Oil prices eased as U.S. postponed a planned attack on Iran at the request of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Gold fell toward $4,550 an ounce. Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open lower on Tuesday. As of 7.55 am ET, the Dow futures were...
Enanta Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ENTA), a clinical-stage biotechnology company focusing on viral infections and immunological diseases, will be highlighting its investigational programs - Zelicapavir and EPS-3903 - at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference today.
Hopes of a peaceful resolution of the Middle East conflict was renewed amid President Trump delaying further strikes on Iran.
President Donald Trump says he is putting off a planned attack against Iran as requested by the leaders of four Gulf countries. In a statement posted on Truth Social, Trump said "serious negotiations are now taking place" to end the Middle East war. "I have been asked by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, and the President
IT and business consulting service firm CGI Inc. (GIB-A.TO) and Posti, a postal service and logistics company, on Tuesday said they have expanded their strategic partnership through a new eight-year agreement. The deal focuses on omnichannel communications solutions that combine digital and physical...
Home improvement retailer Home Depot, Inc. reported Tuesday lower first-quarter earnings, hurt by higher expenses, even as net sales and comparable sales were higher. Further, the firm maintained fisca 2026 outlook. In pre-market activity on the NYSE, the shares were gaining around 0.7 percent
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Broadcom Inc. (AVGO) on Tuesday announced a new five-year agreement to expand their long-standing technology partnership centered on VMware Cloud Foundation. Under the agreement, Broadcom will provide its VMware Cloud Foundation and professional services to support...
Japan's gross domestic product expanded a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent on quarter in the first quarter of 2026, the Cabinet Office said in Tuesday's preliminary reading. That beat expectations for a gain of 0.4 percent and was up from the downwardly revised 0.2 percent increase in the three months...
Japan will on Tuesday release preliminary Q1 figures for gross domestic product, highlighting a busy day for Asia-Pacific economic activity. GDP is expected to add 0.4 percent on quarter and 1.7 percent on year, up from 0.3 percent on quarter and 1.3 percent on year in the three months prior. New...
After reporting a notable deterioration in U.S. homebuilder confidence in the previous month, the National Association of Home Builders released a report on Monday showing an unexpected improvement in homebuilder confidence in the month of May. The report said the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index climbed to 37 in May after slumping to a seven-month low of 34 in April.
The United States announced that in partnership with Venezuela and the United Kingdom and with technical support from the International Atomic Energy Agency, it has successfully removed excess highly enriched uranium from Venezuela's shuttered RV-1 research reactor. The RV-1 was the country's first and only nuclear reactor, originally built for peaceful scientific research and later repurposed
After ending the previous session well off their worst levels but still mostly lower, stocks may see further downside in early trading on Tuesday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a lower open for the markets, with the S&P 500 futures down by 0.5 percent. Technology stocks may see...
European stocks were notably higher on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said there was a "very good chance" the United States could reach an agreement with Iran to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Oil prices fell nearly 2 percent on Trump's comments and bonds steadied after...
Asian markets turned in a mixed performance on Tuesday as technology heavyweights tracked overnight declines in their U.S. peers. Oil prices eased but remained at elevated levels after Tehran reportedly sent a new peace proposal via Pakistan and U.S. President Donald Trump said he has postponed a...
Design Therapeutics, Inc. (DSGN) shares fell 25.72 percent to $10.68, down $3.69 on Monday, despite the company reporting positive biomarker and clinical data from its ongoing Phase 1/2 RESTORE-FA trial evaluating DT-216P2 for Friedreich ataxia.
The major U.S. index futures are currently pointing to a lower open on Tuesday, with stocks likely to see further downside after ending the previous session well off their worst levels but still mostly lower. Technology stocks may see further downside amid concerns about valuations following the recent...
May 15, 2026 15:25 ET Apart from the confirmation of Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair, the main news on the economics front this week included key price data from the U.S. and the first quarter economic growth figures from major economies. Both consumer prices and producer costs have started to reflect the effect of supply shocks due to the Middle East conflict. In Europe, GDP data was in focus, while inflation data from China dominated the news flow in Asia.
Cryptocurrencies are trading close to the flatline even as world markets brace for the developments related to the Middle East war.
President Donald Trump has announced an expansion of TrumpRx.gov to provide unprecedented price transparency and choice on generic medications that millions of Americans use every day. From now on, TrumpRx.gov will feature more than 600 generic medications. The White House said that Americans will be able to clearly and transparently understand the most competitive cash prices of their medicati
China will purchase U.S. agricultural products worth at least $17 billion annually for three years, and reopen its markets to some U.S. meat products as part of deals secured during President Donald Trump's recently concluded visit to Beijing, according to the White House. It revealed details of some agreements made between the two sides last week. Donald Trump, on the first visit by a US Presi
President Donald Trump has described the talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping as "great". Trump's response to reporters' questions after a nearly two-hour long high-stakes meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday was limited. The White House said "The two sides agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open to support the free flow of energy." U.S. media repor
President Donald Trump said that he doesn't think about Americans' financial situation' when related to the Middle East war's impact on them, but more important is to make sure that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Trump made the comment while responding to a question, to what extent "Americans' financial situations" were motivating him to make a deal with Iran to end the 10 weeks-old conflict
The May FDA calendar appears relatively light. The upcoming regulatory milestones include a potential label expansion of argenx SE's VYVGART, and an additional indication for Daiichi Sankyo Company and AstraZeneca plc's cancer therapy Enhertu, among others.
China's industrial production and retail sales logged weaker-than-expected growth in April, and investment shrunk signaling an economic slowdown in the second quarter as the ongoing Middle East conflict strain supply chains and push energy prices higher, official data revealed Monday. Industrial production rose 4.1 percent year-on-year in April, the National Bureau of Statistics reported.
Thailand's economy grew more than expected in the first quarter, underpinned by resilient domestic demand and strong exports, while regional peers reported weaker growth due to the impact of the war in the Middle East. Gross domestic product logged an annual growth of 2.8 percent in the first quarter, the National Economic and Social Development Council said Monday.
The Federal Reserve released a report on Friday showing industrial production in the U.S. rebounded by much more than anticipated in the month of April. The report said industrial production climbed by 0.7 percent in April after falling by a revised 0.3 percent in March. Economists had expected industrial production to rise by 0.3 percent.
A day after the World Health Organization declared the new Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo an international emergency, top global disease transmission experts stressed that the chances of another global pandemic similar to the 2019 coronavirus emergency are increasing all the time. "The world is not safer from pandemics", said experts from the Global Preparedness Monito
The United States has triggered a public health law to ban visitors from Africa's Ebola-hit region entering the country. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Department of Homeland Security, and other federal agencies implemented enhanced travel screening, entry restrictions, and public health measures to prevent the viral disease from entering the United States amid ong
Studies published in Nutrients suggest that people who regularly eat watermelon may have healthier diets and better heart health. One study looked at information from a large US health survey called the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). In this 2022 study, researchers compared...
OpenAI is looking into its legal options against Apple Inc. (AAPL) after the integration of ChatGPT into Apple devices didn't boost visibility and subscriptions as hoped.
Lululemon Athletica Inc. (LULU) is urging its shareholders to turn down the board nominees put forward by founder Chip Wilson.
SpaceX is speeding up its plans for that long-anticipated initial public offering, and there's a chance it could start trading on the NASDAQ Composite as soon as June 12, under the ticker SPCX, as reported by Reuters.
Shares of Baidu Inc. were gaining around 4 percent in the pre-market activity on Nasdaq after the Chinese AI and internet company Monday reported significantly higher revenues in Core AI-powered Business in its first quarter and projected AI growth ahead, even as net profit and total revenues dropped from last year.