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America’s Roundup: Dollar gains against yen as Fed policy, debt ceiling in focus, Wall Street ends mixed, Gold dips, Oil rises 1% as supplies shrink, demand seen higher-May 23rd,2023

May 22, 2023 23:42 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup French 12-Month BTF Auction 3.324%,3.249% previous French 3-Month BTF Auction 3.115%,3.121% previous French 6-Month BTF Auction 3.234%,3.128% previous EU May Consumer Confidence -17.4,-17.0...

Europe Roundup: Euro gains against dollar, European stocks muted , Gold edges higher,Oil steady as U.S. default risk offsets demand outlook-May 22nd -2023

May 22, 2023 13:22 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Greek Mar Current Account (YoY) -2.403B,-1.325B previous Belgium May Consumer Confidence -9 ,-6 previous EU Mar Construction Output (MoM) -2.41%, 0.00% forecast,2.10% previous Looking Ahead...

America’s Roundup: US dollar drops after Fed's Powell hints at June pause , Wall Street slips, Gold gains, Oil slips as debt talks pause, Fed warns of high inflation

May 20, 2023 02:32 am UTC| Market Roundups Economy

Market Roundup Canada Mar Core Retail Sales (MoM) -0.3%,-0.8% forecast,-0.7% previous Canada Mar Retail Sales (MoM) -1.4%, -1.4% forecast,-0.2% previous U.S. Baker Hughes Total Rig Count 720, 731...

Europe Roundup: Euro gains on dollar pullback , European stocks rises ,Gold gains, Oil rebounds on fading risk of U.S. debt default-May 19th,2023

May 19, 2023 12:55 pm UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup German Apr PPI (MoM) 0.3%, -0.5% forecast, -2.6% previous German Apr German PPI (YoY) 4.1%, 4.0% forecast, 7.5% previous Spanish Consumer Confidence 73.0, 78.9 forecast, 67.4 previous Canada Mar...

America’s Roundup: U.S. dollar hit two-month high on strong economic news, Wall Street ends ,Gold slides, Oil prices settle down 1%; strong US data boosts dollar-May 19th.2023

May 19, 2023 01:30 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup US Continuing Jobless Claims 1,799K,1,818K forecast, 1,813K previous US Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg. 244.25K,245.94K forecast,245.25K previous US Initial Jobless Claims 242K,254K forecast,264K...

Europe Roundup: Sterling falls to three-week low against dollar , European shares rise , Gold drops ,Oil prices ease as all eyes on US debt ceiling talks

May 18, 2023 12:01 pm UTC| Market Roundups Economy

Market Roundup Spanish Trade Balance-0.16B, -0.72B forecast, 2.46B previous Spanish 5-Year Bonos Auction 3.027% ,2.623% previous Looking Ahead Economic Data(GMT) 12:30 US Continuing Jobless Claims 1,818K...

America’s Roundup: Dollar hits seven-week high, Wall Street ends sharply higher, Gold slips, Oil settles up $2 on optimism about US debt ceiling, demand-May 18th,2023

May 18, 2023 00:09 am UTC| Market Roundups

Market Roundup Canada Apr Housing Starts (MoM) 2.2%, -0.8% previous US Apr Building Permits 1.416M,1.437M forecast,1.430M previous US Apr Housing Starts 1.401M, 1.400M forecast,1.420M previous US Mar Foreign...

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Economy

Burger King Ordered to Compensate Injured Customer With Almost $8M Payout

Burger King is set to shell out about $8 million after the court ordered it to pay a customer who was injured at the restaurant. The burger store chains franchisee in Florida has been found guilty of negligence by the...

Nestlé Reveals New Operations Chief to Replace Retiring Magdi Batato

Nestlé SA food and drink company announced it has appointed the new companys head of operations. Effective on July 1, Stephanie Pullings Hart will be the new deputy head of operations, and she will be stationed at...

Asda Reportedly Finalizing £10B Merger Deal With EG Group

Asda is reportedly in the midst of finalizing its merger agreement with UK-based EG Group, which operates filling stations, fast-food outlets, and convenience stores. Reportedly, the deal will include more than 500 million...

Panera Brands Promotes Exec to CEO Post Amid IPO Plans

Panera Brands Inc., an American bakery-cafe chain store, revealed it has promoted one of its high-ranking executives to become its new chief executive officer. The promotion comes as the company reportedly plans for an...

Samsung To Invest ₩30 Billion in Advancing Smart Factories for SMEs

Samsung Electronics Co. will invest 30 billion won over the next three years in its Smart Factory 3.0 project which would transform SMEs manufacturing facilities into smart factories usingartificial intelligence (AI) and...

Politics

Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Troops Replaced Wagner Fighters in Bakhmut

The Ukrainian deputy defense minister said that Russian troops were replacing the Wagner fighters in the eastern city of Bakhmut, where fighting has been taking place the longest. The minister said that Russian troops were...

North Korea Media Criticizes US, South Korea, Japan Missile Warning Agreement

North Korean state media criticized the agreement made between the United States, South Korea, and Japan that would allow the three countries to share information in real-time on the isolated nations missile launches. This...

US: Biden Nominates Air Force Chief as Top General

The White House announced this week that US President Joe Biden has appointed US Air Force Chief Gen. Charles Q. Brown to serve as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Brown would become the second Black officer...

Russia-Ukraine War: Norway to Support Joint Training Programs for F-16s

Norway supports the push for joint training programs for Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets. This follows the endorsement by the United States for the training programs with Ukraine, assuring that the jets will not be used...

Japan Scrambles Fighter Jets Following Incursion of Russian 'Intelligence-Gathering' Aircraft

The Japanese defense ministry said it scrambled fighter jets after a Russian intelligence-gathering aircraft was spotted flying over the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan this week. This follows recent incidents,...

Science

Gravitational wave detector LIGO is back online after 3 years of upgrades – how the world's most sensitive yardstick reveals secrets of the universe

After a three-year hiatus, scientists in the U.S. have just turned on detectors capable of measuring gravitational waves - tiny ripples in space itself that travel through the universe. Unlike light waves, gravitational...

Why don't rocks burn?

While many rocks dont burn, some of them do. It depends on what the rocks are made of and thats related to how they were formed. There are three main rock types: igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. These rocks are...

Quantum physics proposes a new way to study biology – and the results could revolutionize our understanding of how life works

Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. But this may one day be a...

You shed DNA everywhere you go – trace samples in the water, sand and air are enough to identify who you are, raising ethical questions about privacy

Human DNA can be sequenced from small amounts of water, sand and air in the environment to potentially extract identifiable information like genetic lineage, gender, and health risks, according to our new...

Theory of everything: how progress in physics depends on asking the right questions

When I began my undergraduate physics degree (around 20 years ago), What is the theory of everything? was a question that I heard often. It was used as a label for how theoretical physicists were trying to develop a deeper...

Technology

Apple Reveals Broadcom Deal to Develop 5G Components

Apple Inc. revealed it has teamed up with Broadcom Inc. for the development of 5G radio frequency parts in the United States. The companies signed a multi-billion deal for the partnership. With the cooperation between...

Apple, Masimo Lawsuit Declared a Mistrial

What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

For some people, the term black box brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But...

AI is changing how Americans find jobs, get promoted and succeed at work

Whether we realize it or not, advancements in artificial intelligence are increasingly influencing the paths of our careers. Advancements in human capital management systems, more strategic and data-driven human...

AI is already being used in the legal system - we need to pay more attention to how we use it

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become such a part of our daily lives that its hard to avoid even if we might not recognise it. While ChatGPT and the use of algorithms in social media get lots of attention, an...

What is Bluesky and how's it different to Twitter?

Amid management changes at Twitter, discontented users are exploring an alternative social media platform called Bluesky. According to media reports, downloads of the Bluesky app surged more than 600% in...