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Nasdaq Halts SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc.

Apr 15, 2016 13:57 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 15, 2016 -- The Nasdaq Stock Market® (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced that trading was halted today in SkyPeople Fruit Juice, Inc. (Nasdaq:SPU) at 09:23:49 Eastern Time for "additional information requested" from...

Insight Venture Partners Completes Acquisition of Diligent Corporation

Apr 15, 2016 13:35 pm UTC| Business

NEW YORK, April 15, 2016 -- Diligent Corporation (NZX:DIL) (www.diligent.com) (“Diligent”), the leading provider of secure online collaboration and document sharing solutions for boards, committees and leadership teams,...

OMA announces payment date for Ps. 1,400 million dividend

Apr 15, 2016 13:25 pm UTC| Business

MONTERREY, Mexico, April 15, 2016 -- Mexican airport operator Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte, S.A.B. de C.V., known as OMA (NASDAQ:OMAB) (BMV:OMA), announces details for the payment of the dividend that was...

DRONE VOLT : doubled its sales again in Q1-2016

Apr 15, 2016 13:17 pm UTC| Business

VILLEPINTE, FRANCE, April 15, 2016 -- DRONE VOLT, the French leader in civilian drones for professional applications, announced another doubling of its revenue (unaudited), this time for Q1-2016. This growth rate has been...

Postal Service Previews 10th of 16 Stamps Celebrating National Park Service's Centennial

Apr 15, 2016 13:09 pm UTC| Business

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2016 -- A stunning photograph of the late afternoon sun shining into a heavy rain storm, forming rainbows over the crater at Haleakal National Park, Maui, HI, is the 10th of 16 Forever Stamp images...

Ocera Therapeutics Announces Presentation of Two Preclinical Studies Further Supporting Its Ammonia Scavenger OCR-002 at The International Liver Congress™ 2016 of the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL)

Apr 15, 2016 13:05 pm UTC| Business

Data establish ammonia-lowering properties of orally-administered OCR-002 in preclinical model of cirrhosis Data highlight CNS neurochemical changes occurring in preclinical model of hepatic encephalopathy which are...

SCYNEXIS Presents Data Supporting the Activity of its Lead Antifungal Drug Candidate SCY-078 Against Antifungal-resistant Candida Strains at the 13th ASM Conference on Candida and Candidiasis

Apr 15, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

JERSEY CITY, N.J., April 15, 2016 -- Drug development company SCYNEXIS, Inc. (Nasdaq:SCYX) announced today that results of three nonclinical studies of the company’s lead clinical drug candidate, SCY-078, were presented...

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Economy

Asian Currencies Slip as Dollar Strengthens Ahead of Key U.S. Economic Data

Most Asian currencies weakened on Tuesday as Lunar New Year holidays across major regional markets led to thin trading volumes, while the U.S. dollar edged higher ahead of crucial economic data releases. With China, Hong...

Asian Markets Cautious Amid Lunar New Year Closures as Oil Prices Rise on U.S.-Iran Talks

Asian financial markets moved cautiously on Tuesday in thin Lunar New Year trading, while oil prices climbed ahead of renewed U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations in Geneva. Several major regional exchanges, including mainland...

Asian Currencies Trade in Tight Range as Dollar Steadies; Yen Slips on Weak Japan GDP

Asian currencies moved within a narrow range on Monday as thin holiday trading and steady U.S. dollar performance limited major price swings. Market closures in China, Taiwan, and South Korea reduced regional liquidity,...

Asian Stock Markets Trade in Narrow Range as Japan GDP Misses Forecasts, Hang Seng Gains

Asian stock markets traded in a tight range on Monday as a week-long Lunar New Year holiday in China reduced regional trading volumes, while weak Japanese GDP data pressured Tokyo equities. Market participation was further...

Ukraine Secures $8.2 Billion IMF Loan as Tax Conditions Are Eased

Ukraines government has reached a revised agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a new $8.2 billion lending program, easing several previously proposed conditions, including politically sensitive tax...

Politics

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....

Trump’s Geneva Diplomacy: Iran Nuclear Talks and Russia-Ukraine War Negotiations Raise Concerns

U.S. President Donald Trumps decision to dispatch special envoy Steve Witkoff and senior adviser Jared Kushner to handle simultaneous negotiations on Irans nuclear program and Russias war in Ukraine has sparked debate...

Tarique Rahman Sworn In as Bangladesh Prime Minister After BNP Election Landslide

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh, marking a significant political shift following months of instability. The 60-year-old son of former Prime...

Peru Congress Ousts President Jose Jeri in ‘Chifagate’ Scandal, Deepening Political Crisis

Perus Congress has removed President Jose Jeri from office just four months after he assumed leadership, intensifying the countrys ongoing political crisis and leadership instability. Lawmakers voted 75 in favor of ousting...

UN Experts Condemn European Ministers Over Attacks on Francesca Albanese

An independent United Nations body has strongly criticized several European ministers for what it described as vicious attacks driven by disinformation against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation...

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

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...

Disney Issues Cease-and-Desist to ByteDance Over Alleged AI Copyright Infringement

Disney has sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, accusing the Chinese tech giant of using copyrighted Disney characters to train and power its Seedance 2.0 AI video generator without authorization, according to a...

Anthropic’s Claude AI Reportedly Used in U.S. Operation to Capture Nicolas Maduro

Anthropics artificial intelligence model, Claude, was reportedly used in a U.S. military operation that led to the capture of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing...

OpenAI Hires OpenClaw Creator Peter Steinberger to Advance Next-Generation AI Agents

OpenAI has hired Peter Steinberger, the creator of the open-source artificial intelligence agent OpenClaw, according to CEO Sam Altmans announcement on social media Sunday. The move follows OpenClaws recent surge in...