The Australian dollar strengthened in the European market on Thursday against a basket of major currencies, extending gains for the second consecutive session against the US dollar and hitting a two-week high after the release of strong Australian labor market data. The figures showed persistently tight labor conditions, adding pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and reducing expectations...

The Japanese yen slid to a nine-month low against the US dollar in Asian trading on Wednesday, heading toward losing the 155-yen level for the first time since February, as the greenback strengthened amid growing expectations that the longest US government shutdown in history is about to end. The yen also came under additional pressure from mounting speculation that Japan...

The US dollar rose against most major currencies during Wednesdays trading but trimmed some of its gains as markets awaited the outcome of a key vote in the House of Representatives to restore government operations. Investors are watching closely as the House prepares to vote on legislation to end the federal shutdown that has been in place since early October,...

The British pound fell in the European market on Thursday against a basket of major currencies, extending its losses for the third consecutive session against the US dollar, as the American currency strengthened following President Trumps signing of a bill to end the longest government shutdown in US history. After the release of downbeat labor-market data in the United Kingdom,...

08:56 AM EDT, 07/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- US equity futures were little changed before Monday's opening bell as investors geared up for the second half of the year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures gained 0.1%, S&P 500 futures increased 0.2%, and Nasdaq futures were up 0.3%. Oil prices were higher, with front-month global benchmark North Sea Brent crude up 0.7%...

08:12 AM EDT, 07/01/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was up 0.1% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was 0.2% higher in Monday's premarket activity, ahead of key jobs reports due later this week. US stock futures were also higher, with S&P 500 Index futures up 0.2%,...

Trump Media & Technology Group Corp ( DJT ) stock saw redemption on Monday after a Friday’s pullback. The stock plummeted over 10% on Friday following the first U.S. presidential debate, highlighting its notorious volatility on Wall Street. The owner of social networking site Truth Social experienced a 5% jump at the opening bell, only to see its shares drop...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Chewy jumps after Keith Gill discloses stake * Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ) gains on Boeing ( BA ) takeover * Manufacturing PMI on deck * Futures up: Dow 0.24%, S&P 500 0.23%, Nasdaq 0.23% By Ankika Biswas and...

On World Environment Day 2022, we take a look at the tech sector that alone is responsible for 2-3 percent of the global greenhouse gas emissions. See how technology impacts the environment and what the big companies are doing.

Huawei Technologies has teamed up with China's Shaanxi Coal Industry Co to pilot the intelligent coal mine technology in two places. Smart coal mine sensors monitor parameters like gas build-up, ventilation levels and flooding, and send an alert if any of these reach a dangerous level. Sustainability too has to be factored into the equation, going forward.

Utimaco provides a Public Warning System (PWS) that sends alerts and warnings within seconds to every cell phone in an area affected by a catastrophic situation without the need for mobile numbers and irrespective of the congestion in the telecom network.

Erratic patterns of rainfall, heatwaves, storms, floods, and other consequences of climate change are threatening our genetically similar food crops. The way out is to introduce genetic diversity, but that's easier said than done.

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.

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.

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. 

Born in 1924, Munger would have turned 100 on New Year's day.

John Boumphrey, Amazon's UK Country Manager, told reporters that in the UK alone the online retail giant last year sold more than 4 million used or refurbished products at a discount.

From the m-cap of BSE-listed companies crossing the $4 Tn mark to the most memorable quotes by Charlie Munger,  here's a rundown of 11 significant news stories to keep you in the know:

Shares of Aster DM Healthcare Ltd ended at ₹332.65, down by ₹4.75, or 1.41%, on the BSE. Founded in 1987 from a single clinic in Dubai, Aster DM has a strong presence across primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary healthcare and runs 33 hospitals, 127 clinics, 527 pharmacies, and 229 labs and patient experience centres in six Gulf countries and India.

The Discovery Fund aims to identify and empower entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to leverage the potential of cryptocurrencies to address real-world problems.

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

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.

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