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Canadian economy adds 66.8k jobs in January, jobless rate rises to 5.8 pct

Feb 08, 2019 19:00 pm UTC| Commentary

Canadian economy added 66.8k jobs in the month of January. The jobless rate rose to 5.8 percent as more Canadians were looking for work, sending the labor force participation rate 0.2 percentage point higher to 65.6...

Canadian housing starts fall sequentially in January, starts likely to be elevated in 2019

Feb 08, 2019 16:55 pm UTC| Commentary

Canadas housing starts dropped in the month of January. On a sequential basis, housing starts fell 2.7 percent to 208k units in the month. Still, the level continued to be elevated and follows a strong December print of...

FxWirePro: Pound recovers on May-Juncker talks; retail sentiment points to further downside

Feb 08, 2019 15:05 pm UTC| Commentary

The pound has recovered after dropping to as low as 1.285 against the USD, as the UK Prime Minister Theresa May had constructive talks and promises of cooperation from the European Commission chief Jean Claude Juncker...

Italian industrial production index falls in December

Feb 08, 2019 14:33 pm UTC| Commentary

Italys seasonally adjusted industrial production index dropped in the month of December. On a sequential basis, the industrial production dropped 0.8 percent in the month. The percentage change of the average of the last...

FxWirePro: Soybeans rise on trade sentiment; likely to tests 1000 cents

Feb 08, 2019 13:34 pm UTC| Commentary

Soybeans on the rise; is China plating a hand? Since bottoming in September near 815 cents area, the price of Soybeans has been rising steadily. The price is up around 100 cents since September as the grain trades at...

French private payroll employment rises slightly in Q4 2018

Feb 08, 2019 13:12 pm UTC| Commentary

French private payroll employment rose a bit in the fourth quarter of 2018, rising 0.1 percent, the same rate seen in the prior quarter. On a year-on-year basis, private payroll employment eased, rising 0.5 percent, as...

FxWirePro: USD/JPY testing 110 amid neutral bias in retail sentiment

Feb 08, 2019 12:38 pm UTC| Commentary

Bulls and Bears are continuing their fight over USD/JPYs next move. The pair has been testing key psychological resistance around 110 area whole week, with no luck so far. Dollar, which has been rising for six...

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Economy

Global Stocks Mixed as Oil Falls Ahead of US Earnings

Global stock markets traded unevenly on Monday as investors prepared for major corporate earnings and key US inflation data, while oil prices declined amid uncertainty surrounding a proposed Russia-Ukraine energy...

US Dollar Near 18-Month High Ahead of Inflation Data

The US dollar remained close to an 18-month high on Monday as escalating Middle East tensions and expectations surrounding upcoming US inflation data kept investors cautious about the Federal Reserves next interest rate...

IMF, World Bank Meetings Face Global Economic Risks Amid Iran War

Global finance leaders are gathering in Bangkok this week for the annual International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings as the prolonged Iran war, surging energy prices, rising interest rates and mounting debt...

US Stock Futures Rise as Oil Prices Fall Ahead of Q3 Earnings

U.S. stock index futures climbed on Sunday evening as falling oil prices boosted market sentiment following President Donald Trumps announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. However, Wall Street gains...

Gold Prices Rise Above $4,200 as Russia-Ukraine Energy Truce Eases Oil Concerns

Gold prices climbed on Monday as investors weighed U.S. President Donald Trumps announcement of an immediate energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine against escalating Middle East tensions and persistent inflation...

Politics

Mahmoud Abbas Postpones Palestinian Elections to September 2027

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has postponed legislative elections scheduled for November 2026 to September 11, 2027, citing Israeli restrictions and deteriorating security conditions in the Palestinian territories. A...

Panama Declares Emergency After 7.7 Earthquake Triggers 200 Aftershocks

Panama has declared a national state of emergency after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, causing widespread damage to homes, roads, and bridges across the countrys central provinces. Authorities have...

North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles as Tensions With South Korea Escalate

North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the sea off its eastern coast on Monday, October 12, as military tensions with South Korea continued to intensify following a series of weapons tests and border...

Pakistan Declares Emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Suspends Imran Khan’s PTI Government

Pakistan has declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, suspending the provincial government controlled by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khans Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party amid escalating political...

Djibouti Migrant Boat Capsizes, Killing 139 and Leaving 84 Missing

At least 139 migrants, including 15 children, have died after a boat carrying 305 people capsized off Djibouti while traveling to Yemen, according to the United Nations International Organization for Migration (IOM)....

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

Apple Supplier Luxshare Faces US Patent Probe, Sees Limited Impact

Chinese electronics manufacturer Luxshare Precision Industry, a major supplier to Apple, expects minimal disruption to its business from a US patent infringement investigation involving data centre power supply technology....

TSMC Profit Set to Surge 65% as AI Chip Demand Drives Record Earnings

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the worlds leading advanced chipmaker, is expected to report another record quarterly profit as surging artificial intelligence (AI) investments fuel demand for...

Moonshot AI Executives Seek Settlement Ahead of Hong Kong IPO

Executives at Chinese artificial intelligence startup Moonshot AI are reportedly negotiating a settlement with Recurrent.ai over allegations of misconduct, as the company prepares for its planned Hong Kong initial public...

Amazon in Talks to Acquire AI Startup Decart for $7 Billion

Amazon is reportedly negotiating a potential $7 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Decart, signaling the technology giants growing ambitions in generative AI, real-time video processing, and advanced...

Yandex Data Center Hit by Drone Strike as Russia-Ukraine Cyber Infrastructure Attacks Escalate

Russian technology giant Yandex has suspended operations at a major data center in the Vladimir region following a drone strike, marking the third attack on its server infrastructure within four days as the Russia-Ukraine...