California's New Law: Turning Parking Lots into Affordable Housing 　　Introduction　　In an effort to combat the ongoing homeless crisis, California has enacted a new law that allows religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to convert their parking lots and other properties into low-income housing. 　　The Law's Provisions　　The law, signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, rezones land owned by religious institutions and nonprofit colleges...

November has turned out to be the best month of the year so far for the Nifty, with the index gaining 5.5% so far ahead of Thursday's monthly F&O expiry.

　　Former Citibank Analyst's Unfair Dismissal Claim Rejected 　　Employee Lied About Food Expenses　　A former Citibank analyst, Szabolcs Fekete, has lost his claim of unfair dismissal after a tribunal discovered he had lied about buying food for his partner and charging it to his employer. 　　Fekete, who was a senior analyst, claimed he had been both wrongfully and unfairly dismissed by Citibank....

The growth in revenues largely came from its existing merchants and payment processing stack Wibmo, as new merchant signups continued to be paused for the Indian entity after a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) order.

08:57 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday, with the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) up 0.1%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 0.4% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 0.2%. PayPal Holdings ( PYPL ) and Blue Owl Capital (OWL) said they...

09:13 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were flat ahead of Wednesday's opening bell as traders turned cautious after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell flagged a challenging situation for the central bank. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 0.1% higher, S&P 500 futures were up 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures were 0.2% higher. Powell said Tuesday policymakers face...

09:12 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were steady pre-bell Wednesday, with the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLV ) a slight 0.1% higher and the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive. Acadia Pharmaceuticals ( ACAD ) stock was down more than 11% after the company said its ACP-101, or intranasal carbetocin, therapy candidate for patients...

09:08 AM EDT, 09/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were edging higher pre-bell Wednesday, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) up 0.1% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF ( XSD ) advancing by 0.3%. Microsoft ( MSFT ) is planning to launch a two-sided artificial intelligence marketplace for publishers, Axios reported late, citing publishing executives familiar with the...

July 30 (Reuters) - Arista Networks ( ANET ) forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, anticipating strong demand for its networking gear from cloud computing companies and artificial intelligence applications. The upbeat forecast highlights Arista's role in the sector, which has largely benefited from strong demand from cloud computing firms - some of the largest beneficiaries of...

July 30 (Reuters) - Skyworks Solutions ( SWKS ) reported a drop in third-quarter revenue, hurt by sluggish demand for chips used in the automotive industry, sending its shares down by nearly 5% in extended trading. Slower-than-expected sales of electric vehicles as consumers pulled back on discretionary spending have weighed on companies such as Skyworks and Wolfspeed ( WOLF )....

CrowdStrike ( CRWD )'s recent software update led to system crashes on approximately 8.5 million PCs. Microsoft ( MSFT ) is exploring changes to how security software interacts with Windows operating systems. Despite the negative impact of the system crashes, Microsoft ( MSFT )'s stock has demonstrated resilience in the market, with a 13% increase this year, though it has...

Video game company Electronic Arts Inc ( EA ) reported first-quarter financial results after market close Tuesday. Here are the key highlights. What Happened: Electronic Arts ( EA ) reported first-quarter net bookings of $1.26 billion, down from $1.58 billion in last year's first quarter total of $1.58 billion, according to data from Benzinga Pro. The net bookings came in...

Besides Clapton, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Schneider and Woody Harrelson (who later retracted) have publicly supported RFK Jr, who reportedly said COVID-19 may just be 'ethnically targeted.' The virus targets Caucasians and Black people while sparing Ashkenazi Jewish people and Chinese people, he said at a New York dinner.

British politics is abuzz with musical chairs like excitement. PM Rishi Sunak, who had to remove his outspoken interior minister Suella Braverman for her article on a pro-Palestine march in UK, has brought ex-PM David Cameron — who had lost the top job over Brexit — back into the fresh equation.

Greece has repeatedly asked the British Museum to permanently return the 2,500-year-old sculptures that British diplomat Lord Elgin removed from the Parthenon temple in the early 19th century when he was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said on Tuesday (September 19) his government does not seek to 'escalate' tensions with India. This, in the backdrop of the two countries expelling a senior diplomat each.

12:05 PM EDT, 10/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Amazon.com ( AMZN ) is working with Energy Northwest to fund efforts to move toward developing and deploying small modular reactor technology in Washington state, Energy Northwest said Wednesday. Under the terms of the agreement, Amazon ( AMZN ) will fund the initial feasibility phase of a small modular reactor technology project, which...

12:07 PM EDT, 10/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Sunnova Energy International's ( NOVA ) cash generation potential in Q3 likely had fewer tailwinds and is likely to miss market expectations, UBS Securities said Wednesday. The brokerage cut its Q3 cash balance outlook for Sunnova by 14% to $233 million, implying $20 million cash consumed sequentially. Visible Alpha consensus estimates imply a...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - OMERS Infrastructure, the infrastructure investments unit of Canada-based pension plan owner OMERS, said on Wednesday that XpFibre, its digital asset in France, has secured 5.8 billion euros($6.31 billion) of credit facilities. OMERS raised this amount along with other shareholders such as Altice, Allianz, and AXA IM Alts, the alternative investment arm of French insurer AXA. XPFibre...

12:03 PM EDT, 10/16/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Winmark ( WINA ) reported Q3 earnings Wednesday of $3.03 per diluted share, down from $3.05 a year earlier. An analyst polled by Capital IQ expected $3.16. Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 28 fell to $21.5 million from $22.3 million a year earlier. One analyst surveyed by Capital IQ expected $22.3 million....

TL;DR The Pi Network Core Team just announced two new features for all users, which include the introduction of artificial intelligence into the ecosystem and another platform-level utility service for staking. Meanwhile, the PI token continues its slide, losing another 5% in the past 24 hours. PI and AI Citing the fundamental principles of the blockchain industry, including aiming to...

The Donald Trump-affiliated DeFi project, World Liberty Financial, is receiving considerable interest from public companies that want to hold its native WLFI token as a treasury asset, according to a recent report. Co-founder Zak Folkman revealed this during his Wednesday speech at the Permissionless conference in New York, where he also announced the release of the new World Liberty Financial...

The broader cryptocurrency market remains relatively calm and for the past 24 hours there havent been any major movements. Bitcoin continues trading in a more or less narrow range between $106,000 and $108,000, begging the question if this is the calm before the storm and if a major move is just around the corner. Bitcoin Price Consolidates at $107K Bitcoins...

TL;DR Following a few consecutive days of price slides, Ripples native token has finally posted an impressive turnaround on a daily scale, gaining nearly 5%. This comes amid a growing bullish sentiment among participants and adoption news in the US. It was just a few days ago that US District Judge Analisa Torres dealt a blow to Ripple and the...