The Australian dollar rose in Asian trade on Wednesday against a basket of major rivals, expanding gains for the second straight session against the US dollar and hitting a week high, while approaching five-week highs following strong Australian wages data. The data renewed inflationary pressures on the Reserve Bank of Australias policymakers, which hurt the odds of a rate cut...

The Australian dollar rose in Asian trade on Wednesday against the US dollar after a short hiatus yesterday, with the pair heading towards four-month high and about to mark the second monthly profit in a row. Earlier Sydney data showed inflationary pressures remained persistent on monetary policymakers, casting doubts on the odds of an Australian interest rate cut in May....

The Australian dollar fell against most major rivals on Wednesday following labor data. Australian wages rose 0.9% in the first quarter of the year, above estimates of 0.8%. On trading, the AUD/USD pair rose 0.7% as of 20:56 GMT to 0.6428. Loonie The Canadian dollar fell 0.3% against the greenback as of 20:56 GMT to $0.7155. The US Dollar The...

The Australian dollar tumbled on Tuesday against a basket of major rivals, resuming losses against the US counterpart after a short hiatus and becoming the worst performing G8 currency after the RBAs rate cut. The Reserve Bank of Australia voted to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.85%, the lowest since May 2023, as inflation cooled. The Price...

08:54 AM EDT, 10/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were leaning lower premarket Thursday as the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) was unchanged and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) was recently down 0.3%. Bristol-Myers Squibb ( BMY ) shares were up over 2% after the company raised its full-year non-GAAP earnings per share forecast. ...

08:56 AM EDT, 10/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were steady premarket Thursday with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) recently unchanged. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was down 0.2% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was 0.1% higher. ING Groep ( ING ) shares were up 2% after the company...

08:59 AM EDT, 10/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks were advancing premarket Thursday, with The Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) 0.4% higher. The United States Oil Fund (USO) was up 0.5% and the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) was 0.9% lower. Front-month US West Texas Intermediate crude oil was 0.9% higher at $69.23 per barrel at the New...

09:07 AM EDT, 10/31/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were declining premarket Thursday with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLK ) down almost 1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) 0.3% lower recently. Microsoft ( MSFT ) shares fell by nearly 4% even after the company reported higher fiscal Q1 earnings and revenue. ASE Technology...

CHARLESTON, S.C., April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Gnosis Freight, the AI Global Freight Operating System, today announced it has been named to G2's 2026 Best Software Awards for Supply Chain & Logistics Software and ranked among the Top 100 Fastest Growing Products. The annual awards are based on verified customer reviews from G2's marketplace, which reaches more than 100 million software...

SHENZHEN, China, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroCloud Hologram Inc. ( HOLO ) , (HOLO or the Company), a technology service provider, announced its plan to invest 400 million USD to upgrade the Bitcoin protocol to resist quantum attacks. The company will participate in the research and development of a quantum-resistant Bitcoin protocol and work towards building a secure cryptographic...

SEOUL, South Korea, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SK Signet (KONEX: 260870), a global manufacturer of high-power EV charging solutions based in South Korea, announced on April 2nd that the Mayor of Plano, Texas, and an official delegation visited its headquarters and the R&D center. The visit was attended by John Muns, Mayor of Plano, Texas, and Mark Israelson, City...

SINGAPORE, April 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BTC Digital Ltd. ( BTCT ) , a blockchain technology company, today announced that it has entered into a Joint Development and Operation Agreement (the Agreement) with Aurora Energy Ltd. (Aurora Energy), a Canadian energy company, to jointly develop an off-grid natural gas-powered computing infrastructure project in Alberta, Canada, and to further explore the...

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.

Rajasthan Election Exit Poll Results 2023: The exit poll results will be announced on Thursday, November 30, at 6.30 pm after voting in Telangana gets over. Rajasthan is known for its anti-incumbency, with the state swinging between the BJP and Congress in the past elections.

The Madhya Pradesh Assembly election exit poll results will be streamed live on all News18 network channels, including CNBCTV18, after 6.30PM on Thursday, November 30.

09:01 AM EDT, 07/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Longeveron ( LGVN ) said Wednesday it received fast track designation from the US Food and Drug Administration for its investigational cell therapy Lomecel-B as treatment for mild Alzheimer's. Shares of the company were up 18% in recent Wednesday premarket activity. The designation is the fifth special regulatory designation given to Lomecel-B, alongside...

08:55 AM EDT, 07/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Shoppers Drug Mart has struck a commercial partnership with Truvian Health, a San Diego-based startup that is seeking regulatory approval for its printer-sized devices to conduct on-the-spot blood tests without the need to go to a lab, The Globe and Mail is reporting Wednesday. Loblaw Cos. Ltd. ( LBLCF ) , which owns...

08:58 AM EDT, 07/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Price: 13.00, Change: +0.19, Percent Change: +1.44 ...

08:59 AM EDT, 07/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Canadian Net Real Estate Investment Trust (NET-UN.V) said Wednesday that it sold five gas station properties in Quebec for about $12.8 million. The Trust said it will use the proceeds to reduce debt and have cash on hand for future acquisitions. The five gas station properties were operated by independent operators, aligning with...

Even though Dogecoin was created as a silly joke, it is much better suited for transactions than Bitcoin is, Tesla chief Elon Musk believes. "Fundamentally, Bitcoin is not a good substitute for transactional currency," Musk said.

To buy property in the virtual world, you need to sign up with a metaverse platform, like Decentraland, The Sandbox, Axie Infinity, among others. All you need to transact in the metaverse is a well-funded digital wallet. Here is a step-by-step guide on how you can buy real estate in the metaverse.

Bitcoin prices had risen 2 percet to restest $49,000 after Federal Reserve's hawkish pivot on Wednesday. But this relief rally—as market watchers called it—seems to be dying down. Bitcoin is currently trading at $47,000, down over 3 percent and altcoins are trading in the red as well. So what does Fed's hawkish tilt mean for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies? Let's find out

The move by the DWTC to create a specialised zone for virtual assets - including digital assets, products, operators and exchanges - is part of a drive by Dubai, one of the United Arab Emirates federation of seven emirates, to create new economic sectors, a statement said.