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was installed at India Gate on the freedom fighter’s 125th birth anniversary by PM Narendra Modi. The hologram will be replaced by a 28-feet granite statue of Netaji, to be sculpted by artists of NGMA, Delhi.

Political and tech disputes, women's choices and a murder most foul kept the Delhi High Court busy in 2022. The court, which issued a divided decision on criminalising marital rape and let the parties appeal to the Supreme Court, also posed some probing questions about the Centre's contentious Agnipath scheme for enlisting people in the armed services.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers on Twitter were surprised to find a strange tweet from the leader on Sunday. The tweet asked for donations in cryptocurrencies. The tweet along with a few others was deleted after the hacked account was restored.Many celebrities, actors, politicians and artists have fallen victim to cyber-attacks. Here are some public figures whose accounts on social media platforms were hacked.

West Bengal recorded the highest number of recorded cases against fake news on social media in 2021, accounting for about one-fourth of the total such cases across the country, according to NCRB data.

05:40 PM EDT, 05/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Fairfax Financial ( FRFHF ) ( FFH.TO) on Thursday said its first-quarter profit fell 45%, even as insurance revenue and net premiums written rose. The insurer reported net earnings attributable to Fairfax of US$776.5 million, or US$30.82 per share, in the period, down from a profit of US$1.25 billion, or US$49.83, a year...

05:37 PM EDT, 05/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Sanjit Biswas, 10% Owner, Director, CEO, on April 30, 2024, sold 96,000 shares in Samsara (IOT) for $3,415,247. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Biswas has control over a total of 4,344,103 shares of the company, with 1,703,391 shares held directly and 2,640,712 controlled indirectly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1642896/000141588924012050/xslF345X03/form4-05022024_090524.xml Price: 37.02, Change:...

May 2 (Reuters) - Multifamily residential REIT Camden Property Trust beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter funds from operations (FFO) on Thursday, helped by strong demand for rental spaces in markets such as Southern California and Southeast Florida. Camden has 172 properties containing 58,634 apartment homes in 15 major markets across the U.S., according to its latest annual report. The...

05:41 PM EDT, 05/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- AES ( AES ) reported Q1 adjusted earnings late Thursday of $0.50 per diluted share, up from $0.22 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by Capital IQ expected $0.34. Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $3.09 billion, compared with $3.24 billion a year earlier. Three analysts polled by Capital IQ expected $3.20...

Binance will pay $4.3 billion in one of the largest corporate agreements in US history. Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine under a deal that requires him to step down as CEO. Zhao pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in federal court in Seattle.

A spot crypto ETF would track the market price of the underlying crypto asset, giving investors exposure to the token without having to buy the currency. The SEC has previously denied all spot bitcoin ETF applications citing potential for fraud, but that could soon change after it lost a legal battle in August.

The crypto market is experiencing one of its longest, most bitter winters in recent history. It has caused a massive...

Negotiations between the Justice Department and Binance include the possibility that its founder Changpeng Zhao would face criminal charges in the US under an agreement to resolve the probe into alleged money laundering, bank fraud and sanctions violations, according to the Bloomberg.