The US dollar has not advanced this week on the back of war drums or geopolitical tensions. Instead, it continues to edge higher for more ordinary but equally persistent reasons: there simply hasnt been enough fuel for the bears to justify short positions at the weeks opening levels. Traders hoping for a flow of weak US data to support dollar...

The Japanese yen rose in Asian trading on Thursday against a basket of major and minor currencies, attempting to recover from a three-week low against the U.S. dollar. The move came on the back of bargain buying from lower levels, supported by a pause in the dollars rally ahead of key U.S. data releases. Expectations for a Bank of Japan...

The Swiss franc rose in European trading on Thursday against a basket of global currencies, resuming gains against the U.S. dollar as the greenbacks rally paused ahead of key U.S. economic data releases. The francs advance, however, remains limited, with investors refraining from building large positions ahead of the Swiss National Banks (SNB) policy decision, where rates are widely expected...

The dollar held steady against the euro and the British pound on Friday, maintaining strong gains as investors awaited US consumer spending data, after growth figures came in better than expected, reducing expectations for further Federal Reserve easing this year. The euro traded near a three-week low at $1.1669, while the pound stabilized at $1.3347 after hitting its lowest in...

The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed a slight improvement in the overall market sentiment, while the index remained in the “Fear” zone on Thursday. U.S. stocks settled lower on Thursday, following the release of economic reports. The U.S. economy grew an annualized 1.6% in the first quarter, marking a notable slowdown from the 3.4% rate in the final...

With U.S. stock futures trading higher this morning on Friday, some of the stocks that may grab investor focus today are as follows: Wall Street expects Exxon Mobil Corporation ( XOM ) to report quarterly earnings at $2.20 per share on revenue of $78.35 billion before the opening bell, according to data from Benzinga Pro. Exxon Mobil ( XOM )...

04:37 PM EDT, 04/25/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark equity indexes dropped Thursday amid a post-earnings selloff in Meta Platforms ( META ) , while markets also evaluated data showing that Q1 economic growth fell short of Wall Street's expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1% to 38,085.8, while the Nasdaq Composite declined 0.6% to 15,611.8. The S&P 500...

(Updates prices, adds additional details, analyst comment) By Kevin Buckland TOKYO, April 26 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average extended early gains on Friday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) opted to leave interest rates unchanged, as widely expected, and said accommodative monetary conditions are likely to continue for the time being. The Nikkei was up 0.7% at 37,890.48, as...

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.

Erratic patterns of rainfall, heatwaves, storms, floods, and other consequences of climate change are threatening our genetically similar food crops. The way out is to introduce genetic diversity, but that's easier said than done.

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.

Facebook-parent Meta said it will be activating its Elections Operations Center to watch out for potential abuses that could emerge across the platform related to state elections

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.

As per the information provided by Ministry of Consumer Affairs, a total of 11,713 and 9,002 complaints of cyber frauds were received on National Consumer Helpline during the financial years 2019-20 and 2020-21, Minister of State for of Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Twitter handle of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (@UPGovt) and Twitter handle operated by the information department (@InfoUPFactCheck) were hacked for a brief period. Both the accounts have now been restored.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese firms have agreed to raise pay by 5.25% this year, the biggest rise under comparable data since 2013, the country's largest union group Rengo confirmed on Friday. The results of the closely-watched wage negotiations are announced in several stages, in which the blue-chip firms are first to wrap up their talks in mid-March. The second announcement on...

HANOI, March 22 (Reuters) - Communist-ruled Vietnam is seeking its third president in little more than a year after the resignation of Vo Van Thuong, who was only elected last year after the sudden dismissal of his predecessor. With accumulated foreign direct investment higher than its gross domestic product, Vietnam's stability is crucial to multinationals with large operations in the...

05:04 AM EDT, 03/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Hutchmed ( HCM ) said late Thursday it has started the registration stage for a phase 2/3 clinical trial of investigational drug sovleplenib for adult patients with warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia in China. The move follows positive data from the proof-of-concept phase 2 stage of the trial and a consultation with the...

(Reuters) - FedEx ( FDX ) shares surged in premarket trading on Friday after the parcel giant beat estimates for quarterly profit and reported a higher operating margin at Express, its largest unit. Shares of the company rose 12.4% to $297.75 before the bell, with rival UPS up 3.5%. FedEx ( FDX ) has taken several measures to protect margins...

Shark Tank star and Canadian millionaire Kevin O’Leary, who has always been bullish on Bitcoin, expressed how the adoption of green energy by mining companies could reduce fossil fuel usage and trigger a wider acceptance of sustainable energy

The bitcoin mine would use solar and storage technology from Tesla and be entirely run on renewable energy

Founded in 2017 by Jaynti Kanani, Anurag Arjun, Sandeep Nailwal and Mihailo Bjelic as a secondary scaling solution for the Ethereum blockchain, Polygon is building a suite of scaling solutions.

The crypto industry has been focussing hard on making the business more environment friendly.