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xAI sees key staff exits, Musk promises moon factories

Half of the original founding team at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has now departed after two co-founders resigned in rapid succession this week, raising fresh questions about talent retention ahead of an expected initial public offering.

US hiring soars past expectations as unemployment edges down

US job growth beat expectations in January while unemployment crept down, official data showed Wednesday, defying immediate concerns about labor market fragility on the back of President Donald Trump's economic policies.

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Bleak end to the year as German business morale drops

German business sentiment fell to its lowest level in seven months in December, a survey showed Wednesday, with Europe's beleaguered top economy set to end the year on a gloomy note.

Hundreds queue at Louvre museum as strike vote delays opening

Hundreds of tourists lined up outside the Louvre Museum on Wednesday as its opening was delayed while unions voted on continuing a strike over working conditions at the Paris landmark.

Markets rise even as US jobs data fail to boost rate cut bets

Equities mostly rose Wednesday even as US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after President Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.

Asian markets mixed as US jobs data fails to boost rate cut hopes

Asian equities were mixed on Wednesday as US jobs data did little to boost expectations for another interest rate cut next month, while oil rallied after Donald Trump ordered the blockade of "sanctioned" Venezuelan tankers.

Bondi shooting shocks, angers Australia Jewish community

Near the iconic, sun-soaked Sydney beach where father-and-son gunmen killed 15 people as they fired into crowds at a Hanukkah festival, Jewish Australians say they feel unsafe and angry.

GEE Group Announces Results for the Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year Ended September 30, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American:JOB) together with its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Company," "GEE Group," "our" or "we"), a provider of professional staffing services and human resource solutions, today announced consolidated results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended September 30, 2025. The Company's contract and placement services are currently provided under its Professional Staffing Services operating division or segment. The operations and substantially all the assets of the Company's former Industrial Staffing Services segment were sold during fiscal 2025 and have been reclassified as discontinued operations so are excluded from the results of continuing operations reported below, unless otherwise stated. All amounts presented herein are consolidated or derived from consolidated amounts, and are rounded and represent approximations, accordingly.

SMX Traces Cannabis from Seed to Dispensary with Patented Molecular Identity

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / The cannabis industry has evolved faster than the systems that support it. What began as a loosely regulated agricultural product has grown into a differentiated market spanning medical treatments, wellness products, and adult-use consumption. Yet much of the sector still relies on fragmented reporting, manual documentation, and trust-based declarations to explain what a product is and where it came from.

SMX Reaps the Value of Building What Modern Markets Have Been Demanding

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / SMX's violent move was never about price charts. It was about a thesis. And how SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) knows it can work.

Kensington Asset Management Unveils KAMO, a Dynamic, Risk-Aware Credit ETF

KAMO Leverages Kensington's Established Quantitative Processes to Provide a Truly Active Fixed Income Portfolio.

SMX's Staggering Move Since November Should Not Surprise Anyone That Was Paying Attention

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / Markets prefer simple explanations. A vertical chart invites familiar labels. Momentum. Speculation. A passing frenzy. That framing misses what actually happened with SMX (NASDAQ:SMX).

When Digital Turns Physical, This Company is Ready to Ride a Trillion Dollar Wave

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 17, 2025 / The tools driving digital transformation have never lacked innovation. What they have lacked is a reliable connection to the physical world.

Tax Extensions Don't Stop Interest - Clear Start Tax Breaks Down the Hidden Cost of Filing Late

Many taxpayers mistakenly believe an extension pauses IRS penalties and interest. Experts say that misunderstanding can quietly inflate tax bills by thousands.

Netflix boss promises Warner Bros films would still be seen in cinemas

Netflix will continue to distribute Warner Bros. films in cinemas if its takeover bid for the storied studio is successful, the streaming service's chief executive Ted Sarandos said in an interview Tuesday in Paris.

Tepid 2026 outlook dents Pfizer shares

Pfizer signaled Tuesday it expects a challenging 2026 as it invests in new products to offset declines in Covid-19 revenues while limiting shareholder payouts.

VW stops production at German site for first time

The last car rolled off the production line at a Volkswagen site in Dresden on Tuesday, marking the first time in company history that it has stopped production at a German factory as cost cuts bite.

Rome's new Colosseum station reveals ancient treasures

Beyond the entrance of Rome's newest metro station under the Colosseum, there are display cases filled with hundreds of ancient artefacts found during a decade-long construction project.

EU eases 2035 combustion-engine ban to boost car industry

The EU on Tuesday walked back a 2035 ban on new petrol and diesel cars seen as a milestone in the fight against climate change, as the bloc pivots to bolstering its crisis-hit auto sector.

US unemployment rises further, hovering at highest since 2021

The US jobless rate picked up again in November, hovering at its highest level in four years, official data showed Tuesday in a report underscoring a labor market cooldown in the world's biggest economy.

Shift in battle to tackle teens trapped in Marseille drug 'slavery'

They work as drug dealers, but the notes they slip to customers in drug baggies begging for help -- and their pleas to the police -- tell a very different story.

Stocks retreat on US jobs, oil drops on Ukraine hopes

Stock markets fell Tuesday as investors data showed the US jobless rate hit its highest level since 2021, while oil prices slumped on renewed hopes for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

Stocks retreat ahead of US jobs, oil drops on Ukraine hopes

Stock markets mostly fell Tuesday as investors prepared for key US jobs and inflation data, while oil prices slumped on renewed hopes for an end to Russia's war in Ukraine.

China to impose anti-dumping duties on EU pork for five years

China will impose anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports for five years, but at lower rates than temporary levies in place since September, Beijing announced Tuesday.

Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re

Global economic losses from natural disasters are projected to have dropped by 33 percent to $220 billion in 2025, despite the damage wrought by the Los Angeles wildfires, reinsurer Swiss Re said Tuesday.

Kenyan girls still afflicted by genital mutilation years after ban

Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.

Bank of Japan expected to hike rates to 30-year high

The Bank of Japan is expected to hike interest rates Friday for the first time since January, pushing them to their highest level in 30 years and potentially exacerbating turmoil in debt markets.

EU to unveil plan to tackle housing crisis

The EU will on Tuesday present a first-ever plan to address the continent's deepening housing crisis, aiming to boost construction and regulate short-term rentals.

Asian markets retreat ahead of US jobs as tech worries weigh

Asian markets extended losses with Wall Street on Tuesday as investors jockeyed for position ahead of key US jobs and inflation data, while sentiment remains subdued by worries over a possible tech bubble.

Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite West Bank economic woes

Despite the catastrophic state of the Palestinian economy, Faraj al-Atrash, operator of a quarry in the occupied West Bank, proudly points to an armada of machines busy eating away at sheer walls of dusty white rock that stretch into the distance.

Why Sovereign-Aligned Markets Are Forcing a Rethink of Gold Verification

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Gold does not change easily. Its rules, rituals, and trust frameworks have been built over centuries, reinforced by habit as much as by law. When gold markets do shift, it is rarely because of rhetoric or regulation. They move when infrastructure evolves so decisively that the old way of doing things starts to look inefficient by comparison. That is what is happening now, and Dubai is at the center of it.

SMX's Version of the New Gold Standard Is Less About Money and More About PROOF

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / For years, even decades, analysts kept waiting for gold to reclaim its role as the foundation of global money. They predicted a return to a monetary gold standard, a moment when central banks would peg currencies to bullion again. But while the world argued about economic theory, the real revolution arrived from an unexpected direction. The next global gold standard will not be financial. It will be forensic.

Gold Reserves Are About to Face the First Real Audit in History, And it Will Lack What's Most Needed: PROOF (NASDAQ: SMX)

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / For a century, the world has operated on a comfortable illusion. Central banks believe they know how much gold they hold. Sovereign wealth funds assume their reserves are exactly what the paperwork claims. Bullion banks trust that what sits beneath their headquarters is perfectly authentic. But the truth is far more fragile. No country on earth has ever conducted a full, bottom-up authentication of its gold reserves. Not one. Reserve systems rely on certificates, refinery stamps, and legacy chain-of-custody documents that lose meaning the moment a bar is melted or restamped. The world's most important financial backstop has never been tested with modern tools.

The Market Finally Woke Up: Why SMX Is Suddenly on the World's Radar

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / For more than a year, SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) quietly built the kind of infrastructure companies talk about but rarely execute. Molecular identity for plastics. Traceability for metals. Verification that survives every transformation inside some of the world's most advanced bullion ecosystems. National circularity programs developed with leading research institutions. These weren't concepts on a slide deck. They were real systems deployed with real partners across multiple continents.

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