The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has blocked the publication of a scientific report on how well the COVID-19 vaccine works, according to news reports. The Washington Post reported that the study was supposed to appear on March 19 in the CDC's weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly...
The study, published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, examined vitamin levels in beer by analyzing the nutritional content of 65 different varieties. Researchers found no significant difference in vitamin B6 levels between alcohol-free lager and regular lager. However, non-alcoholic...
After moving to the downside early in the session, stocks have regained ground over the course of the trading day on Thursday. The major averages have climbed well off their lows of the session and are now lingering near the unchanged line. Currently, the major averages are narrowly mixed.
First-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits rose by slightly more than expected in the week ended April 18th, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Thursday. The report said initial jobless claims climbed to 214,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level of 208,000.
The UK private sector economy gained momentum in April after posting the weakest growth in six months in March, supported by moderate upturns in both manufacturing production and service sector output, survey data from S&P Global showed Thursday. The composite output index posted 52.0 in April, up from 50.3 in March. A score above 50.0 indicates expansion.
In a significant leap forward for American battlefield technology, U.S. Army infantry drone operators have successfully tested a drone-mounted new warhead with bunker-busting capacity. The live-fire demonstration of the bunker rupture and kinetic explosive round, which took place at Redstone Arsenal,...
Following the strong upward move seen in the previous session, stocks may move back to the downside in early trading on Thursday. The major index futures are currently pointing to a modestly lower open for the markets, with the S&P 500 futures down by 0.2 percent. Traders may look to cash in on recent...
The Justice Department has announced $300 million in funding to prevent and prosecute fraud and other crimes nationwide. The new Special Attorneys Program notice of funding opportunity will support state, local, Tribal, and territorial prosecuting agencies in designating qualified prosecutors to serve as Special Attorneys within the Department's National Fraud Enforcement Division or Criminal Di
The euro area private sector contracted in April as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East deepened the economic woes, flash survey results from S&P Global revealed Thursday. The composite output index fell to a 17-month low of 48.6 in April from 50.7 in March. The index fell below the 50.0 no change mark for the first time in 16 months in April.
Early signs from the U.S. Futures Index suggest that Wall Street might open lower on Thursday, after there are no immediate sign of ending of the conflict in the Middle East. Oil prices continue to surge amid the continued closure of the critical Strait of Hormuz. Gold was subdued at $4,721 an ounce,...
NASA has announced that its Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, designed to open an entirely new window on the universe, will be launched in early September, ahead of the agency's commitment to flight no later than May 2027. "Roman's accelerated development is a true success story of what we can achieve when public investment, institutional expertise, and private enterprise come together to take
President Donald Trump's promise to bring manufacturing back to the United States is delivering the largest re-shoring wave in American history as companies invest trillions to build and expand at home, the White House says. In a press release published on Wednesday, it said after years of career politicians selling out American workers for cheap foreign labor, the American manufacturing comeback
Honeywell International Inc., while reporting weak profit but higher net sales for its first quarter, on Thursday reaffirmed its fiscal 2026 outlook amid the uncertainty stemming from the Middle East conflict. Further, the firm announced that it has agreed to sell its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions or WWS business in an all-cash transaction to American Industrial Partners.
With no progress in sight in easing tensions in the Middle East crisis, and the Strait of Hormuz continues to remain blocked, oil prices again crossed the $100 mark, rising for the fourth consecutive session. Brent crude is inching towards $104 per barrel on Thursday, increasing by 1.87 percent, while the US-traded WTI rose above $94. Even as President Donald Trump announced that he would extend
European stocks were broadly lower on Thursday as investors digested a slew of earnings and watched the latest developments in the Middle East war, with a senior Iranian parliament official saying that Tehran has deposited the first revenue from tolls on the strategic Strait of Hormuz into the Central...
April 17, 2026 15:29 ET The ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to raise concerns for policymakers who worry about the impact of the supply shock and high energy prices on the real economy. Producer price data and various survey results on the housing market were the main news from the U.S. this week. In Europe, industrial production data for the euro area gained attention. GDP figures out of China and the policy move by the Singapore central bank were in focus in Asia.