The US dollar found some support on Monday after a disappointing US jobs report on Friday and President Donald Trumps abrupt dismissal of a top labor statistics official, which had delivered a blow to the currency and fueled investor bets on an imminent Federal Reserve rate cut. Data released on Friday showed that job growth in the US fell short...

When Donald Trump landed in the United Arab Emirates earlier this year, he wasnt just bringing headlines with himhe came with deals, ambitions, and soft power in the field of artificial intelligence. The former US president was received with royal honors, but the highlight of the visit was the announcement of a massive AI-focused university campusa joint UAE-US project. This...

The dollar moved toward its strongest weekly performance in nearly three years against major currencies, maintaining its momentum on Friday after President Donald Trump imposed new tariffs on dozens of trade partners. Currencies of heavily impacted countries saw sharp declines, such as Switzerland, which now faces a 39% tariff. The Swiss franc dropped to its lowest level in six weeks,...

The US labor market appeared to make steady progress during the first half of the year, but there are growing signs that job growth is losing momentum. The July jobs report is set to be released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday and is expected to show a net gain of 115,000 jobs a significant slowdown compared to Junes...

08:57 AM EDT, 07/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were flat to higher premarket Thursday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) up 0.2%. Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) shares were up more than 6% after the company reported higher fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue. ...

July 23 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan ( FCX ) beat Wall Street estimates for second-quarter profit on Thursday, as higher copper prices offset lower production at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia. Shares of the company were up 1.4% in premarket trading. Average copper prices climbed 41.5% year-on-year in the second quarter, driven by supply concerns, signs of resilient demand from top...

09:10 AM EDT, 07/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Healthcare stocks were flat to higher premarket Thursday, with the iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) inactive and the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF ( XLV ) up 0.2%. Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) shares were up more than 6% after the company reported higher fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue....

08:54 AM EDT, 07/23/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were mixed premarket Thursday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) down 0.8% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) 0.1% higher. Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) was fined a total of 890 million euros ($1.04 billion) by the European Commission on Thursday after...

While speaking to a cybersecurity expert about the Cambridge Analytica scandal a few months ago, I was treated to a...

One of the golden rules of advertising is that money follows eyeballs. And since people are looking at their smartphones...

When people think of Apple, they think of hardware first. The MacBook, the iPod and the iPhone in particular –...

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologised to EU lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the company had not done enough to prevent...

It has been a week since the riots broke out in northeast Delhi and the death toll has now risen...

Within minutes of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tweet saying that he is thinking of giving up his social media accounts, scores of netizens urged him not to quit the various social media platforms as 'No Sir' trended on Twitter.

Netanyahu’s re-election bid has been complicated since the last election by his indictment on charges of bribery, breach of trust and fraud over allegations he granted state favours worth millions of dollars to Israeli media barons.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday tweeted that he was thinking of withdrawing from social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

08:18 AM EDT, 07/29/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Canadian job growth appears to be accelerating again and the unemployment rate has barely increased since trade uncertainties flared up earlier this year, said CIBC. It seems too good to be true, wrote the bank in a note to clients. Unfortunately, that's probably because it is. The notion that Canada's labor market is...

LONDON, July 29 (Reuters) - Canadian aluminium smelters have started diverting primary metal away from the United States in response to the ratcheting up of import tariffs, first to 25% in March and then to 50% in June. Alcoa Corp ( AA ), which operates smelters on both sides of the border, has since March sold more than 100,000 metric...

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,...

NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) - Investment giant Blackstone Inc ( BX ) said on Tuesday that a senior executive was among the people killed when a gunman, carrying an assault rifle, walked into the lobby of a midtown Manhattan office building and opened fire on Monday. We are heartbroken to share that our colleague, Wesley LePatner, was among those...

Taiwans Financial Supervisory Commission is preparing to roll out a pilot program for institutional crypto custody. The regulatory agency intends to collect applications in early 2025, and three private banks have already expressed interest in participating. The latest move signifies efforts to promote institutional adoption of crypto in the region. Institutional Crypto Custody in Taiwan According to a report by...

Around 18,800 Bitcoin options contracts will be expiring on Friday, Oct. 11, with a notional value of around $1.1 billion. Today’s options expiry is very similar to last week’s as implied volatility declines, and expiry events are now smaller. Therefore, it is unlikely to impact spot markets, which have been retreating this week. Bitcoin Options Expiry This week’s batch of...

Google has officially integrated the Ethereum Name Service (ENS) into its search engine. This allows users to search for any .eth domain and view the corresponding Ethereum (ETH) balance directly within the search results. This development marks a major step in making cryptocurrency information more accessible to the general public. ENS Support and Features Google has officially integrated ENS, allowing...

Ripple’s price has been consolidating in a very tight range in the last few days, and it has yet to give any indication of its future direction. By Edris Derakhshi (TradingRage) The USDT Paired Chart On the USDT paired chart, the price has recently experienced a massive drop from the $0.65 level, breaking below the 200-day moving average, which is...