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Following the mixed performance seen in the previous session, stocks moved mostly higher over the course of the trading day on Friday. The upward move lifted the Dow and the Nasdaq to their best closing levels in three months and the S&P 500 reached ...

President Donald Trump confirmed Friday that he will declare the situation on the U.S. border with Mexico a national emergency in order to secure additional funding for his divisive border wall....

After moving to the upside early in the session, stocks remain mostly positive in mid-day trading on Friday. The major averages have all climbed into positive territory after ending Thursday's trading on opposite sides of the unchanged line....

Stocks have moved mostly higher in morning trading on Friday following the mixed performance seen in the previous session. The major averages have all moved to the upside after ending Thursday's trading on opposite sides of the unchanged line....

After reporting a notable deterioration in U.S. consumer sentiment in the previous month, the University of Michigan released preliminary data on Friday showing a bigger than expected rebound in sentiment in the month of February....

New Zealand police have given the green light to open a Christchurch-based crypto trading company that was forced to close after suffering a major hacking attack last month. Cryptopia had said on January 14 that it suffered a security breach that res...

Retail sales in the U.S. unexpectedly showed a significant decrease in the month of December, according to government shutdown-delayed data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday. The Commerce Department said retail sales tumbled by 1.2 perc...

Spanish banking group Banco Santander has struck a 5-year global technology agreement with IBM, valued at about $700 million, to enable Santander Group to accelerate its business modernization using emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligen...

Reflecting steep drops in food and energy prices, the Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing producer prices in the U.S. unexpectedly edged lower in the month of January. The Labor Department said its producer price index for final de...

After recovering from an initial move to the downside, stocks showed a lack of direction over the course of the trading session on Thursday. The major averages eventually ended the session on opposite sides of the unchanged line....

In a widely anticipated move, the Senate voted Thursday to confirm President Donald Trump's nomination of Republican lawyer William Barr as Attorney General. Barr will subsequently reclaim the position he held under former President George H.W. Bush...

After an initial move to the downside, stocks have turned in a relatively lackluster performance over the course of the trading day on Thursday. While the Dow and the S&P 500 remain in the red, the Nasdaq has been bouncing back and forth across the u...

After coming under pressure early in the session, stocks have regained ground over the course of morning trading on Thursday. The major averages have climbed well off their worst levels of the day, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq bouncing into positive te...

Government shutdown-delayed data released by the Commerce Department on Thursday showed an unexpected dip in business inventories in the U.S. in the month of November....

The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution calling for an end to the U.S. military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the destructive war in Yemen. The resolution, which curtails presidential war powers, was passed by a 248 to 17...

Following the pullback seen in the previous session, the value of the U.S. dollar has moved back to the upside on Wednesday....

Stocks saw considerable volatility late in the trading session on Wednesday but still managed to end the day modestly higher. The gains on the day once again lifted the major averages to their best closing levels in over two months....

After moving mostly higher early in the session, stocks have given back some ground over the course of the trading day on Wednesday. The major averages have pulled back after reaching their best intraday levels in over two months....

Following the rally seen over the course of the previous session, stocks are seeing further upside in morning trading on Wednesday. With the continued upward move, the major averages have reached their best intraday levels in over two months....

The U.S. dollar drifted higher against its key counterparts in the European session on Wednesday, as a data showed that U.S. consumer inflation remained unchanged in January and on media reports that President Trump is willing to sign a Congressional...

President Donald Trump has said China wants a trade deal with the United States very badly, and indicated that the deadline to reach a trade deal with China could be extended if the talks are making good progress. "Now, if we're close to a deal wher...

weden's central bank left its key interest rate unchanged in February on lower growth and near-target inflation, after raising it in December, and reiterated the rate would be hiked in the second half of the year and beyond. The Executive Board deci...

Consumer prices in the U.S. were unchanged for the third straight month in January, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Wednesday. The Labor Department said its consumer price index was unchanged in January, matching the revised...

Major US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that the users of Coinbase Wallet can now back up their encrypted private keys in their personal cloud storage on Google Drive or iCloud. The addition of the new feature will enable users to safegua...

Two public sector pension funds in Fairfax County, Virginia, have made the lion's share of their investment in a new $40 million cryptocurrency venture-capital fund. The Fairfax County Police and the Fairfax County Employees' pension plans are said...

US-based overseas remittance startup SendFriend said $1.7 million has been raised in capital in a funding round from MIT Media Lab, Barclays, the Mastercard Foundation, Ripple, Techstars, Mahindra Finance, 2020 Ventures, and 8 Decimal Capital. The Bl...

Stocks are likely to move to the upside in early trading on Wednesday, adding to the strong gains posted in the previous session. The major index futures are currently pointing to a higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 80 points....

Israel-based generic drug maker Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on Wednesday reported a loss for the fourth quarter that narrowed from last year as a decline in revenues was more than offset by lower costs and expenses. However, adjusted earnings...

Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) said it will launch a new blockchain-based payment system in 2020. For the new payment network business, it will establish a joint venture in collaboration with US content delivery network Akamai Technol...

Dutch brewer company Heineken NV (reported Wednesday weak net profit in its fiscal year 2018 on charges, while revenues were higher with improved beer volume. Looking ahead for fiscal 2019, the company anticipates adjusted operating profit to grow b...

European stocks were trading higher for the third day running on Wednesday amid optimism the U.S. and China might be able to resolve their long-running trade dispute before the March 1 deadline....

Shares of Bausch Health Companies Inc. (BHC), formerly known as Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc., are up 35% since the start of this year....

Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX, which owes its customers millions in cryptocurrencies following the unexpected death of its CEO, accidentally lost another C$500 thousand in bitcoin, according to a report by its court-appointed monitor Ernst & Yo...

Asian stocks ended mostly higher on Wednesday amid optimism about U.S.-China trade talks after U.S. President Donald Trump gave hints at extending a March 2 deadline for proposed American tariffs on China....

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand on Wednesday kept its Official Cash Rate at the record low of 1.75 percent for the 15th straight meeting. The decision was in line with expectations following a 0.25 percent rate cut in November 2016. The central bank ...

European stocks may rise at open on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated he could extend a March 1 deadline for raising tariffs on China, if the two sides are near an agreement....

Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Wednesday following the overnight rally on Wall Street amid optimism about U.S.-China trade talks and as the surge in crude oil prices boosted energy stocks. Investor sentiment was boosted after U.S. President...

The following are some of today's top gainers in the pharma/biotech sector....

Following the lackluster performance seen in the previous session, stocks moved sharply higher over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. With the strong upward move, the major averages reached their best closing levels in over two months....

Partly offsetting optimism lawmakers will manage to avoid another government shutdown, President Donald Trump expressed displeasure with a tentative agreement reached by bipartisan negotiators....

After moving sharply higher early in the session, stocks have seen some further upside over the course of the trading day on Tuesday. With the upward move, the S&P 500 has reached its best intraday level in over two months....

Stocks have moved sharply higher in morning trading on Tuesday following the lackluster performance seen in the previous session. The major averages have all shown strong moves to the upside after ending Monday's trading mixed....

California is using Blockchain technology and Internet of Things (IoT) to tackle drought by making groundwater usage sustainable. The Freshwater Trust (TFT) is partnering IBM Research and SweetSense Inc. to pilot technologies which can accurately mon...

Major industry leaders in the United States sent an open letter to Congress calling for legislation to protect immigrants brought illegally to the country as children, known as Dreamers. The signatories, which include the heads of General Motors, Fac...

The time may have come to reorder globalization to develop a more inclusive and resilient economy and Brexit could be a test for such efforts, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said Tuesday. "In many respects, Brexit is the first test of a new glo...

Apple Inc. lost further ground to local rival Huawei Technologies Co. in China, with the tech giant's sales of smartphones falling nearly 20 percent in the fourth quarter from last year. According to a report by research company International Data C...

Hoping to avoid another prolonged government shutdown, Congressional negotiators have reached a tentative agreement on border security. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., a lead Republican negotiator, said late Monday th...

Ethereum has risen back to No. 2 rank in the list of the world's largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, overtaking Ripple's XRP digital token. ETH edged past XRP by a slight margin, and currently has a market capitalization of $12.6 bi...

India's consumer price inflation unexpectedly slowed in January, mainly due to a fall in food prices, while industrial production grew at a faster-than-expected pace at the end of last year. The consumer price index rose 2.05 percent year-on-year fo...

Following the lackluster performance in the previous session, stocks are likely to move to the upside in early trading on Tuesday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a higher open for the markets, with the Dow futures up by 194 points....