British Pound Faces Challenges in Q3 The British Pound is under pressure going into the third quarter of the year as interest rate cuts finally heave into view, while the UK general election is set to cause a bout of volatility, and likely Sterling weakness, with the incumbent Conservative Party expected to poll its worst set of results in decades....

Number of traders net-short has increased by 24.22% from last week. SYMBOLTRADING BIASNET-LONG%NET-SHORT%CHANGE IN LONGSCHANGE IN SHORTSCHANGE IN OI Gold BULLISH 49.91% 50.09% 2.00% Daily-16.11% Weekly 5.00% Daily24.22% Weekly 3.48% Daily0.19% Weekly Gold Bullish Data provided by of clients are net long. of clients are net short. Change in Longs Shorts OI Daily 2% 3% 3% Weekly -15% 21% 0%...

Q2 Market Recap: Yen at 30-Year Low The Japanese Yen will stagger into the new calendar quarter at lows not seen against the United States Dollar for thirty years and more. Given that, it’s tempting to suggest that the currency can have nowhere much to go but higher in the months ahead, but, sadly for that rarest of creatures, the...

Australian Dollar (AUD/USD) Latest Analysis and Charts You can download our brand new Q3 Australian Dollar Technical and Fundamental Forecasts below: Recommended by David Cottle Get Your Free AUD Forecast The Australian Dollar was a little lower on Monday but remains close to its 2024 peak thanks to some solid and enduring monetary policy support. While most major central banks...

01:35 PM EDT, 10/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced in Monday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.9% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) gaining 1.1%. The Philadelphia Housing Index added 0.6%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) climbed 0.4%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) increased 1.3% to $68,822, and the yield for 10-year US...

01:36 PM EDT, 10/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.2% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) climbing 1.3%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index rose 0.3%. In corporate news, Apple ( AAPL ) said Monday it launched a new iMac featuring the M4 chip and the Apple Intelligence...

01:26 PM EDT, 10/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) rose 0.2%. US equity indexes rose after midday Monday amid gains in most government bond yields as investors focused on quarterly earnings from index heavyweights. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) lost 0.6% and Energy Select Sector...

01:13 PM EDT, 10/28/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes rose after midday Monday amid gains in most government bond yields as investors focused on quarterly earnings from index heavyweights. The S&P 500 advanced 0.4% to 5,829.2 after closing lower last week for the first time in six, as per a note from D.A. Davidson Monday. The Nasdaq Composite rose...

The big global story that's taken the world by storm is the Pegasus snooping scandal, which has been unearthed by 17 media organisations, Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International has thrown up names of heads of state, prime ministers, royal families, activists, journalists and business tycoons who were spied on. To know its implications and decode the legalities involved, CNBC-TV18's Parikshit Luthra spoke to Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Eitay Mack, Tech Editor and Reporter of Haaretz.com Omer Benjakob and journalist at Le Monde, Damien Leloup.

The Paris prosecutor's office opened a probe on Tuesday into allegations by investigative news website Mediapart and two of its journalists that they had been spied on using Pegasus spyware.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority said that the action has been taken due to the continuous presence of inappropriate content on the platform and its failure to take such content down.

According to a 2016 New York Times report, the NSO — which claims to deal with only authorised governments — doesn't sell its spyware cheap.

The probe pertains to Dapoli resort, which is allegedly illegal. The former minister and Shiv Sena (Uddhav) leader, Anil Parab, allegedly wangled a permit to use land meant for agricultural use. The ED had started the investigation under the the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after a complaint from the Environment Ministry.

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.

A fire that broke out at the waste treatment plant in Kochi on March 2, 2023, continues to spread toxic fumes even after 11 days of the incident. The Kerala government has said that 95 percent of the fire has been extinguished, but the smoke from the landfill has not entirely subsided. 

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.

Oct 23 (Reuters) - German shipbuilder Luerssen and defence group Rheinmetall could emerge as potential suitors for the warship division of conglomerate Thyssenkrupp , two people familiar with the matter said. It comes a day after news that private equity firm Carlyle had dropped out of the process for Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), in what was a blow to Thyssenkrupp's...

11:26 AM EDT, 10/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- CrowdStrike ( CRWD ) and Omnissa said Wednesday they are collaborating on real-time threat detection and automated remediation for virtual desktop infrastructure and physical desktop environments. Combining the Omnissa Platform and the CrowdStrike Falcon cybersecurity platform will create a unified endpoint management and endpoint security, according to the companies. Financial terms of the...

11:24 AM EDT, 10/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Glenn Darrel Sanford, 10% Owner, Director, CEO and Chairman of the Board, on October 22, 2024, sold 40,000 shares in Exp World Holdings ( EXPI ) for $512,884. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Sanford has control over a total of 40,629,780 shares of the company, with 40,629,780 shares held directly....

11:20 AM EDT, 10/23/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Sigma Lithium ( SGML ) said Wednesday it is set to deliver 22,000 tonnes of its quintuple zero lithium to Abu Dhabi's trading arm, International Resources Holding. The company said the shipment value was initially set at a provisional floating price equivalent to 8.25% of battery-grade lithium carbonate quoted at the Guangzhou Futures...

US fintech firm Ripple and blockchain oracle provider Chainlink have partnered to accelerate the adoption of the cross-border payments firm’s stablecoin, Ripple USD. “Ripple has adopted the Chainlink standard to access highly secure and reliable pricing data around the recently launched Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin,” stated Chainlink on Jan. 7. Ripple describes its new stablecoin as an “enterprise-grade, USD-denominated stablecoin...

U.S. prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon have estimated that the collapse of the TerraUSD and Luna cryptocurrencies may have affected more than one million individuals and entities. The estimate was revealed in a filing submitted on January 6 by acting U.S. Attorney Daniel Gitner to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New...

TL;DR Ripples stablecoin is gaining traction, with major exchanges like Coinbase expected to adopt it soon. The companys president sees an XRP ETF likely in 2025, with pro-crypto SEC leadership potentially favoring the launch of such products. The Leaders to Embrace RLUSD Imminently? Ripple revealed its intentions to launch a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar in April last year....

A lot can change in the cryptocurrency markets within 24 hours, and the last day proved that narrative, as BTC slumped from over $102,000 to $95,200. The altcoins have suffered even more, with massive price declines from the likes of ETH, DOGE, ADA, AVAX, LINK, HBAR, DOT, and many others. BTC Slumps Hard After a relatively quiet weekend, which BTC...