The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits increased moderately last week, while unemployment rolls hit a 10-month high towards the end of November, suggesting the labor market was gradually slowing down.
Wall Street's main indexes were set to open higher on Thursday following a recent selloff sparked by renewed fears that aggressive rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve could tip the world's largest economy into recession.
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose moderately last week, pointing to a still-tight and strong labor market despite growing fears of a recession.
Economic uncertainty has hammered the stock market this year, but growth stocks have been hit especially hard. The Federal Reserve is raising interest rates at the fastest pace in four decades to rein in runaway inflation. Increasing the cost of borrowing will ultimately lower de
As we near the end of a challenging 2022, most investors probably aren't too sad to see it go. But despite the misery of what looks likely to be the worst year on record since 2008, investors can see the silver lining in taking advantage of great stocks selling at low prices.
Cloud software provider for the life sciences industry Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) announced it's divorcing longtime partner Salesforce (NYSE: CRM) although Veeva hopes the two companies can remain friends.
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Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are often known as boring income stocks more suitable for investors seeking income rather than growth. They typically don't toss out doubles or triples very often. That said, logistics real estate has been a growth area for several reasons. P
DS Smith on Thursday raised its interim dividend by 25% and forecast a stronger-than-expected annual performance, after the British cardboard maker posted an increase in its first-half profit due to higher box prices and tight cost controls.
The Pentagon awarded $9 billion worth of cloud computing contracts to Alphabet Inc's Google, Amazon Web Services Inc, Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp on Wednesday.
More than 1,100 union employees at the New York Times Co will walk out for one day on Thursday after failing to negotiate a "complete and equitable contract" with the news publisher, the union said in a statement.
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The Pentagon on Wednesday awarded cloud computing contracts worth $9 billion each to Alphabet Inc's Google, Amazon Web Services Inc, Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp.
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Many investors weren't eager to chew on shares of Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) Wednesday. Following an uninspiring new analyst note, they traded out of the pet products specialist, sending its share price down by more than 1%, against the 0.2% slump of the S&P 500 index.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in Apple Inc (Symbol: AAPL), where a total volume of 710,857 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 71
Wall Street has suffered a disastrous 2022, with the S&P 500 losing about 15.5% (as of Dec 5, 2022). High inflation, rising rates, geopolitical tensions and supply-chain woes due to the zero-Covid policy in China made matters most difficult this year. The Dow Jones ha
The District of Columbia attorney general's office on Wednesday sued Amazon.com Inc and its Amazon Logistics subsidiary alleging the biggest online retailer had withheld tips from delivery drivers.