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ITW Reports Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2015 Financial Results

Jan 27, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

EPS of $1.23, up 4 percent; up 11 percent excluding (0.08) currency impact; $0.03 above guidance mid-pointOperating margin 20.7 percent; up 110 basis points driven by ITW’s Enterprise InitiativesFull-year 2015 EPS $5.13,...

BOK Financial Reports Annual and Quarterly Earnings for 2015

Jan 27, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

TULSA, Okla., Jan. 27, 2016 -- BOK Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:BOKF) reported net income of $288.6 million or $4.21 per diluted share for the year ended December31, 2015. Net income for the year ended December31, 2014...

ERBA Diagnostics’ Compliance Plan Accepted by NYSE MKT

Jan 27, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

MIAMI, Jan. 27, 2016 -- ERBA Diagnostics, Inc. (NYSE MKT:ERB) (the “Company”), a fully integrated in vitro diagnostics company, announced today that the Company received a letter from NYSE MKT LLC (the “Exchange”)...

Online Currency Specialist HiFX Launches in North America

Jan 27, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

BUENA PARK, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016 -- U.K.-based HiFX, the fast-growing provider of online international payments and foreign exchange services, and a subsidiary of EuronetWorldwide, Inc. (Nasdaq:EEFT), announces its...

Entegris Expands Analytical and R&D Operations for Semiconductor Process Liquid Filtration in South Korea

Jan 27, 2016 13:00 pm UTC| Business

BILLERICA, Mass., Jan. 27, 2016 -- Entegris, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENTG), a leader in yield-enhancing materials and solutions for highly advanced manufacturing environments, announced today the expansion of its liquid...

Xunlei Announces New Share Repurchase Program and Resignation of Senior Management Member

Jan 27, 2016 12:43 pm UTC| Business

SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 27, 2016 -- Xunlei Limited (“Xunlei” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:XNET), China’s leading provider of acceleration products and services, today announced the adoption of a new share repurchase program...

DHT Holdings, Inc. 2015 Dividend Information

Jan 27, 2016 12:31 pm UTC| Business

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Jan. 27, 2016 -- In 2015, DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) paid four cash distributions to its shareholders. For US tax purposes, a portion of these distributions is potentially classified as ordinary...

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Economy

South Korea Warns Weak Won Could Push Inflation Higher in 2025

South Koreas central bank has warned that inflation next year could exceed earlier projections if the Korean won remains weak against the U.S. dollar, raising concerns about price stability and currency market pressures....

Chinese Robotaxi Stocks Rally as Tesla Boosts Autonomous Driving Optimism

Chinese robotaxi stocks surged in Hong Kong trading on Wednesday, tracking strong overnight gains in Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) as investor optimism around autonomous driving and ride-hailing technology continued to build....

Asian Currencies Slip as Dollar Strengthens; Indian Rupee Rebounds on Intervention Hopes

Most Asian currencies edged lower on Wednesday as investors weighed the U.S. Federal Reserves future interest rate path following mixed signals from the latest U.S. labor market data. At the same time, the Indian rupee...

Gold and Silver Surge as Safe Haven Demand Rises on U.S. Economic Uncertainty

Gold prices climbed during Asian trading on Wednesday, while silver prices surged to a fresh all-time high, as growing concerns over the U.S. economy fueled strong demand for safe haven assets. Investors increasingly...

Trump Orders Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers, Raising Venezuela Tensions and Oil Prices

U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, dramatically escalating Washingtons pressure on President Nicolas Maduros government and...

Politics

Dan Bongino to Step Down as FBI Deputy Director After Brief, Controversial Tenure

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino announced on Wednesday that he will step down from his role next month, bringing an end to a short and often controversial tenure as the bureaus second-highest-ranking official. The...

UN Warns Gaza Humanitarian Aid at Risk as Israel Registration Rules Threaten NGO Operations

The United Nations and more than 200 local and international aid organizations have warned that humanitarian operations in the Palestinian territories, especially Gaza, are at serious risk of collapse unless Israel removes...

Trump Attends Dover Ceremony Honoring U.S. Personnel Killed in Syria

President Donald Trump attended a solemn military ceremony on Wednesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to honor three U.S. personnel killed in Syria during a suspected Islamic State attack. The dignified transfer...

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...

U.S.-Russia Talks in Miami Raise Hopes for Potential Ukraine War Deal

U.S. and Russian officials are expected to hold high-level talks in Miami, Florida, this weekend as discussions around a possible deal to end the war in Ukraine gain renewed attention, according to a report by Politico...

Science

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

NASA Cuts Boeing Starliner Missions as SpaceX Pulls Ahead

NASA has significantly scaled back Boeings Starliner program after years of technical issues and delays, announcing that the next Starliner mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will fly without astronauts. The...

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Achieves Breakthrough Success With First NASA Mission

Blue Origins massive New Glenn rocket marked a major milestone as it completed its first mission for paying customers, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars and successfully landing its reusable booster at sea. The...

Cogent Biosciences Soars 120% on Breakthrough Phase 3 Results for Bezuclastinib in GIST Treatment

Cogent Biosciences (NASDAQ: COGT) shares skyrocketed over 120% after the biotech company announced groundbreaking results from its Phase 3 PEAK trial evaluating bezuclastinib in combination with sunitinib for patients with...

Trump and Merck KGaA Partner to Slash IVF Drug Costs and Expand Fertility Coverage

U.S. President Donald Trump and German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA have announced a groundbreaking deal aimed at lowering the cost of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments while boosting access to fertility care in...

Technology

Republicans Raise National Security Concerns Over Intel’s Testing of China-Linked Chipmaking Tools

Republican lawmakers are raising alarms over potential U.S. national security risks after a Reuters report revealed that Intel evaluated advanced chipmaking equipment from ACM Research, a company with significant ties to...

noyb Files GDPR Complaints Against TikTok, Grindr, and AppsFlyer Over Alleged Illegal Data Tracking.

A European privacy advocacy group has filed fresh complaints against TikTok, Grindr, and AppsFlyer, accusing the companies of violating European Union privacy laws by unlawfully tracking and sharing sensitive user data...

MetaX IPO Soars as China’s AI Chip Stocks Ignite Investor Frenzy

Shares of Chinese AI chipmaker MetaX Integrated Circuits delivered a stunning market debut, soaring more than 600% above their initial public offering price as domestic investors poured into local semiconductor stocks. The...

Apple Explores India for iPhone Chip Assembly as Manufacturing Push Accelerates

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is reportedly in early-stage discussions with Indian semiconductor companies to explore the assembly and packaging of iPhone components in India, marking a potential shift in the companys global...

Amazon in Talks to Invest $10 Billion in OpenAI as AI Firm Eyes $1 Trillion IPO Valuation

Amazon.com Inc is reportedly in discussions to make a major investment in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, in a potential deal that could value the artificial intelligence company at more than $500 billion, according to a...