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Global Mineral Slurries Biocides Report 2016 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts

Apr 18, 2016 15:08 pm UTC| Business

Dublin, April 18, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biocides in Mineral Slurries Global Report - 2016" report to their offering. This report develops...

Global Textiles Biocides Report 2016 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts

Apr 18, 2016 15:07 pm UTC| Business

Dublin, April 18, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biocides in Textiles Global Report - 2016" report to their offering. This report develops forecasts...

Global Recreational Water Biocides Report 2016 - Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts

Apr 18, 2016 15:03 pm UTC| Business

Dublin, April 18, 2016 -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Biocides in Recreational Water Global Report - 2016" report to their offering. This report develops...

Nepal's First President Celebrates Efforts to End Child Marriage this Nepali New Year

Apr 18, 2016 15:03 pm UTC| Business

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt., April 18, 2016 -- As people gathered to celebrate the Nepali New Year, the former Nepali president was celebrating two new dramas designed to help stop child marriage. Population Media Center, a...

Newtek Business Services Corp. Opens New Office in Long Island, New York

Apr 18, 2016 15:02 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Newtek Business Services Corp. (“Newtek”) (NASDAQ:NEWT), an internally managed business development company (“BDC”), announced today that it opened and commenced operations from its new...

Former High-Ranking U.S. Department of Labor Official Michael Hancock Joins Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Apr 18, 2016 15:02 pm UTC| Business

WASHINGTON, April 18, 2016 -- D. Michael Hancock, the former Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, today joined national plaintiffs’ firm Cohen Milstein Sellers Toll PLLC as...

INVESTOR ALERT: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Investors of Class Action Against The Boeing Company and Its Board of Directors and a Lead Plaintiff Deadline of April 22, 2016 – BA

Apr 18, 2016 15:00 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 18, 2016 -- Levi Korsinsky announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the USDC for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of investors who purchased The Boeing Company (“Boeing” or...

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Economy

Christine Lagarde Reportedly Set to Exit ECB Before End of Term

Christine Lagarde is expected to step down as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) before completing her full eight-year term, according to a report published Wednesday by the Financial Times. The report cited a...

Asian Currencies Steady in Thin Lunar New Year Trade; NZ Dollar Drops After RBNZ Holds Rates

Asian currencies were largely unchanged on Wednesday as subdued Lunar New Year trading kept market activity light across the region. With major financial centers such as China and Hong Kong closed for the holiday, foreign...

Japan’s Exports Surge 16.8% in January, Narrowing Trade Deficit Amid Import Decline

Japans exports rose sharply in January, marking a fifth consecutive month of growth and signaling continued resilience in the countrys external sector. According to data released Wednesday by Japans Ministry of Finance,...

Gold and Silver Prices Slide as Strong Dollar Weighs; Investors Eye Key U.S. Data

Gold and silver prices extended their losses on Tuesday as a stronger U.S. dollar pressured precious metals and investors turned cautious ahead of major U.S. economic data releases. Reduced trading activity during Chinas...

IMF Urges Japan to Continue Interest Rate Hikes and Avoid Consumption Tax Cuts

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged Japan to continue raising interest rates and avoid further fiscal stimulus, warning that cutting the consumption tax could weaken the countrys ability to withstand future...

Politics

Zelenskiy Says Trump Pressuring Ukraine as Donbas Peace Talks Intensify

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has raised concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump is placing excessive pressure on Ukraine to make concessions in ongoing peace negotiations aimed at ending the nearly four-year...

Medical Groups Sue FTC Over Gender-Affirming Care Investigations Amid Trump Policy Dispute

Two leading U.S. medical organizations have filed lawsuits against the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), alleging the agency launched unconstitutional investigations into their support of gender-affirming care for...

Randy Fine Faces Backlash Over Anti-Muslim Comments as Democrats Demand Accountability

Republican U.S. Representative Randy Fine is facing widespread criticism after making anti-Muslim comments that civil rights advocates and leading Democrats have condemned as Islamophobic and dangerous. The Florida...

U.S. Official Alleges China Conducted Low-Yield Nuclear Test at Lop Nor in 2020

A senior U.S. official has disclosed new allegations that China carried out an underground nuclear test at its Lop Nor test site in June 2020, raising fresh concerns about nuclear compliance and global arms control....

Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks Resume in Geneva as Trump Urges Swift Deal

Ukraine and Russia concluded the first of two days of U.S.-mediated peace talks in Geneva on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump called on Kyiv to move quickly toward a negotiated settlement to end the four-year war....

Science

SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has revealed a significant shift in the companys near-term space exploration strategy, announcing that SpaceX is now prioritizing the development of a self-growing city on the Moon rather than focusing...

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...

Technology

YouTube Outage Disrupts Thousands Worldwide as Recommendation System Fails

YouTube experienced a widespread outage on Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning, affecting thousands of users across the globe. According to checks conducted by Investing.com, the popular video streaming platform...

Stock Market Movers: NVIDIA and Meta Expand AI Partnership as Cadence Surges on Earnings

NVIDIA (NVDA) stock climbed 1.6% after the company announced a multiyear, multigenerational strategic partnership with Meta Platforms (META), which also gained 2%. The expanded agreement focuses on strengthening AI...

Hedge Funds Cut Nvidia, Amazon and Microsoft Stakes as AI Valuation Concerns Rise

Major hedge funds including Tiger Global Management and Adage Capital Partners reduced their exposure to leading AI stocks such as Nvidia, Amazon, and Microsoft in the fourth quarter of 2025, according to newly released...

India AI Impact Summit 2026: Global Tech CEOs Join World Leaders in New Delhi

Top executives from leading global AI companies are gathering in New Delhi this week alongside world leaders for the India AI Impact Summit 2026, as India accelerates efforts to attract artificial intelligence investment...

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission Launches GDPR Investigation Into X’s AI Chatbot Grok

Irelands Data Protection Commission (DPC) has opened a formal investigation into Xs AI chatbot, Grok, over concerns about personal data processing and the generation of harmful sexualised images, including manipulated...