The Japanese yen strengthened in Asian trading on Wednesday against a basket of major and minor currencies, posting its first gain in eight sessions against the US dollar as traders engaged in bargain buying from lower levels, while Japanese monetary authorities closely monitored the key 160 threshold. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he was confident that Bank of Japan...

The Japanese yen fell in Asian trading on Tuesday against a basket of major and minor currencies, extending its losses for a seventh consecutive session against the US dollar and approaching its lowest level in three weeks, as investors assessed the latest developments surrounding the Iran war, particularly after Trump delayed a military strike on Iran following mediation efforts by...

The British pound rose slightly in European trading on Wednesday against a basket of global currencies, moving into positive territory against the US dollar as the greenback slowed following recent White House comments regarding progress in peace talks between the United States and Iran. Prominent British media outlets reported that Prime Minister Keir Starmer has decided to step down from...

The halt in fertilizer shipments from the Arabian Gulf due to the war with Iran brought to mind the German chemist Justus von Liebig, one of the leading advocates of the mineral nutrition theory for plants in the 19th century. Liebig is widely known for promoting what is now called Liebigs Law of the Minimum. This law states that the...

08:59 AM EDT, 04/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks were advancing pre-bell Wednesday with the State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLV) and iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) up 0.1%. Mesoblast (MESO) shares were up more than 4% after the company said it acquired an exclusive worldwide license to a chimeric antigen receptor technology platform for augmentation of...

08:53 AM EDT, 04/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were advancing premarket Wednesday, with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) slightly higher and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) up 0.5%. Snap (SNAP) shares were up more than 7% after the company said it will cut about 16% of its global workforce, roughly 1,000 employees,...

09:03 AM EDT, 04/15/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks were rising premarket Wednesday, with the State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF) advancing by 0.4%. The Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares (FAS) was 1.2% higher and its bearish counterpart Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares (FAZ) was down 1.1%. Bank of America ( BAC ) stock was up...

* Futures: Dow up 0.02%, S&P 500 up 0.01%, Nasdaq down 0.1% * Bank of America ( BAC ), Morgan Stanley ( MS ) gain after results * Broadcom ( AVGO ) rises 2% after Meta extends chip deal (Updates before market open) By Niket Nishant and Utkarsh Hathi April 15 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes were poised for...

Executives from Microsoft Corp., Citigroup Inc., Tesla Inc. and other large multinationals are meeting this week with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders, as well as US President Joe Biden.

Both Alibaba and traditional rival JD.com are coming off a disappointing Singles' Day campaign, with only single-digit percentage growth during their signature annual shopping festival.

The state-of-the-art campus plans to host approximately 3,000 AMD engineers in the coming years, and is focused on the design and development of semiconductor technology, including 3D stacking, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Nearly all Open AI employees have threatened to quit unless the board stepped down with both Microsoft and Salesforce putting out offers to poach the disgruntled employees.

As part of the Yatra, more than 2,500 mobile performing vans and over 200 mobile theatre vans will be pressed into service to cover the 2.55 lakh gram panchayats and clusters in all cities and towns of the country.

The Karnataka Assembly election results threw up an unexpected suspense on Tuesday, as a simple majority tantalisingly eluded BJP and...

A senior leader who attended the meeting said Venugopal asked state leaders to support state Congress chief Ashok Chavan and warned that party president Rahul Gandhi will not tolerate any indiscipline.

The cases were lodged against Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar over his controversial social media posts following the blasts at a convention centre in Kochi during a prayer meeting of Christian religious group Jehovah's Witnesses.

04:56 PM EDT, 04/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Business First Bancshares ( BFST ) said Thursday it completed the private placement of $85 million of 6.5% fixed-to-floating rate subordinated notes due 2036. Proceeds will be used to redeem $66.93 million in subordinated notes, provide capital support to Business First unit b1BANK, support growth, and repay debt, among other purposes, the company...

04:52 PM EDT, 04/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Martine A Rothblatt, Director, Chairperson & CEO, on April 01, 2026, sold 9,500 shares in United Therapeutics ( UTHR ) for $5,525,526. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Rothblatt has control over a total of 679,872 common shares of the company, with 40,513 shares held directly and 639,359 controlled indirectly. SEC...

SAO PAULO, April 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer ( EMBJ ) delivered 44 aircraft in the first quarter, it said in a securities filing on Thursday, including 10 commercial jets, 29 executive jets and five defense aircraft. ...

04:51 PM EDT, 04/02/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Applied Optoelectronics ( AAOI ) received a $71 million order for 800G single-mode data center transceivers from an undisclosed major hyperscale customer. The customer has placed $124 million in orders since mid-March, Applied Optoelectronics ( AAOI ) said Thursday in a statement. The company expects to begin delivering both the initial order totaling...

TL;DR Shiba Inu (SHIB) experienced a massive increase in token burns on a daily scale. This coincides with an uptick in the meme coins price. The second-largest meme coin in terms of total market capitalization Shiba Inu experienced another substantial burn rate. Data shows that it has spiked by over 300% in the past 24 hours, resulting in almost 100...

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ETH has recently demonstrated resilience, maintaining support around the critical threshold of $3.2K, leading to a period of consolidation with minimal price movements. However, there are indications pointing towards a potential surge in buying interest in the medium term, possibly setting Ethereum on a trajectory to surpass its yearly peak of $4.1K. Technical Analysis By Shayan The Daily Chart A...

Bitcoin underwent significant recovery after a slew of corrections last week. The latest price action pushed the worlds largest crypto asset by market cap above a crucial resistance area, sparking optimism among investors as the ecosystem gears up for another crucial event of the year halving. As Bitcoin hovers above $72,000, the uptrend can be attributed to several key factors,...