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  • James Murdoch Acquires Majority Of Vox Media Assets May 20, 2026 18:04 ET

    James Murdoch is making a significant move in the U.S. media landscape by investing in Vox Media, grabbing most of the company's main editorial assets through his firm, Lupa Systems.

  • Google Introduces AI-Enhanced Search Features At I/O 2026 May 20, 2026 18:03 ET

    At Google I/O 2026, Alphabet Inc. (GOOG), rolled out a bold range of AI enhancements for its Search engine, showcasing more advanced AI models, self-sufficient search agents, and tailored mini apps meant to tackle complex tasks.

  • People With Low Fitness May Need More Exercise For A Healthier Heart, Study Finds May 20, 2026 14:26 ET

    People who are less physically fit may need to exercise 30 to 50 minutes more each week than fitter people to get the same heart health benefits, according to a new study. To reach this conclusion, researchers studied data from more than 17,000 adults in the UK between the ages of 40 and 69. The participants...

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  • City Developments Reports Lower Q1 Singapore Property Sales May 20, 2026 09:07 ET

    City Developments Limited (CDEVY) on Wednesday said its Singapore property development business remained resilient in the first quarter of 2026, although sales declined from the prior year due to fewer large-scale project launches. In Singapore, the group and its joint venture associates sold 242...

  • TJX Sees Positive Q2, Lifts FY27 View After Higher Q1; Raises Buyback Range; Stock Gains May 20, 2026 08:14 ET

    Shares of TJX Companies, Inc. were gaining around 4 percent in the pre-market activity after the off-price apparel and home fashions retailer on Wednesday issued positive outlook for second quarter and raised fiscal 2027 view, after reporting strong Q1 results. Further, the firm raised its range for share repurchases to $2.75 billion to $3.0 billion of TJX stock during Fiscal 2027.

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  • South Korea Producer Prices Jump 2.5% In April May 20, 2026 17:37 ET

    Producer prices in South Korea climbed 2.5 percent on month in April, the Bank of Korea said on Thursday - up from 1.7 percent in March. Individually, prices for agricultural, forestry and marine products slipped 1.0 percent on month, while manufacturing products jumped 4.4 percent, utilities rose...

  • Fed Minutes Provide Details About Unusually Divided Vote May 20, 2026 14:16 ET

    While the Federal Reserve's decision to once again leave interest rates unchanged last month was widely anticipated, the vote on the decision and the accompanying statement was unusually divided. The minutes of the Fed's April 28-29, released Wednesday afternoon, provided some additional details about officials' mixed views about the outlook for rates.

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  • US Removes Highly Enriched Uranium From Venezuela's Closed Reactor May 15, 2026 08:00 ET

    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

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  • European Stocks Close Broadly Higher On U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Hopes May 20, 2026 13:09 ET

    European stocks closed higher on Wednesday as hopes of a potential U.S.-Iran peace deal helped offset concerns about economic growth and prompted investors to indulge in some buying. Data showing a bigger than expected drop in UK inflation contributed as well to the positive sentiment.

  • Asian Shares Follow Wall Street Lower As Bond Yields Jump On Iran Uncertainty May 20, 2026 04:39 ET

    Asian stocks tumbled on Wednesday as oil prices remained elevated on Hormuz concerns and global bond yields hit multi-year highs, raising concerns about inflation, interest rates and economic growth. Investors also awaited Nvidia's upcoming earnings and forward guidance for fresh clues on the strength...

Talen Energy Shares Rise 9% After Naming Dan Kelly General Counsel

May 20, 2026 12:21 ET rttnewslogo20mar2024 lt

Talen Energy Corporation (TLN) shares climbed 9.04 percent to $343.02, up $28.45 on Wednesday, after the independent power producer announced the appointment of Daniel Kelly as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.

Canadian Stocks Soar As Efforts To Secure U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Accelerate

May 20, 2026 16:32 ET rttnewslogo20mar2024 lt

Canadian stocks surged on Wednesday as U.S.-Iran peace talks progressed with high momentum, easing concerns of inflation and raising optimism on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Global Economics Weekly Update: May 11 – May 15, 2026

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.

Cryptos Rise Ahead Of FOMC Minutes, NVIDIA Earnings

May 20, 2026 08:20 ET bitcoin 12052026 lt

A mildly positive sentiment prevails in the cryptocurrency markets ahead of the release of the FOMC minutes as well as earnings update from AI giant NVIDIA.

TrumpRx.gov Expands With More Than 600 Generic Medications

May 19, 2026 07:35 ET drugs 19052026 lt

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 To Buy $17 Bln Worth Of US Agricultural Products Annually: White House May 18, 2026 09:03 ET

    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

  • Trump Describes Talks With Chinese President As 'great' May 14, 2026 06:48 ET

    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

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Biotech Stocks Facing FDA Decision In May 2026

April 28, 2026 08:01 ET fda 28042026 lt

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.

Indonesia Raises Policy Rates By 50 Bps

May 20, 2026 06:38 ET indonesia 20052026 lt

Bank Indonesia raised its benchmark interest rates by a larger-than-expected half percentage points on Wednesday, as it struggles to stabilize the rupiah exchange rate amid geopolitical tensions. The board of governors, governed by Perry Warjiyo, decided to hike the BI rate by 50 basis points to 5.25 percent.

  • European Economic News Preview: UK Inflation Data Due May 20, 2026 01:57 ET

    Consumer and producer prices reports from the UK are due on Wednesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, the Office for National Statistics releases UK consumer and producer prices for April. Consumer price inflation is forecast to ease to 3.0 percent in April from 3.3 percent in March.

  • U.S. Pending Home Sales Jump More Than Expected In April May 19, 2026 10:34 ET

    The National Association of Realtors released a report on Tuesday showing pending home sales in the U.S. jumped by more than expected in the month of April. NAR said its pending home sales index shot up by 1.4 percent to 74.8 in April after surging by 1.7 percent to an upwardly revised 73.8 in March. Economists had expected pending home sales to increase by 0.9 percent.

  • U.S. Homebuilder Confidence Unexpectedly Rebounds In May May 18, 2026 10:33 ET

    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.

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People With Low Fitness May Need More Exercise For A Healthier Heart, Study Finds

May 20, 2026 14:26 ET exercise 20052026 lt

People who are less physically fit may need to exercise 30 to 50 minutes more each week than fitter people to get the same heart health benefits, according to a new study. To reach this conclusion, researchers studied data from more than 17,000 adults in the UK between the ages of 40 and 69. The participants...

  • New OHSU Study Shows Impact Of Abortion Bans On Miscarriage Care May 20, 2026 13:52 ET

    Research from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) showed that abortion bans in some states led to fewer women getting the recommended medical treatment for miscarriages. During the study, published in JAMA, researchers at OHSU noticed that doctors were using less medication treatment and more...

  • American Citizens Warned Against Travel To Ebola-hit Countries May 20, 2026 09:52 ET

    The U.S. Department of State has issued updated Level 4 travel advisories for all three countries affected by the recent Ebola outbreak. It warned American citizens or permanent residents not travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan for any reason. Americans have been urged to remain vigilant of CDC guidelines on isolation and quarantine if they are departing the reg

  • Ebola Vaccine 2 Months Away, Says WHO May 20, 2026 09:49 ET

    A fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced health workers rushing to stop transmission, while the rollout of any potential vaccine is months away, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. A WHO representative has said that Ervebo, a vaccine against the Zaire Ebola virus, is under consideration to stop the transmission of the current outbreak, but "it

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Drug
Event
Sanofi SA
( SNY, SNYNF, SAN.PA)
Tzield (sBLA)
04/29/2026
FDA decision on Tzield to expand to as young as one year old and above to delay the onset of stage 3 type 1 diabetes in patients diagnosed with stage 2 T1D
Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
(AXSM)
AXS-05
04/30/2026
FDA decision on AXS-05 for the treatment of Alzheimers disease agitation
AstraZeneca PLC
( AZN, AZN.L, ZEG.DE, AZN.ST)
Camizestrant (NDA)
04/30/2026
FDA panel to review Camizestrant in ER+/HER2- Early Breast Cancer After at Least 2 Years of Standard Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy whose tumours express ESR1 gene mutations
AstraZeneca PLC
( AZN, AZN.L, ZEG.DE, AZN.ST)
Truqap (sNDA)
04/30/2026
FDA panel to review Truqap in combination with abiraterone for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
argenx SE
( ARGX, ARGX.BR)
VYVGART (sBLA)
05/10/2026
FDA decision on VYVGART with generalized myasthenia gravis who test negative for AChR antibodies (seronegative).

TJX Sees Positive Q2, Lifts FY27 View After Higher Q1; Raises Buyback Range; Stock Gains

May 20, 2026 08:14 ET tjx 20052026 lt

Shares of TJX Companies, Inc. were gaining around 4 percent in the pre-market activity after the off-price apparel and home fashions retailer on Wednesday issued positive outlook for second quarter and raised fiscal 2027 view, after reporting strong Q1 results. Further, the firm raised its range for share repurchases to $2.75 billion to $3.0 billion of TJX stock during Fiscal 2027.

  • Samsung, Google Debut AI Eyewear May 20, 2026 03:51 ET

    Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (SSNLF, 005930.KS, SMSN.L, 005935.KS) and Google unveiled AI-powered eyewear developed with fashion brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, marking the companies' first joint entry into the smart glasses market.

  • Jury Dismisses Elon Case Against OpenAI As Too Late May 19, 2026 18:00 ET

    A federal jury in Oakland decided that Elon Musk took too long to take legal action against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, claiming that the organization had strayed from its original nonprofit goals.

  • OpenAI's Andrej Karpathy Joins Anthropic To Boost Claude Research May 19, 2026 17:50 ET

    Andrej Karpathy, a known figure in the field of artificial intelligence and a co-founder of OpenAI, has taken a position at Anthropic as the company ramps up its efforts in large language model research.

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