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 fell against most major rivals on Thursday despite strong labor data. Australia's unemployment rate was unchanged in April at 4.1%, same as March, and matching expectations. The Australian economy added 89.0 thousand new jobs in April, easily beating estimates of a 20.9 thousand addition, while March's reading was revised to show the addition of 32.2 thousand jobs...

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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...

* Indexes up: Dow 0.6%, S&P 500 0.8%, Nasdaq 1% * Philadelphia Semiconductor Index hits all-time high * WeightWatchers jumps on Amazon partnership * Boeing ( BA ) rises after FAA approves 737 MAX production hike (Updates on market open) By Pranav Kashyap and Twesha Dikshit Oct 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street advanced on Monday as investor concerns over the...

U.S. stocks settled higher on Friday, with the Dow Jones index gaining more than 200 points during the session as Wall Street shrugged off credit concerns that battered bank stocks recently. Wall Street analysts make new stock picks on a daily basis. Unfortunately for investors, not all analysts have particularly impressive track records at predicting market movements. Even when it...

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Wall Street opened higher on Monday as investors prepared for a wave of earnings from corporate majors and a long-awaited inflation report, which could shake up markets later in the week. At 09:30 a.m., the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 189.46 points, or 0.41%, to 46,381.17. The S&P 500 gained 38.71 points, or 0.58%, to 6,702.72,...

09:23 AM EDT, 10/20/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were edging higher premarket Monday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) advancing by 0.5%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ( FAS ) was up 1.7% and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ( FAZ ) was 1.4% lower. HBT Financial ( HBT ) shares...

TAIPEI, March 14 (Reuters) - Apple ( AAPL ) supplier Foxconn reported on Thursday a 33% rise in fourth-quarter profit, boosted by strong year-end sales during the peak holiday season. The Taiwanese company, the world's largest contract electronics maker, said net profit for the October-December quarter rose to T$53.14 billion ($1.69 billion) from T$40 billion in the same period the...

DETROIT, March 14 (Reuters) - HomeTown Services, a heating and cooling repair company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is getting ready to install driver monitoring cameras in some of its trucks, and already uses streamed data to remind drivers not to sit too long in idle vehicles, wasting gasoline. People will sit in a vehicle for an hour or two, said Del...

(Reuters) - Oracle on Thursday said it is adding generative artificial intelligence features across its corporate software lineup, intensifying competition with Microsoft ( MSFT ) and other technology firms to sell the technology to businesses customers. Oracle's cloud-based software offerings are central to many businesses in running their finances, supply chains and human resources departments, and the Austin, Texas-based company...

DETROIT (Reuters) - HomeTown Services, a heating and cooling repair company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is getting ready to install driver monitoring cameras in some of its trucks, and already uses streamed data to remind drivers not to sit too long in idle vehicles, wasting gasoline. People will sit in a vehicle for an hour or two, said Del Underwood, vice...

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.

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.

The new bill exempts registered AYUSH practitioners and people accessing codified traditional knowledge, from sharing benefits with local communities or giving prior intimation to state biodiversity boards before accessing biological resources.

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. 

05:37 PM EDT, 07/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Capital One Financial ( COF ) said late Tuesday that the Federal Reserve set its preliminary stress capital buffer requirement at 4.5%, effective Oct. 1. The new buffer represents a reduction from the current 5.5%, which will remain in effect through the end of Q3. In April, the Fed proposed a rule change...

05:31 PM EDT, 07/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Hillenbrand ( HI ) said late Tuesday it closed the divestment of a minority stake in TerraSource Holdings to Astec Industries (ASTE) in a transaction valued at $245 million. The company received almost $115 million from the sale, which it plans to use for debt repayments, according to a statement. Shares were up...

05:38 PM EDT, 07/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Mayville Engineering ( MEC ) said late Tuesday it completed its acquisition of Accu-Fab from Tide Rock for $140.5 million in cash. The deal, effective July 1, is expected to broaden Mayville's customer base and accelerate its expansion into the power infrastructure and data center markets, the company said. ...

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,...

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.

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

El Salvador and Iceland are hotspots to watch out for as world wakes up to power of cutting-edge geothermal.

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