The Australian dollar tumbled on Tuesday against a basket of major rivals, resuming losses against the US counterpart after a short hiatus and becoming the worst performing G8 currency after the RBAs rate cut. The Reserve Bank of Australia voted to cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.85%, the lowest since May 2023, as inflation cooled. The Price...

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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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...

03:42 PM EDT, 03/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Health care stocks rose late Thursday afternoon with the NYSE Health Care Index adding 0.2% and the Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLV) rising 0.3%. The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) climbed 0.9%. In corporate news, Eledon Pharmaceuticals ( ELDN ) shares surged 12% after it said its tegoprubart monoclonal antibody was used...

(Updates to closing prices) TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average closed at an all-time high on Friday, underpinned by record gains on Wall Street overnight and strength in automakers' stocks on a weaker yen. The Nikkei rose 0.18% to end at 40,888.43, after hitting 41,087.75 earlier in the session to break an all-time intraday high. The index,...

03:19 PM EDT, 03/21/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Financial stocks advanced late Thursday afternoon, with the NYSE Financial Index and the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLF) each rising 0.9%. The Philadelphia Housing Index climbed 1.8%, and the Real Estate Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLRE) was adding 0.4% Bitcoin (BTC-USD) dropped 4% to $65,176, and the yield for 10-year US Treasuries...

TOKYO, March 22 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average hit a record high on Friday, underpinned by the strength on Wall Street overnight and as a weaker yen prompted investors to buy automakers. The Nikkei rose to as high as 41,087.75 earlier in the session, crossing the 41,000 level for the first time. The index ended 0.07% higher at 40,844.53...

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.

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.

The IT city is facing the worst of floods and social media is flooded with visuals from Bengaluru as residents expressed their anger, opinions, and interesting takes online.

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.

West Bengal recorded the highest number of recorded cases against fake news on social media in 2021, accounting for about one-fourth of the total such cases across the country, according to NCRB data.

A hologram statue of  Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was installed at India Gate on the freedom fighter’s 125th birth anniversary by PM Narendra Modi. The hologram will be replaced by a 28-feet granite statue of Netaji, to be sculpted by artists of NGMA, Delhi.

Twitter handle of the Government of Uttar Pradesh (@UPGovt) and Twitter handle operated by the information department (@InfoUPFactCheck) were hacked for a brief period. Both the accounts have now been restored.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s followers on Twitter were surprised to find a strange tweet from the leader on Sunday. The tweet asked for donations in cryptocurrencies. The tweet along with a few others was deleted after the hacked account was restored.Many celebrities, actors, politicians and artists have fallen victim to cyber-attacks. Here are some public figures whose accounts on social media platforms were hacked.

Optimistic on the business outlook going forward, the Chairman and Managing Director of ITI, RM Agarwal said revenue target for Q4 is much higher than Q3 because total MoU target with the government of India stand at Rs 3,500 crore.

The Google-owned site has come under fire recently for allowing videos that feature what many find offensive or violent, and for not doing enough to protect kids online.

The brand took a big leap with capturing 17 percent market share - its highest-ever -- in the third quarter (July-September period) this year.

Thrust on manufacturing high-end iPhones locally along with the first-ever flagship retail store would give Apple a booster in the price-sensitive smartphone market in 2020.

Whales have recently been making waves in decentralized finance (DeFi), accumulating millions in tokens like Uniswap (UNI), Maker (MKR), and Bounce (AUCTION) from Binance. In just three weeks, these deep-pocketed traders have built an unrealized profit of $32.9 million, marking an 87% gain on their investments. Whale Activity Heats Up Analysis shared on March 17 by the smart money tracker...

TL;DR The listing announcement sent XUSD soaring 80% to $1.80 before quickly returning to its $1 target as a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Despite 86% community support, PI still awaits support from Binance. The Brief Spike The worlds largest crypto exchange announced that it will list StraitsX USD (XUSD) on March 19. The trading pair available to users...

The United States government may be keen on owning and maintaining a digital asset stockpile, but not all countries feel the same way. South Korea, for one, has expressed its disinterest in including bitcoin (BTC), or any cryptocurrencies, in its foreign exchange reserves. A report from the local media Korea Economic Daily revealed that the nation’s central bank, The Bank...

The digital asset market has recorded slight volatility in the last 24 hours, but the industry is far from being boring. Over the past 24-48 hours, it witnessed some significant developments and interesting events that might set the stage for future price swings.  Lazarus Becomes a $1 Billion BTC Whale For starters, we will shift attention to North Korea, where...