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 fell to its weakest level in nine months against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, prompting fresh verbal warnings from Japanese officials in an effort to stem the currencys decline, while the dollar edged higher ahead of the expected end of the U.S. government shutdown. During European trading hours, the yen dropped to 154.82 per dollar its lowest...

The US dollar fell against most major currencies on Tuesday as markets monitored progress toward ending the government shutdown and digested weak employment data that raised concerns about the health of the labor market in the worlds largest economy. Data released by ADP showed that the US private sector lost an average of 11,250 jobs per week over the four...

The euro fell in European trading on Wednesday against a basket of major currencies, retreating from a two-week high versus the US dollar amid profit-taking and corrective moves, while the greenback strengthened as markets anticipated an imminent end to the longest government shutdown in US history. Inflationary pressures have eased somewhat for European Central Bank policymakers, following recent data showing...

01:08 PM EDT, 10/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Broad Market Indicators Broad-market exchange-traded funds IWM and IVV rose. Actively traded Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) was up 2.2%. US equity indexes jumped in midday trading on Monday after President Donald Trump softened his tone against China and as the so-called AI trade got a boost from a deal between Broadcom ( AVGO...

12:31 PM EDT, 10/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- US equity indexes jumped in midday trading on Monday after President Donald Trump softened his tone against China and as the so-called AI trade got a boost from a deal between Broadcom ( AVGO ) and OpenAI. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 2% to 22,655.5, with the S&P 500 up 1.6% to 6,656.7 and...

12:55 PM EDT, 10/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tech stocks were higher Monday afternoon, with the Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK) rising 2.6% and the SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) surging 6.6%. The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 5.1%. In corporate news, Broadcom ( AVGO ) and OpenAI, which counts Microsoft ( MSFT ) as a major investor, said Monday that...

01:03 PM EDT, 10/13/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Energy stocks rose Monday afternoon with the NYSE Energy Sector Index and the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLE) each adding 1.2%. The Philadelphia Oil Service Sector Index climbed 2.1%, and the Dow Jones US Utilities Index gained 0.9%. West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 1.2% to $59.59 a barrel, and global benchmark...

Nashville, Tenn. & Rocklin, Calif., April 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nashville, Tenn. & Rocklin, Calif., April 14, 2026 – Qualifacts, the leading behavioral health technology provider specializing in AI-powered electronic health record (EHR) and data solutions, is proud to announce a new partnership with Axis Case Management, a California-based organization delivering Enhanced Care Management (ECM) and Community Supports (CS)...

Hire signals next phase of company’s AI analytics transformation SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- As part of its continued transformation into the world’s leading AI analytics provider, Amplitude, Inc. ( AMPL ) today announced Gab Menachem as its new chief product officer. Menachem founded Loom Systems, an AIOps company that was acquired by ServiceNow in 2020, and has spent the past...

Acquisition adds analyst consensus data to Q4 platform—with Q4’s AI applied to help IR teams identify shifts and proactively manage market expectations TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Q4 Inc. (Q4), the leading provider of AI-driven IR Ops software, today announced the acquisition of Virtua Research (Virtua), a provider of collaborative consensus analytics and financial modeling solutions. This press release features multimedia. View...

First official digital companion for the classic Perkins Brailler connects to any screen to unlock learning and communication for braille users WATERTOWN, Mass., April 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- For 75 years, the Perkins Brailler® has been the most widely used and trusted braille writing device  in the world, enabling literacy and communication for people who are blind all over the...

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.

Activists have contended that words like "ecotourism facilities" and "any other purposes" are too vague and may pave the way for widespread exploitation and misuse.

On Tuesday, the Gehlot government invited bids for both projects to build the dams within the next four years. The chief minister had announced both projects in last year’s budget.

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. 

June 22 (Reuters) - Merck ( MRK ) said on Monday its drug met the main goal in a late-stage trial testing it in patients with a type of inflammatory bowel disease. ...

June 22 (Reuters) - Uber ( UBER )-backed Lime, an electric bike and scooter network operator, is aiming to raise up to $180.9 million in its U.S. IPO, the firm said in a regulatory filing on Monday. The company is looking to sell about 6.96 million shares priced between $24 and $26 apiece. Lime has applied to list on the...

June 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will reverse its rejection of Regenxbio's ( RGNX ) rare-disease gene therapy, Navsunli, as the drug developer works to resubmit its application, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Shares of the drug developer were up 11% in premarket trading. Regenxbio ( RGNX ) will refile its application in the...

June 22 (Reuters) - AbbVie ( ABBV ) said on Monday it would buy biotech Apogee Therapeutics ( APGE ) for $10.9 billion, in its largest buyout in more than five years as it looks to strengthen its next-gen immunology pipeline. The acquisition, one of the largest biotech deals of the year, underscores the surge in pharmaceutical dealmaking, as companies...

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.

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.