TOKYO, Japan - Fears of an early move by the Federal Reserve kept buyers at bay across Asia on Wednesday.In Japan, stocks dived before recovering some losses later in the session."Investors are just waiting for the end of the Fed's meeting and how the market will move after that will totally depend on the outcome," Takatoshi Itoshima, a strategist at Pictet Asset Management told Reuters news agency Wednes

Japan's Nikkei 225 hits 13-month low before clawing back some losses

Stocks in Asia tread water ahead of Fed meeting

Asian stocks directionless, Nikkei 225 loses ninety-nine points

DALLAS, Texas: Investor and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has launched an online pharmacy offering over 100 drugs at an "affordable price."A report stated that the goal of the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs Company is to be "radically transparent" regarding price negotiations with drug companies."We will do whatever it takes to get affordable pharmaceuticals to patients," said Alex Oshmyansky, CEO of Ma

Mark Cuban launches online pharmacy promising cheaper drugs

Mark Cuban's online pharmacy to offer public cheaper drugs

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - U.S. stocks gyrated again on Tuesday with the major indices plunging before bouncing back. Nonetheless, it was a grim finish as investors fretted over the Federal Reserve meeting and geopolitical flashpoints in Ukraine and Taiwan."Uncertainty is what's behind it all," Robert Pavlik, senior portfolio manager at Dakota Wealth in Fairfield, Connecticut told Reuters Tuesday."In that u

Wall Street tumbles Tuesday, Nasdaq dives more than two percent

U.S. stock markets continue to reel, Nasdaq leads the way

Technology stocks lead U.S. stocks rout, Nasdaq drops 316 points

JACKSON, Mississippi: Record high fertilizer prices could result in Mississippi farmers planting smaller crops in 2022."Mississippi is such an agricultural state. Anytime you see our production drop, it goes everywhere. From your production, your co-ops, your tractor dealers, to fuel suppliers, everybody's impacted," said Jeff Hays, manager of Lowndes Farm Supply, as quoted by the Associated Press.In 20

Mississippi farmers expecting small crops due to high fertilizer price

Officials warn of smaller harvests due to high fertilizer prices

Record high fertilizer prices in Mississippi mean smaller harvests

TOKYO, Japan: Toyota, the world's largest carmaker, has warned Japanese buyers of its new Land Cruiser SUV that they will have to wait up to four years to receive delivery.The company refused to comment on the reasons behind the long delivery time, but stressed that the delay is not due to the global chip shortage or supply chain crisis.Toyota took note of rising COVID-19 infections among its workers an

Japanese customers facing 4-year wait for Toyota Land Cruisers

Toyota: Japanese Land Cruiser buyers face four-year wait

Toyota says demand causing four-year wait for Japanese Land Cruisers

DALLAS, Texas: American Airlines has reported losses of $931 million in the fourth quarter of 2021. Additionally, officials have said the Omicron Covid surge will slow the airline's recovery by two to three months. American Airline's first-quarter revenues are also expected to be 20 to 22 percent lower than the first quarter of 2019. The airline will also have slightly fewer scheduled flights than two yea

American Airlines reports $931 million loss, upbeat about future

American Airlines reports $931 million fourth-quarter loss

Despite losses, American Airlines optimistic about spring travel

PARIS, France: European aircraft manufacturer Airbus has canceled a multi-billion dollar order by Qatar Airways for 50 of its single-aisle A321neo jets. Airbus and Qatar Airways, one of its largest customers, have been involved in a legal dispute over the airline grounding the large A350 plane. Qatar Airways announced in December that it was suing Airbus over what it described as the "accelerated surface 

Airbus cancels multi-billion dollar Qatar Airways order

Airbus cancels Qatar Airways order in escalating dispute

Airbus cancels Qatar Airways order for 50 aircraft

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Stocks in Asia were mixed on Monday as investors fretted over this week's meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve."With inflation eye-wateringly high, the Fed is on course to steadily remove the ultra-accommodative monetary policy that has been a key prop to stock prices for over a decade now," Oliver Allen, a market economist at Capital Economics told Reuters Monday.The Australian Al

Asian stock markets fail to find direction, as Fed meeting looms

Modest movements in both directions on Asian markets Monday

Mixed day for Asian stocks Monday, ahead of Federal Reserve meeting

CHICAGO, Illinois: The real estate market saw a boom last year, with the median home sales price soaring to $346,900 in 2021, up 16.9 percent from 2020 and the highest increase on record going back to 1999, according to the National Association of Realtors. Some 6.12 million homes were sold, up 8.5 percent from the previous year, and the strongest year since 2006. While that translated to bad news for wou

Home prices in US jump 16.9 percent in 2021, set new record

Home prices in 2021 rose 16.9 percent, the highest on record

US home prices hit record high in 2021 with median price of $346,900

NEW YORK, New York - Global stock markets reeled on Friday as interest rates fell and oil prices dived.Technology shares continue to be shunned with the Nasdaq dropping 2.72 percent on Friday, to close well below 14,000.The U.S. dollar largely gained ground despite the fall in bond yields.At the close Friday, the Dow Jones industrials were down 450.02 points or 1.30 percent at 34,265.37. It was the

Share markets in U.S., Europe and Asia tumble, Nasdaq loses nearly 3%

Wall Street joins global stocks rout, Dow Jones drops 450 points

U.S. stocks sink, Nasdaq Composite sheds 385 points

NEW YORK CITY, New York: Telecom companies have rolled out 5G networks in various locations across the United States over the past few years, but on January 19 Verizon and AT&T turned on their C-band 5G networks.C-band refers to the radio airwaves that operate in a mid-band spectrum frequency between 3.7 and 4 GHz, and is considered the "global" frequency for 5G across the world."The impact will be that

Verizon, AT&T roll out C-band 5G in U.S., offers more data to users

New 5G cellular offers more data to users, new type apps

Promise of new 5G cellular includes greater speed, more data

WASHINGTON D.C.: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has said that this year's orange crop will produce a smaller yield for the second consecutive year, with orange production across Florida down 3 percent this winter, one of the lowest levels of production in more than 75 years.Accounting for more than 70 percent of total U.S. production and more than 90 percent of the nation's orange juice, Florida is e

US sees smallest harvest of orange crops since WWII

Juice prices surge due to worst orange shortage since WWII

Orange harvests down 3 percent, juice prices to jump

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 26 (ANI/PRNewswire):Srinath, a firm believer in 'unite to get it done,' brings to Practus extensive IT industry experience, with a background in transformations across support functions to make them more agile and customer-focused. Srinath has been a trusted business advisor to several leaders in the IT industry. He will work with the Practus leadership team to develop expertise in IT

Technology Finance leader joins to drive innovation as Practus transforms the finance advisory space

San Francisco [US], January 25 (ANI/Giant Protocol): A new start-up is making waves in Silicon Valley ever since it made its public debut in November last year. The company is the brainchild of Suruchi Gupta, a passionate Indian Female Founder, who got her start by winning hackathons after emigrating to the US to pursue her Masters in Computer Science less than a decade ago.
Suruchi wanted to pursue her passion for techno

Young Indian female founder aims to connect the world using internet connectivity based decentralized economy

Mumbai [India], January 25 (ANI): Snapping 5 days of losing run the Indian equities markets key indices closed in the positive on Tuesday with Sensex gaining 366 points.
After losing 1545.67 points or 2.62 per cent on Monday, the 30 stock SP BSE Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened the trade in the red at 57,158.63 points and tumbled to a low of 56,409.63 points within a few minutes of opening of the trade on Tuesda

Sensex snaps 5-day losing run, closes 366 points higher

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI/TPT): Hitachi Payment Services, India's foremost enabler of both cash and digital payments and Indipaisa, a member of the Nexxo Network, an international network of Fintech companies operating in the Middle East, Asia and Europe, recently tied up to develop a new Fintech platform for India's MSMEs.
With its future-ready, digital payment capabilities, Hitachi Payment Services will provide

Indipaisa and Hitachi Payment Services introduce new Fintech platform

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India):This will help small and medium-sized businesses get a consolidated, analytical view of their business transactions along with the ability to invest their idle cash and find tax-saving opportunities.
Vinita and Nilesh, co-founders of Systango, a mid-cap web and mobile development boutique headquartered in London, UK, faced a lot of challenges to find the

Shootih - India's first business wealth management platform for SMEs

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI/BusinessWire India): In the present pandemic age, the business world has managed to revive, resulting in the recovery of the stock market.
After facing downward movements, the share market has started to show green lines.
Traders need affordable brokerage services to capitalise on the stock market's growth to the fullest. Brokers have started to focus on quality services at low 

Bajaj Privilege Club: A Smart Plan for Regular Traders

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): The Indian equities markets witnessed volatile trading with negative bias on Tuesday with benchmark Sensex slumping around 1000 points just after opening and briefly trading into positive terrain.
After losing 1545.67 points or 2.62 per cent on Monday, the 30 stock SP BSE Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange opened the trade in the red at 57,158.63 points and tumbled to a low

Sensex, Nifty witness volatile trading; Axis Bank surges 5 per cent

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 25 (ANI): Share price of Axis Bank, the country's third largest private lender, surged 4.56 per cent on Tuesday, a day after the company posted 224 per cent surge in its third quarter profit year-on-year.
Defying the market trend, trading in Axis Bank share started on a positive note. Trading in the scrip started at Rs 713.70 at the Bombay Stock Exchange on Tuesday against its previou

Share price of Axis Bank surges 4.56 per cent after Q3 results

PARIS, France: Two of the largest energy companies have announced that they are leaving Myanmar, citing human rights abuses and deteriorating rule of law since the February military coup. Total Energy and Chevron, two of the world's largest energy companies, have come under increasing pressure over their roles in running the offshore Yadana gas field, along with the state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise and 

Noting human rights abuses, Chevron, Total to exit Myanmar

Bowing to international sanctions, Chevron, Total to depart Myanmar

Chevron, Total to end business ties with Myanmar

PARIS, France - TotalEnergies, a French energy behemoth, has asked the US and French governments to approve targeted sanctions against Myanmar's oil and gas revenues, which are the Mayanmar's military leaders' primary source of income. Total's Chief exec, Patrick Pouyann, said in a letter to Human Rights Watch on Thursday that the company was using all options to stop funding the junta that took over Myanmar's g

French energy giant 'TotalEnergies' joins push for Myanmar sanctions

'Total' to deprive junta of funds: CEO assures Human Rights Watch

'Total' urges sanctions against Myanmar's oil and gas funds

U.S. President Joe Biden will receive the ruler of Qatar at the White House on January 26, amid discussions between Washington and its European allies on how to meet Europe's energy needs if Russian supplies diminish in case Moscow invades Ukraine.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Biden and Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani planned to discuss Middle East security, safeguarding the stability of global ener

Biden To Meet With Qatari Leader Amid Energy Worries In Europe

A Japanese medical facility placed the acceptance of new patients on hold after a cyber intrusionThe municipal Handa Hospital in the small town of Tsurugi in western Japan was hit by a ransomware attack at the end of October.The Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported at the time that one day, many of the hospital's printers suddenly began ejecting paper with a message in English saying the e

Hospital in chaos after ransomware attack

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration has been working with European countries and energy producers around the world on ways to supply fuel to Western European countries should Russian President Vladimir Putin slash oil and gas exports in retaliation for sanctions imposed for an invasion of Ukraine.'We've been working to identify additional volumes of non-Russian natural gas from various areas of the world from 

Energy Contingency Plan in Motion Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands: Dutch military police have confirmed that a stowaway, a 22-year-old Kenyan man, was found alive in an aircraft's wheel section in Amsterdam.The man, who plans to apply for asylum in the Netherlands, was conscious and able to communicate and is currently receiving medical treatment in a hospital.He stowed away on a Cargolux freight flight from Johannesburg to Amsterdam via Nairobi

Stowaway in aircraft's wheel section found at Amsterdam airport

African survives in aircraft's wheel section during flight to Europe

African stowaway in wheel section found at Amsterdam airport

SYDNEY, NSW, Australia - Passengers on board an Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi were detained on board their plane for fifty minutes are arriving at their terminal on Tuesday night. The flight which touched down around 9:15pm Tuesday night was at the terminal at 9:25pm. Passengers were told to remain in their seats with seatbelts fastened as quarantine officers would be boarding the plane. <figure class="image"

Hundreds of passengers detained after flight lands at Sydney airport

Passengers on plane from Abu Dhabi kept on board for nearly an hour

After 13-hour flight, passengers in Sydney wait 50 minutes to exit

NEW YORK, USA - Prosecutors said in an unsealed case Friday that a passenger who refused to wear a mask on a flight from Dublin to New York City pulled down his pants and showed his buttocks, hurled a can at another passenger, and put his cap on the captain's head and warned him, "Don't touch me." Prosecutors said Shane McInerney, 29, of Galway, Ireland, was charged with willfully assaulting and threatening a cr

Irishman bares buttocks during flight, bullies captain

Passenger refuses to wear mask, exposes buttocks to air hostess

Galway man faces 20 years in jail for exposing buttocks on flight

KATHMANDU, Nepal - Three Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) board members have reported that the corporation's employees had barred them from participating in board meetings. NAC Managing Director Dim Prasad Poudel and two board members, Iswari Paudel and Fur Gelje Sherpa, alleged in a letter to the Executive Chairman of the flag carrier, Ubaraj Adhikari, that NAC personnel have been acting under his direction.</p

Members objecting to Chinese planes barred from NAC BoD meeting

NAC board members stopped from attending BoD meeting blame Chairman

Three NAC members barred from attending meeting for asking questions

Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all the rights to Oliver Hermanus' film 'Living' in North America and some international territories.
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Sony Pictures Classics announced that they have acquired all rights in North America, Latin America, India, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Germany, South Africa, Southeast Asia, and airlines worldwide to Oliver Hermanus' fi

Sony Pictures Classics acquires rights to Bill Nighy's 'Living'

Washington [US], January 26 (ANI): Music icon Elton John on Tuesday revealed that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
The 74-year-old singer took to his Instagram stories to reveal the news and noted that he had postponed two planned shows in Texas.
"Hi everyone, wanted to send a message to let you know that I have contracted COVID and so have had to reschedule my shows in Dallas. If you have tickets, you'll be contacted

Elton John tests positive for COVID-19

Two separate tropical weather systems in Madagascar have left at least 34 dead and triggered flooding and landslides, particularly in the capital, Antananarivo, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Tuesday.Over the last week intense rainfall has pumme

Madagascar: Deadly tropical storms cause flooding, landslides

New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): The tableau of the Ministry of Jal Shakti at the Republic Day parade on Wednesday will depict the government's achievement of providing clean tap water to homes of people living in Ladakh at an altitude of more than 13,000 feet in harsh winters.
The proud droplet at the front of the tableau depicts the achievement of 'Har Ghar Jal' and community ownership of the village water supply.
T

Jal Shakti Ministry to display tableau showing water supply at altitude of 13,000 feet in Ladakh

Taipei [Taiwan], January 25 (ANI): An agreement has been reached to freeze the budget for this year's Taipei-Shanghai City Forum in the event of continued incursions by Chinese warplanes into Taiwan's air defence identification zone.
A cross-party discussion about the USD 46,890 budget earmarked for the annual event finally concluded on Monday (Jan. 24) after six days. Camps considered to lean towards Beijing, including K

Taipei-Shanghai Forum could be scrapped in view of Chinese military coercion

Rawalpindi [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight steward Waqar Ahmad Jadoon went missing from his hotel after arriving in Toronto, Canada.
The disappearance came to light when the senior staff of the airline tried to contact him in the hotel as he was scheduled to travel to Islamabad on the return flight on January 23, reported Dawn.
According to sources, Jadoon performed his duties 

Pakistani flight steward goes missing in Toronto

New high-speed cellphone services have raised concerns of interference with aircraft operations, particularly as aircraft are landing at airports. The Federal Aviation Administration has assured Americans that most commercial aircraft are safe, and AT&T and Verizon have agreed to h

How 5G puts airplanes at risk - an electrical engineer explains

Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): At least seven persons were injured in a US F-35 jet crash on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in the South China Sea.
The US Pacific Fleet said in a statement Monday that the pilot of a US F-35 jet was conducting routine flight operations when the crash happened. However, he was safely ejected and was recovered by a military helicopter and he is in stable condition, repo

7 injured after F-35 jet crashes on US aircraft carrier in South China Sea

Taipei [Taiwan], January 25 (ANI): Thirteen Chinese aircraft intruded Taiwan's air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, marking the 19th intrusion this month, reported local media.
People's Liberation Army Air Force's (PLAAF) two Shenyang electronic warfare J-16D fighter jets, eight Shenyang J-16 fighters, two Xian H-6 bombers, and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane flew into the southwest corner of the

Thirteen Chinese military aircraft enter Taiwan's air defence identification zone

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea filed by private airline SpiceJet Limited against the Madras High Court order of winding up of the company.
A Bench of Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Justices AS Bopanna and Hima Kohli agreed to consider the plea of SpiceJet after senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the company, sought urgent listing of the plea.
"This matt

SC agrees to hear SpiceJet's plea against order to wind up operations

Severe weather conditions have shut down schools, disrupted flights, and left drivers strandedUnusually heavy snowfall has caused major disruptions in Greece, Turkey, and Iran, leaving thousands stranded on the highways, prompting airports to halt operations and schools to close.The blizzard started on January 23 and left parts of the countries covered with a thick layer of snow. In Greec

Heavy snowfall causes major disruptions in Greece, Turkey & Iran

The pilot safely ejected from his aircraft during the failed landing, which, however, resulted in injuries to several sailorsSeven US Navy personnel were injured after a pilot suffered a "landing mishap" on a US supercarrier and was forced to eject from the aircraft while performing operations in the South China Sea.The US Navy <a href="https://www.cpf.navy.mil/News/Article/2909229/f-35c-

Sailors injured after US fighter jet botches landing near China

The military bloc says the move is a response to Russian posturingNATO members will order more fleets and fighter planes into Eastern Europe amid a worsening standoff with Russia, with the bloc citing reports that Moscow is building up troops on its side of the Ukrainian border.In a statement issued on Monday, the US-led military faction's Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that he w

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