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...

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 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...

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01:25 PM EDT, 03/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes were higher after midday on Monday as expectations that the Trump administration would implement a less strict tariff policy than investors had anticipated sent government bond yields sharply higher. The Nasdaq Composite rose 1.9% to 18,120.5, with the S&P 500 up 1.6% to 5,755.3 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

01:11 PM EDT, 03/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV were higher Monday afternoon. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) added 1.6%. US equity indexes rose alongside government bond yields amid expectations that the Trump administration would implement a less strict tariff policy than investors had anticipated. Energy iShares US Energy ETF (IYE) rose...

01:35 PM EDT, 03/24/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were advancing in Monday afternoon trading, with the NYSE Financial Index rising 1.3% and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) ahead 1.5%. The Philadelphia Housing Index was climbing 1.7%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was up 1.5%. Bitcoin (BTC-USD) gained 3.7% to $88,400, and the yield...

By Sinéad Carew and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -The benchmark S&P 500 rose to a record closing high on Thursday, as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings and digested comments from President Donald Trump, including a call for cuts in interest rates and oil prices. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump demanded that OPEC lower...

19 analysts have shared their evaluations of SolarEdge Technologies ( SEDG ) during the recent three months, expressing a mix of bullish and bearish perspectives. The table below provides a concise overview of recent ratings by analysts, offering insights into the changing sentiments over the past 30 days and drawing comparisons with the preceding months for a holistic perspective. Bullish...

Jan 23 (Reuters) - Texas Instruments ( TXN ) beat analysts' estimates for fourth-quarter revenue on Thursday, as renewed demand from the personal electronics market aids a rebound in the analog chip market following post-pandemic weakness. The company reported revenue of $4.01 billion for the fourth quarter, compared to analysts' average estimate of $3.88 billion, according to data compiled by...

By Sinéad Carew and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -The benchmark S&P 500 rose to a record closing high on Thursday, as investors assessed a mixed bag of corporate earnings and digested comments from President Donald Trump, including a call for cuts in interest rates and oil prices. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Trump demanded that OPEC lower...

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. 

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.

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.

Activists have contended that words like "ecotourism facilities" and "any other purposes" are too vague and may pave the way for widespread exploitation and misuse.

08:45 AM EST, 11/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Trulieve Cannabis ( TCNNF ) said Friday that several members of its executive management team and board of directors recently made purchases of the company's subordinate voting shares. Trulieve said the purchases reflect their confidence in the company's growth potential and direction. Between Nov. 8 and Nov. 21, certain executives including Chairman and...

08:47 AM EST, 11/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Canadian retail sales look to be getting a boost from lower interest rates, as total sales rose by a healthy 0.4% month over month in September and the increase looked even better in volume terms, at 0.8%, said CIBC. Friday's headline was in line with consensus expectations, and gains were broad-based, with six...

08:45 AM EST, 11/22/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Verizon Communications ( VZ ) said Friday it has tendered 38.1% or $490.9 million of the $1.29 billion in 3.376% notes due 2025, effective Thursday. It said it also tendered $373.0 million, or 42.7% of $873.9 million of floating rate notes due 2025, and $252.8 million, or 51.3%, of $493.1 million floating rate...

* Chemaf cash crunch worsens as Norinco deal stalls * US officials say alternative to Norinco must be found, source says * Gecamines says China's Norinco will not buy Chemaf assets By Felix Njini, Pratima Desai and Julian Luk JOHANNESBURG /LONDON, Nov 22 - The Democratic Republic of Congo's state miner Gecamines is offering $1 million to buy cobalt and...

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

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

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