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US Election Series: Prepared Clinton wins first debate

Sep 27, 2016 04:31 am UTC| Commentary Politics

It was quite well-known that Hillary Clinton has been preparing for the presidential debates; words came out that she and her campaign analysts are watching Donald Trump debate videos of the primaries, reading whatever he...

U.S. new home sales fall in August, likely to show strong improvement relative to H1 trends

Sep 27, 2016 04:27 am UTC| Commentary

New home sales in the U.S. dropped in August and came in line with market consensus. Sales declined 7.6 percent in sequential terms to 609,000, as compared with market projections of 600,000. In July, new home sales had...

Asian markets turn positive after U.S. presidential debate, gold marginally lower

Sep 27, 2016 03:51 am UTC| Commentary

Today Asian markets were highly volatile due to the first U.S. presidential debate. Gold and silver were also moving in both the directions. Currencies as well as stock markets were affected by this debate. Mexican peso...

FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 27th September, 2016

Sep 27, 2016 03:36 am UTC| Commentary Economy

Not many economic dockets scheduled for release today and all with low to medium risks associated. Upcoming: Germany: Import price index for the month of August will be released at 6:00 GMT. Italy:...

Chart of the Day Series

Chart of the Day: Peso suffers Trump

Sep 26, 2016 15:56 pm UTC| Commentary

Since Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump met with Mexican President Enrique Nieto in late August, it has been adisaster for Both Mr. Neto and Mexican Peso. Mr. Nietos leadership came into question as he failed...

China launches 350 billion yuan restructuring fund to support State-Owned Enterprises

Sep 26, 2016 15:40 pm UTC| Commentary Economy Central Banks

PBoC adviser Huang Yiping said over the weekend that Chinas deleveraging has not made any significant progress, which implies that China still relies on credit-fuelled growth model, posing a long-term risk to Chinas...

UK final Q2 GDP data unlikely to bring any surprises

Sep 26, 2016 15:08 pm UTC| Commentary

UK final Q2 growth data will be published coming Friday and it is most likely that the 0.6 percent quarter-on-quarter growth rate indicated by previous releases will be confirmed. The final Q2 GDP figure might grab most...

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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...