Fiverr International (NYSE: FVRR) and Duolingo (NASDAQ: DUOL) both experienced accelerating growth in 2020 as the pandemic forced more people to stay at home. Many of those people picked up more remote jobs on Fiverr's online marketplace for gig workers, while others took languag
December S&P 500 futures (ESZ23) are trending up +0.17% this morning as investors looked ahead to the release of the Federal Reserve’s September policy meeting minutes while also gearing up for crucial U.S. PPI data.
U.S. stock index futures ticked higher on Wednesday as Treasury yields retreated, while investors awaited minutes from the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting and more economic data.
The dollar was largely rangebound on Wednesday, though remained weighed down by dovish Federal Reserve comments, as traders awaited the central bank's policy meeting minutes due later in the day for more clues on its interest rate outlook.
Japanese government bond (JGB) yields trended lower on Wednesday, tracking a fall in U.S. Treasury yields amid an auction for the five-year Japanese government note. The 10-year JGB yield fell 0.5 basis points (bps) 0.765% after rising to 0.775% earlier in the day.
Most Asian emerging market currencies and equities gained on Wednesday as dovish remarks by Federal Reserve officials undermined the dollar and drove U.S. Treasury yields down.
(RTTNews) - Variety store chain Family Dollar, Inc., affiliated to Dollar Tree Inc., is recalling certain over-the-counter or OTC drugs and medical devices regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as they were stored outside of labeled temperature requirements.
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's western province of Herat on Wednesday, forcing authorities to redeploy relief and rescue teams already in the field following a series of deadly quakes on Saturday.
Malaysia's parliament on Wednesday passed a law that will require the country's biggest energy consumers to implement power-saving measures, as it looks to slash its energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Chevron and unions representing workers at its two liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia made progress in talks over pay and conditions on Wednesday and would meet again on Thursday, a union representative said.
Global regulators defended Switzerland's move to back a rescue deal for Credit Suisse in March instead of liquidating it, in a report that exposed shortcomings of a regime established after the global financial crash to contain such a crisis.
Brokerage CLSA has increased its exposure to Indian equities, citing prospects of strong economic growth, profitability and credit demand, and changed its portfolio allocation to a 20% overweight stance from 40% underweight earlier.
Malaysian palm oil futures rebounded on Wednesday from a 3-1/2-month low hit in the previous session, tracking gains in rival soyoil amid hopes that exports would improve at lower price levels.
London copper prices on Wednesday found some support from a weaker U.S. dollar, but gains were capped by a gloomy economic outlook in top consumer China amid a housing crisis.
Talks to halt the resumption of strikes at Chevron's two liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in Australia made progress on Wednesday but stopped short of a deal to end months of labour disputes at the major export sites.
Indian government bond yields fell in early trading on Wednesday as value purchases continued, even as market participants await the first auction from the Reserve Bank of India's planned debt sale.
China has reaped savings this year of nearly $10 billion through record purchases of oil from countries under Western sanctions, according to Reuters' calculations based on data from traders and shiptrackers.
Three times a week, Rachel Napaltjarri, an Aboriginal woman suffering from end-stage kidney failure, receives lifesaving dialysis to cleanse her blood in a mobile medical unit in central Australia's remote outback town of Alice Springs.
Japan's Nikkei share average rose for a second session on Wednesday and was on track for its highest close this month, as chip stocks led a rally on bets for a more dovish U.S. Federal Reserve.