A federal grand jury indicted three Silicon Valley engineers on charges of stealing trade secrets from Google and other technology companies and transferring sensitive data to Iran, prosecutors said Thursday. Samaneh Ghandali, 41, her sister Soroor Ghandali, 32, and Mohammadjavad Khosravi, 40 — all residents of San Jose — were arrested Thursday and appeared in … Read more
Key Points Though the ride has been bumpy at times, the third year of Wall Street’s bull market rally didn’t disappoint. When the closing bell tolled for 2025, the ageless Investors have had several reasons to be optimistic, with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) leading the charge. Otherworldly AI data center infrastructure spending has professional … Read more
Gold rate today in India: After delivering a stellar return in 2025, the precious yellow metal continued its bull run in January 2026 and topped out after reaching its peak of ₹1,80,779 per 10 gm on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). On Friday last week, the MCX gold rate finished at ₹1,56,200 per 10 gm, around ₹24,500, or 13.50%, below its … Read more
ZURICH, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Swiss bank Vontobel (VONN.S), opens new tab on Friday posted a net profit of 280 million Swiss francs ($361 million) for 2025, up 5% year on year, and beating a company-provided consensus forecast of 242 million francs. Net new money totalled 4.2 billion Swiss francs, with the private client segment contributing 5.8 … Read more
Shares of automaker Stellantis plunged 23% in European trading on Friday, after the company said it expects to take a 22-billion-euro ($26 billion) hit from a business reset and hinted at a pull-back from its electrification push. By 10:30 a.m. in Milan, the company’s Italian shares were 22.9% lower. In premarket trading on Wall Street, the transatlantic … Read more
SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Bitcoin made a 16-month low and tested key $60,000 support on Friday, as a global selloff in technology stocks deepened and washed out risky bets across asset classes. The world’s largest cryptocurrency was last up 1.64% at $64,153.24 in volatile trade, swinging between gains and losses after having hit a … Read more
Gold prices on Friday edged lower as renewed selling pressure and heightened volatility returned to markets. The spot price of gold on the international market was trading at $4,773 per ounce on February 6 (02:04 GMT), representing a 2.38 percent loss from the previous close. The metal’s futures price on MCX closed the Thursday session at … Read more
The world’s most famous cryptocurrency has now lost half its value from its October peak, falling below $63,000 Thursday for the first time in 16 months. That decline is actually not unusual at all. Crypto is notoriously volatile, and it’s gone through numerous crashes that are bigger than this one. What’s strange is this: Bitcoin’s four-month … Read more
The U.S. on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilize allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors as Washington works to counter China’s dominance in the market vital for technology and defense. The plans were discussed at a “Critical Minerals Ministerial” in Washington this week that included representatives from 54 countries, the … Read more
British oil major Shell on Thursday reported its weakest quarterly profit in nearly five years, amid a weaker crude price environment and unfavorable tax adjustments in the fourth quarter. Shell posted adjusted earnings of $3.26 billion for the quarter, missing analyst expectations of $3.53 billion, according to an LSEG-compiled consensus. A separate, company-provided analyst forecast had put Shell’s expected … Read more