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French consumer sentiment likely to have edged up in September

Sep 27, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary

The French consumer sentiment is expected to have risen slightly in September. According to a Societe Generale research note, the consumer confidence index might have increased further to 98 from previous months 97. Other...

U.S. Government bonds gain ahead of 5-year note auction

Sep 27, 2016 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary

The US Treasuries gained Tuesday ahead of the 34 billion dollar five-year bonds auction, which is scheduled to take place today at 17:00 GMT. Also, investors poured into safe-haven instruments amid losses in riskier assets...

Singapore headline inflation likely to decline in 2016, to rise in 2017

Sep 27, 2016 12:26 pm UTC| Commentary Economy

Singapores headline inflation is likely to decline in 2016, deeper than previously estimated. However, consumer prices are likely to rise and average in 2017, higher than the last estimates. Headline CPI inflation for...

Currency snapshot (commodity pairs)

Sep 27, 2016 12:15 pm UTC| Commentary

Dollar index trading at 95.42 (+0.10%) Strength meter (today so far) Aussie +0.42%, Kiwi +0.35%, Loonie +0.02% Strength meter (since last week) Aussie +0.68%, Kiwi +0.80%, Loonie -0.47% AUD/USD Trading at...

Currency snapshot (major pairs)

Sep 27, 2016 11:58 am UTC| Commentary

Dollar index trading at 95.38 (+0.05%) Strength meter (today so far) Euro -0.09%, Franc +0.03%, Yen +0.00%, GBP -0.04% Strength meter (since last week) Euro +0.14%, Franc +0.02%, Yen +0.34%, GBP -0.01% EUR/USD...

China likely to recover moderately on upbeat housing, exports

Sep 27, 2016 11:55 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The Chinese economy is expected to continue its trend of moderate recovery over the coming quarters as a strong housing market coupled with a gradual growth in exports, is likely to help bolster the ailing economy. This...

Canadian dollar likely to remain at lower levels in short term, but stronger in medium term

Sep 27, 2016 11:54 am UTC| Commentary

The Canadian dollar was dragged down at the beginning of this year by the renewed decline in oil prices. But, due to the recovery of the oil price since, the Canadian dollar has been able to gain certain ground since...

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Economy

Samsung, SK Hynix Shares Fall Ahead of Q3 Earnings

Shares of South Korean chip giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix declined on Tuesday as investors turned cautious ahead of their third-quarter earnings reports, despite broader strength across the global semiconductor...

Asian Currencies Steady as Dollar Holds Near 18-Month High

Asian currencies traded mostly flat on Tuesday as the U.S. dollar remained close to an 18-month high, supported by elevated Treasury yields and persistent inflation concerns. The euro stayed under pressure near a 17-month...

Asian Stocks Rise as Nasdaq Record Offsets Bond Yield Pressure

Asian stocks traded mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by a record close on the Nasdaq, although surging U.S. Treasury yields and elevated oil prices kept investors cautious. Wall Street provided a positive lead after the...

Gold Prices Slip as Strong Dollar and High Treasury Yields Weigh

Gold prices declined on Tuesday as a stronger U.S. dollar and elevated Treasury yields pressured precious metals, offsetting support from reduced expectations for an immediate Federal Reserve interest rate hike. Spot gold...

German Industrial Orders Plunge 10.6% in August

German industrial orders fell significantly more than expected in August, driven by a sharp decline in large-scale transportation orders following unusually strong demand in the previous month. New factory orders dropped...

Politics

OpenAI, Anthropic Back Mandatory AI Breach Reporting in Australia

OpenAI and Anthropic said they would support Australian laws requiring artificial intelligence companies to report data breaches caused by AI agents, as lawmakers consider tougher AI regulation following several security...

US DOT Ends Airline Privacy Review Without Enforcement

The U.S. Transportation Department has concluded a review of privacy practices at the nations 10 largest airlines without imposing fines or taking enforcement action, according to a department memo. The airline privacy...

New York Declares Measles Disaster Emergency as Cases Surge

New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a statewide disaster emergency on Monday in response to a growing measles outbreak, marking the first such declaration by a U.S. state since measles cases began rising sharply in...

Trump Plans Diesel Tax Relief as Fuel Prices Hit Record Highs

US President Donald Trump is preparing an executive order aimed at expanding access to tax-exempt diesel as his administration seeks to ease record fuel costs ahead of the November 3 elections, according to two people...

ISIS Attack Near Kirkuk Kills Iraqi Policeman After US Withdrawal

At least one Iraqi federal police officer was killed and four others were wounded Monday after Islamic State militants attacked a security position southwest of Kirkuk, according to two security sources. The assault...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

DeepSeek Seeks $12 Billion Funding Round Backed by Tencent, CATL

Chinese artificial intelligence powerhouse DeepSeek is preparing to raise at least 80 billion yuan ($12 billion) in a major funding round backed by Tencent and battery giant CATL, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. DeepSeek...

Nvidia-Backed Reflection AI Launches Beam Open-Weight Model

Nvidia-backed startup Reflection AI has launched Beam, its first open-weight artificial intelligence model, as the U.S. company looks to challenge lower-cost Chinese AI models in coding and agentic tasks. Reflection AI...

Meta and Microsoft Cut Internal Claude AI Use

Meta Platforms and Microsoft are reducing their internal reliance on Anthropics Claude AI models as both technology giants encourage employees to adopt proprietary artificial intelligence tools, according to a report from...

Huawei, Qualcomm Sign Multi-Year AI and 5G Patent Deal

Chinas Huawei Technologies has reached a broad multi-year patent licensing agreement with Qualcomm covering key technologies including artificial intelligence, 5G, computing and networking, strengthening the companies...

Zcash NU7 Testnet Cuts Block Time to 25 Seconds

Zcash has activated its NU7 network upgrade on the public testnet, reducing the targeted time between transaction blocks from 75 seconds to 25 seconds as developers prepare for a potential November mainnet launch. NU7 went...