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Wolters Kluwer Successfully Prices €500 Million 10-Year Eurobond

Mar 14, 2017 15:21 pm UTC| Business

Wolters Kluwer Successfully Prices €500 Million 10-Year Eurobond March 14, 2017 - Wolters Kluwer, a global leader in professional information services, announced today that it has successfully launched and priced a...

GaN Technology Patent Report: Focus on Top-100 IP Profiles

Mar 14, 2017 15:16 pm UTC| Business

Dublin, March 14, 2017 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "GaN Technology Top-100 IP Profiles" report to their offering. The report provides essential patent data for IP players related to GaN...

New National Wagner® OEx Campaign to Help Consumers Make Educated Decisions About Brake Pads

Mar 14, 2017 15:15 pm UTC| Business

TV, Print, Radio and Digital Ads Promote Benefits of Revolutionary PadsThat Stop Pickups, SUVs and CUVs Up to 50 Feet Sooner1 ...

NXP Unveils Advanced TSN-Enabled SoC for Industrial IoT

Mar 14, 2017 15:07 pm UTC| Business

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 14, 2017 -- (EMBEDDED WORLD 2017) --NXP Semiconductors™ N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI), a worldwide leader in advanced connectivity solutions, today announced its newest QorIQ® Layerscape SoC, the LS1028A,...

NXP Accelerates Automotive Software Design with the New S32K Microcontroller Platform Launch

Mar 14, 2017 15:06 pm UTC| Business

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 14, 2017 -- NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) today launched the S32K1 family combining a breakthrough suite of automotive grade tools and software in support of a scalable family of ARM...

MCB Capital Markets advises SGG Group on the acquisition of Cim Global Business

Mar 14, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Business

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, March 14, 2017 -- MCB Capital Markets (www.MCBCapitalMarkets.mu), the investment banking arm of MCB Group (www.MCBgroup.com), is acting as Transaction Advisor to SGG Group (‘SGG’), on the...

NXP Announces ARM Cortex-M4-based MCU with Industry’s Largest Embedded SRAM Memory, Optimized for Portable Devices

Mar 14, 2017 15:04 pm UTC| Business

NUREMBERG, Germany, March 14, 2017 -- (Embedded World 2017) – NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) announced today its new Kinetis K27/K28 family of ARM® Cortex®-M4-based microcontrollers (MCUs) that uniquely address...

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Economy

Argentina Sells Dollars to Stabilize Peso as New FX Trading Rules Take Effect

Argentinas Treasury intervened in the foreign exchange market on Friday by selling U.S. dollars in an effort to curb the pesos decline, marking the first trading session under the countrys newly implemented currency...

U.S. Stock Market Mixed at Close as Dow Gains and Nasdaq Slips

U.S. stocks finished mixed after the close on Friday as strength in energy, industrials, and basic materials helped support blue-chip shares, while losses in consumer-focused and technology sectors weighed on broader...

Mexico Stocks End Lower as IPC Slips on Sector Losses

Mexican stocks closed lower on Friday as broad-based declines across key sectors weighed on overall market performance. The benchmark SP/BMV IPC index ended the session down 0.36%, reflecting investor caution amid losses...

China Ends Contraceptive Tax Exemption to Boost Birth Rates

China has ended a three-decade-old tax exemption on contraceptive drugs and devices, a move aimed at addressing the countrys rapidly declining birth rate. Starting January 1, condoms, contraceptive pills, and related...

Gold Prices Surge at Start of 2026 as Weak Dollar and Rate-Cut Bets Fuel Demand

Gold prices jumped sharply during Asian trading on Friday, marking a strong start to 2026 after a historic rally last year. Renewed demand for bullion was driven by a weaker U.S. dollar and growing expectations that U.S....

Politics

Short Interest Rises in Trump Media Stock After $6 Billion Merger Announcement

Short interest in U.S. President Donald Trumps social media company, Trump Media Technology Group, has surged following a major merger announcement, signaling that a growing number of traders are betting the stock could...

Trump Warns of U.S. Action as Iran Protests Intensify Amid Economic Crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump has escalated tensions with Iran after warning that the United States is prepared to support Iranian protesters if security forces continue to fire on demonstrators. The comments came as...

Trump Blocks HieFo’s Emcore Chip Assets Deal Over National Security Concerns

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order blocking HieFo Corp. from acquiring semiconductor-related assets from Emcore Corp., citing serious national security risks tied to foreign ownership and sensitive chip...

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani Revokes Eric Adams Executive Orders Amid Political and Antisemitism Debate

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Friday defended his decision to revoke a series of executive orders issued by his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams, following Adams 2024 federal indictment. The move has reignited...

U.S. Appeals Court Rules California Open Carry Firearm Ban Unconstitutional

A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that Californias long-standing ban on openly carrying firearms in most parts of the state violates the Second Amendment, marking a significant development in ongoing legal battles...

Science

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Technology

Grok AI Faces Global Scrutiny Over Safeguard Failures and Illegal Content on X

Elon Musks artificial intelligence chatbot Grok, developed by xAI and integrated into social media platform X, has come under intense international scrutiny after admitting that lapses in safeguards led to the generation...

Baidu Shares Surge as Company Plans Kunlunxin AI Chip Spin-Off and Hong Kong Listing

Baidu shares jumped sharply after the Chinese technology giant announced plans to spin off its artificial intelligence chip unit, Kunlunxin, and pursue a listing in Hong Kong. The move comes as domestic Chinese chipmakers...

Starlink Plans Satellite Orbit Reconfiguration in 2026 to Boost Space Safety

SpaceXs Starlink is preparing a major reconfiguration of its satellite constellation in an effort to improve space safety and reduce the risk of orbital collisions. According to Michael Nicolls, SpaceXs vice president of...

Samsung Signals Comeback With HBM4 Chips as AI Market Heats Up

Samsung Electronics is signaling a strong comeback in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market, as customers praise the competitiveness of its next-generation HBM4 chips. In a New Year address, co-CEO and head of the...

Google Accelerates AI Infrastructure With Ironwood TPU Expansion in 2026

Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is preparing for a major expansion of its AI infrastructure in 2026 as it moves its seventh-generation Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), known as Ironwood, into mass deployment. This next phase marks a...