The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure has made data centers the fastest-growing source of electricity demand in North America. As grid operators and policymakers race to keep pace with this surge, energy providers face a historic opportunity to unlock new avenues of growth and revenue. The First Challenge: Capacity Bottlenecks Data center developers are working under tight...

Bullish sentiment toward the U.S. dollar weakened as negotiations between Democrats and Republicans over reopening the federal government showed progress, prompting the dollar index to retreat from recent highs amid growing expectations that the longest government shutdown in U.S. history may soon come to an end. The Federal Reserve is expected to resume receiving economic data shortly, a move that...

Bitcoin, the worlds largest and most valuable cryptocurrency, fell by more than 5% on Wednesday to its lowest level in months, trading below the $100,000 mark after peaking at an all-time high above $126,000 in early October. The token later pared some losses to trade around $102,000. The decline extends a broader downtrend that began during what traders now call...

The British pound rose in European trading on Thursday against a basket of global currencies, extending its recovery for a second consecutive session from a seven-month low versus the U.S. dollar, ahead of the Bank of Englands policy decision at the conclusion of its seventh regular meeting of 2025. Markets widely expect the central bank to keep interest rates unchanged...

U.S. stocks traded lower midway through trading, with the Dow Jones index falling over 100 points on Friday. The Dow traded down 0.37% to 38,761.74 while the NASDAQ fell 0.95% to 15,974.83. The S&P 500 also fell, dropping, 0.62% to 5,118.35. Check This Out: Top 5 Industrials Stocks That May Fall Off A Cliff In Q1   Leading and Lagging...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Madrigal jumps on FDA approval for liver disease drug * Adobe drops after dour Q2 revenue forecast * Micron Technology ( MU ) gains after Citi lifts PT * Indexes down: Dow 0.22%, S&P 0.48%, Nasdaq 0.81% (Updated at...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Adobe drops after dour Q2 revenue forecast * Micron Technology ( MU ) gains after Citi lifts PT * Indexes down: Dow 0.38%, S&P 0.66%, Nasdaq 0.88% (Updated at 10:02 a.m. ET/ 1402 GMT) By Bansari Mayur Kamdar and...

12:36 PM EDT, 03/15/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US benchmark stock indexes fell, led by technology, as government bond yields traded at their highest levels this month following this week's hotter-than-expected inflation data and ahead of the Federal Reserve's updated economic projections. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% to 5,113.9, with the Nasdaq Composite down 1.1% to 15,957.2 and the Dow Jones...

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Qualcomm ( QCOM ) Chief Executive Officer Cristiano Amon said on Wednesday that Arm Holdings has withdrawn a threat to terminate Qualcomm's ( QCOM ) license agreement with the chip technology provider. Arm in October threatened to terminate Qualcomm's ( QCOM ) license agreement amid a dispute over technology that powers Qualcomm's ( QCOM ) personal...

Key takeaways Direct deposit transfers money electronically from your company's payroll account into employees' bank accounts. This method is less costly, more convenient, faster and safer than processing checks. Setting up direct deposit is a simple process of choosing a provider, gathering employee information, setting up payroll software and running a test transaction. Is your small business still printing payroll...

SHANGHAI/HONGKONG (Reuters) -Chinese investors are rushing into AI-related stocks, betting the artificial intelligence advance of home-grown startup DeepSeek will lead to a boom in the sector and give the initiative to China in an intensifying Sino-U.S. technology war. Feverish buying has pumped up shares of Chinese chipmakers, software designers and data centre operators amid patriotic calls for an upward repricing...

By AJ Vicens (Reuters) -An email system used by Elon Musk and his associates to contact all U.S. federal employees operates entirely on government computers and does not use a non-government server, Office of Personnel Management officials said in a court filing on Wednesday. The court filing comes amid growing concern that Musk's associates are flouting security protocols when handling...

The Karnataka Assembly election results threw up an unexpected suspense on Tuesday, as a simple majority tantalisingly eluded BJP and...

The cases were lodged against Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar over his controversial social media posts following the blasts at a convention centre in Kochi during a prayer meeting of Christian religious group Jehovah's Witnesses.

A senior leader who attended the meeting said Venugopal asked state leaders to support state Congress chief Ashok Chavan and warned that party president Rahul Gandhi will not tolerate any indiscipline.

As part of the Yatra, more than 2,500 mobile performing vans and over 200 mobile theatre vans will be pressed into service to cover the 2.55 lakh gram panchayats and clusters in all cities and towns of the country.

05:03 PM EDT, 04/09/2025 (MT Newswires) -- National Health Investors' ( NHI ) activist shareholder Land & Buildings Investment Management disclosed plans Wednesday to challenge two director nominees with its own slate in a bid to maximize returns. Land & Buildings blamed an archaic corporate governance structure for a 27% lag in National Health Investors' ( NHI ) share price...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not want U.S. Steel Corp to go to Japan, suggesting he no longer supports Nippon Steel's ( NISTF ) bid for the American steel producer. Shares of U.S. Steel fell 13% after the comment in trading after the market closed. We don't want to see...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he does not want U.S. Steel Corp to go to Japan, suggesting he no longer supports Nippon Steel's bid for the American steel producer. The comment appeared to contradict recent actions by the Trump administration. On Monday Trump directed a national security panel to take a fresh look at Nippon...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

After a series of back-and-forths regarding Do Kwons extradition, it appears that the Terraform Labs co-founder and former CEO may finally be handed over to South Korean authorities after the Appellate Court of Montenegro confirmed a previous decision to extradite him to his native country. Terraform Labs’ Chief Executive Officer, who was arrested in March 2023 with Kwon in Montenegro,...

TL;DR Meme coins on the Solana blockchain have shown potential for high profits, with instances of substantial investment returns highlighted. Despite these opportunities, the inherent volatility of meme coins underscores a considerable risk of losses. Meme coins built on the Solana blockchain have been thriving in the past several months, with the sector spewing new ones quite frequently. Todays best...

Cardano (ADA) is showing strong growth in smart contract development. Since the beginning of the year, the number of Plutus scripts on the Cardano network, including Plutus V1 and V2, has surged by 171.45%,  At this pace, the Cardano network is adding nearly 500 new smart contracts daily. According to data from Cardano Blockchain Insights, the network has achieved 39,000...

Solana (SOL) has become the most popular blockchain ecosystem in 2024, capturing nearly 50% of global crypto investor interest in chain-specific narratives, according to a recent report by crypto data aggregator CoinGecko. The report follows the accelerated resurgence of SOL this year, currently at $177 and getting closer to its 2021 highs. Another reason behind Solana’s massive traction is the...