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Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund Named Focus Mutual Fund for February by S&P Capital IQ

Feb 05, 2016 20:49 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, Feb. 05, 2016 -- Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, has had its Guggenheim Total Return Bond Fund (GIBAX) named Focus Mutual Fund for...

Cambrex to Announce Fourth Quarter 2015 Financial Results on February 9, 2016

Feb 05, 2016 20:47 pm UTC| Business

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J., Feb. 05, 2016 -- Cambrex Corporation (NYSE:CBM) announced that fourth quarter 2015 financial results will be released on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 before the market opens. The Company...

United Community Banks, Inc. Increases Quarterly Cash Dividend

Feb 05, 2016 20:45 pm UTC| Business

BLAIRSVILLE, Ga., Feb. 05, 2016 -- United Community Banks, Inc. (Nasdaq:UCBI), reported that its Board of Directors approved an increase of its regular quarterly cash dividend to seven cents per common share. The...

Beasley Broadcast Group to Report 2015 Fourth Quarter Results and Host Webcast on February 12

Feb 05, 2016 20:15 pm UTC| Business

NAPLES, Fla., Feb. 05, 2016 -- Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:BBGI), a large- and mid-size market radio broadcaster, will release its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter financial results before the market opens on...

Novavax Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option to Purchase Additional Shares

Feb 05, 2016 20:00 pm UTC| Business

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Feb. 05, 2016 -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq:NVAX), a clinical-stage vaccine company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of recombinant nanoparticle vaccines and adjuvants, today...

Associa Opposes Proposed New Mexico Home Tax

Feb 05, 2016 19:47 pm UTC| Business

SANTA FE, N.M., Feb. 5, 2016 -- Associa, the industry's leading community management company including offices in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, joined other industry partners and New Mexico homeowners in opposing legislation...

Heartland Express, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Conferences

Feb 05, 2016 19:39 pm UTC| Business

NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa, Feb. 05, 2016 -- Heartland Express, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTLD) announced that on Tuesday, February 9, 2016, Michael Gerdin, Chief Executive Officer and Chris Strain, Controller will present at the Stifel...

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Economy

Gold and Silver Prices Climb in Asian Trade as Markets Eye Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Monday, with silver also posting strong gains, as precious metal markets attempted to stabilize after a week marked by sharp volatility. The rebound comes amid lingering...

UK Starting Salaries See Strongest Growth in 18 Months as Hiring Sentiment Improves

Starting salaries for permanent employees in the UK recorded their strongest increase in nearly a year and a half in January, signaling early signs of stabilization in the British labor market. According to the latest...

Australian Household Spending Dips in December as RBA Tightens Policy

Australian household spending declined in December as consumers eased back after heavy year-end sales activity, but solid sales volumes continued to highlight why the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently raised...

Oil Prices Slip as U.S.-Iran Talks Ease Middle East Tensions

Global oil prices opened the week lower, sliding more than 1% on Monday as investor concerns over a potential conflict in the Middle East eased following diplomatic progress between the United States and Iran. The decline...

Indian Refiners Scale Back Russian Oil Imports as U.S.-India Trade Deal Advances

Indian refiners are increasingly avoiding purchases of Russian crude oil for delivery in April and potentially beyond, a strategic shift that could support New Delhis efforts to finalize a trade agreement with the United...

Politics

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order to Release Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an appeal challenging a federal court decision that ordered the Transportation Department to unfreeze funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a major...

Trump Congratulates Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi After Historic Election Victory

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday following her coalitions decisive landslide victory in Japans lower house elections held over the weekend. The message,...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Secures Historic Election Win, Shaking Markets and Regional Politics

Japans Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a historic landslide victory in a rare winter election, consolidating power and paving the way for major shifts in economic, fiscal, and security policy. Takaichis Liberal...

Sydney Braces for Pro-Palestine Protests During Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Visit

Sydney is preparing for large-scale pro-Palestine protests as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Australia, prompting authorities to declare the trip a major event and deploy thousands of police across the city....

Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party Wins Thai Election, Signals Shift Toward Political Stability

Thailands political landscape may be entering a more stable phase after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakuls Bhumjaithai Party secured a decisive victory in Sundays general election. Preliminary results from the Election...

Science

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

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...

Technology

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed his bullish stance on artificial intelligence, calling the massive capital expenditure flowing into AI infrastructure both appropriate and necessary as the industry...

Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a mixed but closely watched earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue while unveiling a massive long-term investment plan that unsettled investors. The e-commerce and...

Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch

Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are reportedly exploring the option of sourcing memory chips from Chinese semiconductor companies for the first time, as a prolonged global supply crunch continues...

OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering

OpenAI is significantly accelerating its enterprise AI strategy by hiring hundreds of new employees for its technical consulting division, according to a report by The Information, citing a person familiar with the...