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...

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 rose in Asian trade on Wednesday against a basket of major rivals, expanding gains for the second straight session against the US dollar and hitting a week high, while approaching five-week highs following strong Australian wages data. The data renewed inflationary pressures on the Reserve Bank of Australias policymakers, which hurt the odds of a rate cut...

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08:40 AM EST, 12/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Technology stocks were declining premarket Friday as the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) was down 0.6% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) was 2.1% lower recently. Nvidia ( NVDA ) 's proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs was approved unconditionally by the European Commission, according to a statement by the Commission. Nvidia...

Dec 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures pared some declines on Friday after a cooler-than-expected inflation reading calmed some investor concerns over fewer rate cuts next year. A Commerce Department report showed the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) index, the Fed's preferred inflation measure, rose 2.4% in November on an annual basis, compared with estimates of 2.5%, as per economists...

08:18 AM EST, 12/20/2024 (MT Newswires) -- The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( SPY ) was down 1.1% and the actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) retreated 1.7% in Friday's premarket activity amid investors' focus on the upcoming inflation report. US stock futures were also lower, with S&P 500 Index futures down 1%, Dow Jones...

(Reuters) - The U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Apple ( AAPL ) draws on the watershed 1998 case that broke Microsoft's ( MSFT ) stranglehold on desktop software, but that may prove to be an imperfect blueprint for addressing smartphone competition. The market for the iPhone today looks very different from the near-monopoly enjoyed by Microsoft's ( MSFT ) Windows...

In the preceding three months, 17 analysts have released ratings for Confluent , presenting a wide array of perspectives from bullish to bearish. The following table summarizes their recent ratings, shedding light on the changing sentiments within the past 30 days and comparing them to the preceding months. Bullish Somewhat Bullish Indifferent Somewhat Bearish Bearish Total Ratings 7 5 5...

AMSTERDAM, March 22 (Reuters) - The Netherlands' prime minister will travel to China next week for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on economic ties, the Dutch government said on Friday, a meeting that is likely to be strained over computer chip export policy matters. The Dutch government this year began denying licenses for ASML, the biggest supplier of...

Analysts' ratings for Clear Secure ( YOU ) over the last quarter vary from bullish to bearish, as provided by 7 analysts. The table below provides a concise overview of recent ratings by analysts, offering insights into the changing sentiments over the past 30 days and drawing comparisons with the preceding months for a holistic perspective. Bullish Somewhat Bullish Indifferent...

British politics is abuzz with musical chairs like excitement. PM Rishi Sunak, who had to remove his outspoken interior minister Suella Braverman for her article on a pro-Palestine march in UK, has brought ex-PM David Cameron — who had lost the top job over Brexit — back into the fresh equation.

The investigation moving forward would be the most productive thing that can happen now, according to Blinken's statement.

Besides Clapton, Alicia Silverstone, Rob Schneider and Woody Harrelson (who later retracted) have publicly supported RFK Jr, who reportedly said COVID-19 may just be 'ethnically targeted.' The virus targets Caucasians and Black people while sparing Ashkenazi Jewish people and Chinese people, he said at a New York dinner.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau also said on Tuesday (September 19) his government does not seek to 'escalate' tensions with India. This, in the backdrop of the two countries expelling a senior diplomat each.

NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ERShares' Private-Public Crossover ETF (XOVR) has become the first ETF to provide investors exposure at the IPO stage. This milestone - historically reserved for venture capital, insiders, and institutions - was illustrated with Klarna's recent IPO. XOVR was relaunched on August 30, 2024, when ERShares combined its proprietary Entrepreneur 30 Total Return Index (ER30TR) with selective private equity...

09:13 AM EDT, 10/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Kopin ( KOPN ) said Tuesday it has received around $3 million in orders for microLED displays from an undisclosed aerospace firm. The company said this marks the first production order for microLED displays in combat aircraft. The displays, which are scheduled for delivery in H2 of 2026, will upgrade legacy heads-up displays...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase's ( JPM ) exposure to bankrupt auto dealer Tricolor is not our finest moment, the bank's CEO Jamie Dimon told reporters on a conference call on Tuesday.  JPMorgan ( JPM ) charged off $170 million in the third quarter related to the situation, and the bank is reviewing its controls, Chief Financial Officer Jeremy Barnum...

Advanced Micro Devices Inc ( AMD ) shares are trading higher Tuesday after the company announced that Oracle Corp ( ORCL ) Cloud will deploy 50,000 of its AI chips. What To Know: AMD and Oracle announced a major expansion of their long-standing collaboration to help customers significantly scale AI capabilities. Oracle Cloud Infrastructure will become a launch partner for...

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

There were several important developments in the startup space during the day on Monday. Here are the top stories that made headlines in the startup universe.

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.

There were several important developments in the startup space during the day on Tuesday. Here’s a wrap of all top startup headlines.