The Japanese yen fell in Asian trading on Tuesday against a basket of major and minor currencies, extending its losses for the third consecutive session against the US dollar and hitting its lowest level in nine months, as the greenback strengthened amid optimism over the nearing end of the longest government shutdown in US history. The yen also came under...

The Japanese yen weakened in Asian trading on Monday against a basket of major and minor currencies, extending losses for a second consecutive session versus the U.S. dollar, as the greenback gained on optimism surrounding an end to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi announced that her government plans to abandon its current annual...

The Australian dollar rose on Monday while the Japanese yen weakened, as growing optimism that the US government could soon reopen reduced demand for the yen as a safe haven and supported growth-linked currencies, while European currencies remained broadly stable. The US dollar gained 0.5% against the yen to 154.22, nearing a nine-month high reached earlier this month. The Australian...

The US dollar strengthened on Tuesday against both the safe-haven Japanese yen and the growth-linked Australian dollar, as investors turned more cautious toward risk and shifted their focus to upcoming economic data following the end of the US government shutdown. In early Asian trading, the yen hit its weakest level since February, while the Australian dollar held on to part...

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By Shankar Ramakrishnan and Laura Matthews (Reuters) - U.S. companies with overseas operations are taking advantage of lower rates in euros to slash their debt funding costs and soften the blow of higher interest rates with a hedging strategy that is expected to expand if the Fed continues to pause rate cuts and other central banks do not, bankers and...

(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click or type LIVE/ in a news window.) * Futures down: Dow 0.13%, S&P 500 0.22%, Nasdaq 0.29% Feb 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Thursday as investors shied away from risk-taking after another bout of tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, while geopolitical...

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Thursday as investors shied away from risk-taking after another bout of tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, while geopolitical worries and a cautious Federal Reserve further dented sentiment. Trump said on Wednesday he will announce fresh tariffs over the next month or sooner, adding lumber and forest products to previously announced...

Brent crude oil witnessed some slight upside rebounds in its last intraday trading, affected by the formation of a previously completed negative technical formation on a short- term basis (double top pattern), and under the domination of the main bearish trend on the short-term basis and its trading alongside trendline. The price attempts to offload the clear oversold conditions on...

Brent crude oil price declined in its recent intraday trading, gathering the gains of its recent rises, and attempting to gain positive momentum that might assist it to recover and rise again, amid the dominance of the bullish correctional trend on the short-term basis and its trading alongside bias line, on the other hand, we notice the emergence of the...

Brent crude rose on its recent intraday trading, supported by the emergence of the positive signals on the (RSI), attempting to correct the main bearish trend, with its trading alongside a bearish bias line on the short-term basis, despite reaching overbought levels, with the continuation of the negative pressure due to its trading below EMA50. Do you need help in...

Brent crude oil price settled on gains in its recent intraday trading, testing the main bearish trend line on the short-term basis, hitting the resistance of the EMA50, to stop near the critical resistance at $62.60, after a strong bullish correctional journey yesterday, noticing the beginning of the negative signals emergence on the (RSI) increasing the negative pressures on the...

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.

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...

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.

By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, July 7 (Reuters) - Demand for weight-loss drugs is rising at a fast clip in India where rivals Eli Lilly ( LLY ) and Novo Nordisk are competing for market share, data from research firm Pharmarack showed on Monday. Sales of Lilly's Mounjaro, which launched in late March, doubled from May to June, reaching 87,986 units...

06:51 AM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) Google ( GOOG ) will propose highlighting search results from other companies' shopping and travel platforms at the top of its page as a possible way to comply with the European Union's Digital Markets Act and avoid steep fines, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter and internal...

06:46 AM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) shares dropped early Monday following Chief Executive Elon Musk's announcement that he is launching a new US political party, a move that Wedbush Securities said could raise investor concerns about its potential impact on the electric vehicle maker. Musk said in a social media post over the weekend that he has...

06:58 AM EDT, 07/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Molina Healthcare ( MOH ) said Monday that it expects Q2 adjusted earnings of about $5.50 per diluted share, modestly below its previous outlook. Analysts polled by FactSet expect $6.20. The company also lowered its 2025 adjusted EPS forecast to between $21.50 and $22.50, from its previous guidance of at least $24.50. Analysts...

Bankman-Fried was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy after jurors in Manhattan deliberated for less than five hours Thursday.

Bitcoin prices have typically rallied in the past following halvings. Six months after the first halving in 2012, the price jumped to $126 from $12. After the second halving in 2016, it went to $1,000 from $654 within seven months and in 2020 it shot up to $18,040 from $8,570 in the same time period.

Binance will pay $4.3 billion in one of the largest corporate agreements in US history. Changpeng Zhao will pay a $50 million fine under a deal that requires him to step down as CEO. Zhao pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the Bank Secrecy Act in federal court in Seattle.

Negotiations between the Justice Department and Binance include the possibility that its founder Changpeng Zhao would face criminal charges in the US under an agreement to resolve the probe into alleged money laundering, bank fraud and sanctions violations, according to the Bloomberg.