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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.
SMX's Global Collaborations Are Building the World's First Cross-Industry Verification Mesh
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / The world has spent years talking about circularity, ESG integrity, and supply-chain transparency, but the truth is simple. No industry has ever had the verification infrastructure needed to make any of those goals real. Plastics lose identity when they melt. Metals lose identity when they move. Gold loses identity the moment it hits a furnace. Documentation has filled the gap, but documentation was designed for a slower, less interconnected world. Into this vacuum stepped SMX (NASDAQ:SMX), and the company is not moving alone. It is collaborating across plastics, metals, gold, packaging, and national circularity programs to create the world's first verification mesh.
The Market Finally Gets It: SMX's PCT is Creating a New Asset Class
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Every market cycle introduces a new category of assets that feels almost inevitable in hindsight. Sometimes it is a technological leap. Sometimes it's a financial instrument. Sometimes it's a shift in how value is measured. Today, a growing number of investors are beginning to ask whether verified recovery is emerging as the next major asset class. The idea has been around for years, but no company has created a system capable of turning recovery into a measurable economic unit. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has changed that conversation with its Plastic Cycle Token, and the market is starting to take note.
Why Market Interest in SMX Is Accelerating as the Plastic Cycle Token Comes Into Focus
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / There are moments when a company moves from being a name on a ticker to becoming a topic that keeps showing up in investor conversations. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) has entered that moment. What began as a quiet interest in its verification technology has turned into something broader, with traders, analysts, and crypto readers all starting to recognize the same thing. The Plastic Cycle Token is not a side project. It is the organizing layer for a new category of real-world assets built on verifiable truth rather than estimates or intentions.
SMX Is Becoming the Google of Materials, and Global Industries Are Taking Notice
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 16, 2025 / Every major transformation in technology begins with a simple idea. What if everything in a system could be identified, indexed, and retrieved with certainty? Google did that for information by mapping the internet into something searchable. SMX (NASDAQ:SMX) is now doing the same for materials by giving physical goods a permanent molecular identity that acts like a truth layer. Once a material can carry its own history, the entire supply chain becomes searchable, auditable, and verifiable.
French minister urges angry farmers to trust cow culls, vaccines
France's agriculture minister Monday defended planned mass cattle culls and vaccines to control an infectious bovine disease, after farmers vowed no let-up in their protests against what they view as excessive slaughtering.
Stock market optimism returns after tech selloff but Wall Street wobbles
European stock markets recovered upward momentum on the back of interest rate optimism Monday following a brief correction affecting mostly the tech sector, but gains were pared as Wall Street ran out of steam by the late morning.
Stock market optimism returns after tech sell-off
Stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic recovered upward momentum on the back of interest rate optimism Monday, following a brief correction affecting mostly the tech sector.
'Angry' Louvre workers' strike shuts out thousands of tourists
The Louvre closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday due to a strike over working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a major robbery.
Showdown looms as EU-Mercosur deal nears finish line
Brussels and Berlin insisted Monday the EU's vast proposed trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur must get over the finish line by year end -- despite a last-ditch French push to derail its signing.
Eurovision 2026 will feature 35 countries: organisers
Some 35 countries will compete in next year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, organisers said Monday, despite five countries boycotting over Israel's participation in the glitzy annual extravaganza.
German shipyard, rescued by the state, gets mega deal
German shipyard Meyer Werft has received a mega order worth up to 10 billion euros ($11.7 billion), officials said Monday, a boost for the shipbuilder after a state rescue last year.
'We are angry': Louvre Museum closed as workers strike
The Louvre closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a rolling strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery.
Stocks diverge ahead of central bank calls, US data
Stock markets diverged Monday at the start of a week filled with economic data and central bank decisions, following a tech sell-off on Wall Street.
Louvre Museum closed as workers strike
The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery.
Australia defends record on antisemitism after Bondi Beach attack
A mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Australia's iconic Bondi Beach has revived allegations that the government is dragging its feet in the fight against antisemitism.
EU-Mercosur trade deal faces bumpy ride to finish line
Brussels is headed for a showdown this week over the European Union's free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur, after Paris launched a last-ditch effort to derail the signing of the landmark accord.
Asian markets drop with Wall St as tech fears revive
Asian markets dropped Monday as concerns about the AI-fuelled tech rally returned to the spotlight after weak earnings from two big-name firms last week revived questions about the wisdom of the vast sums invested in the sector.
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Western Announces Continuance to Ontario and Renewal of Credit Facility
TORONTO, ON / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / The Western Investment Company of Canada Limited (the "Company", or "Western") (TSXV:WI) is pleased to announce that it has completed a corporate continuance from the Province of Alberta to the Province of Ontario as previously approved by shareholders. This continuance aligns Western's corporate structure with its current and future business objectives. Western will continue to maintain an extra-provincial registration in the Province of Alberta.
Gladstone Commercial Announces Issuance of $85 Million of Senior Unsecured Notes
MCLEAN, VA / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Gladstone Commercial Corporation (Nasdaq:GOOD) ("Gladstone Commercial") today announced that its subsidiary, Gladstone Commercial Limited Partnership ("Gladstone LP"), has closed $85 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.99% senior unsecured notes due December 15, 2030 (the "Notes"), in a private placement with certain institutional investors.
GEE Group to Hold Investor Conference Call to Discuss 2025 Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter Results
JACKSONVILLE, FL / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / GEE Group Inc. (NYSE American:JOB) together with its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the "Company", "GEE Group", "us", "our", or "we"), a provider of professional staffing services and human resource solutions, today announced that it will hold an investor webcast/conference call on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 11a.m. EST to review and discuss its September 30, 2025 Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter results. The Company expects to report those results after the close of business on Wednesday, December 17, 2025. The Company's prepared remarks will be posted on its website www.geegroup.com prior to the call.
When Proof Becomes Tradable: How SMX is Rewriting Market Rules
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Markets have always rewarded certainty, but until recently, certainty was static. Verification lived in audits, reports, and compliance binders. Proof existed, but it could not move. It could not travel with assets. It could not be priced in real time. And because it was trapped on paper, it never fully entered the market's value calculus.
SMX: The Identity Gap Is Becoming the World's Most Dangerous Blind Spot
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / For decades, global markets optimized for speed, scale, and efficiency. Supply chains stretched across continents. Materials moved faster. Costs came down. Profits went up. What did not evolve was identity. The assumption was simple. If something passed inspection once, it could be trusted forever.
Gold Reserves Are About to Face Their First Real Audit, Silver Will Force It
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / For more than a century, the global financial system has rested on an unchallenged assumption. Central banks believe they know what sits in their vaults. Sovereign wealth funds trust the numbers on their balance sheets. Bullion banks operate as if refinery stamps and certificates are enough. But no nation on earth has ever conducted a full, bottom-up forensic audit of its precious-metal reserves using modern verification tools. Not once.
Selling Personal Items Online May Trigger Tax Reporting - Clear Start Tax Explains When Casual Sales Become Taxable
As resale apps and online marketplaces grow, tax experts warn that casual sellers may be crossing into reportable income without realizing it.
Silver Is the Supply Chain Vulnerability the World Should Be Most Worried About
NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / As the market has paid increasing attention to, and begun revaluing, SMX's (NASDAQ:SMX) potential across plastics, gold, rare earths, and hardware authentication, one material has remained largely under-discussed.