The FTSE 100 closed just shy of its all-time record, up 51 points at 10,223. As the US dollar recovered, investors pulled back from precious metals, resulting in a 6% drop in gold and 16% decline in silver prices.
Alphabet plans to launch its homegrown AI chips into orbit on Thursday in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, a step towards making data centers in space a reality.
Tech leaders have come to wonder if orbital data centers can help solve the industry’s power crunch.
Mumbai, Oct 1: US-listed companies remained in focus on 30 September 2026 as investors reacted to a series of earnings reports, acquisitions, partnerships, customer contracts and fundraising plans. Share-price movements…
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is considering new ways for individual investors to gain access to some private-market investments — including passing an exam.
Japan's Prime Minister said on Thursday that her government's policies will lift market confidence in the yen, after previous efforts to boost the currency, including U.S. intervention, underwhelmed.
Needless to say, over the last three years, the Artificial Intelligence explosion has been at the top of almost every investor’s mind. Many have become wealthy, as stocks like NVIDIA and other top tech names soared in a…
U.S. Treasury yields hit their highest level in more than two decades on Thursday as a global bond sell-off deepened.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission has greenlit sweeping plans to widen access to private markets to individual investors — just as the industry's rush into retail faces sharper scrutiny.
U.S. grain markets closed lower on Tuesday, August 11, as traders reduced positions ahead of USDA's August WASDE report, sending corn, soybeans and winter wheat into negative territory. The move matters directly to Amer…
United Kingdom Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Iran was involved in the incident at the Royal Air Force base in Fairford on Sunday that led to the arrest of five men on suspicion of explosive and terrorism offences.
At today’s prices and rates, even the average used vehicle can exceed some commonly used affordability measures.
OpenAI says it identified an attempt to extract protected reasoning from its AI models, linking part of the activity with China’s Moonshot AI.
The U.S. announced plans for up to $200 billion in South Korean investment, though Seoul has yet to finalize the participation in the Alaska LNG project.
Switzerland's glaciers lost more than 5% of their ice in 2026, a report by the Swiss Glacier Monitoring Network (GLAMOS) and the Swiss Commission for Cryosphere Observation of the Swiss Academy of Sciences showed on Th…
On-duty flight crew and passengers managed to foil a pilot's apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight, after reports emerged of a fight in the cockpit.
The expanded indication covers pediatric patients weighing 30 kg or more, while treatment remains subject to heart-function monitoring.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he is still "thinking about" banning diesel exports in an attempt to get a handle on high energy prices, but noted that doing so may have a "negative impact on gasoline."
California Governor Gavin Newsom has banned 'robo-bosses' from firing workers, the first U.S. state with such a law.
December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26) closed down -41 (-0.76%) on Wednesday, and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ26) closed down -29 (-0.72%).
Crude oil exports from the Strait of Hormuz have basically returned to levels normal before the Iran war, as U.S. military escorts have boosted shipments and pipelines have redirected flows.
Net farm income, a broad measure of profits, is forecast to decline in 2026. Forecast at $158.4 billion for the calendar year, net farm income would be $4.3 billion (2.6 percent) lower than in 2025 (not adjusted for inf…
Artificial intelligence infrastructure spending continues to reshape the semiconductor industry, and three companies remain at the center of that transformation: Nvidia, Micron, and Qualcomm. Each company operates in a …