Aug 12, 2026 | Markets
New York City’s five pensions beat their investment target over the past fiscal year, propelled by a record-breaking US stock market. The funds for police officers, firefighters, teachers, civil employees and school personnel returned 13% in the year through June 30,...
Aug 11, 2026 | Markets
Individuals in India lost 916.85 billion rupees ($9.6 billion) buying and selling equity futures and options in the year ended March, down from 1.1 trillion rupees a year earlier, the government told lawmakers on Tuesday. The number of traders in equity derivatives...
Aug 11, 2026 | Markets
Neros Inc. raised $250 million in a funding round that tripled its valuation to $2.5 billion, money that will boost the defense startup’s drone development and production to meet rising US government demand. The funding will also be used to expand internationally and...
Aug 10, 2026 | Markets
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s suggestion of a no-limits approach toward helping Japan rescue the yen risks getting called out by market participants flagging his limited firepower to do the job. Japan’s currency slid as much as 1% Monday to past 159 per dollar,...
Aug 8, 2026 | Markets
The drone that crashed into a sunflower field in Bulgaria early Saturday was most likely a model commonly used by Ukraine, the Bulgarian defense ministry said. “Initial analysis of the wreckage shows that it is most likely a Maya decoy drone. This type of drone is...
