U.S. weekly jobless claims lowest since 1969
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a more than 49-year low last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength despite slowing economic growth.
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a more than 49-year low last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength despite slowing economic growth.
President Donald Trump on Thursday said the U.S. economy was very strong despite what he said were “unnecessary and destructive actions” taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve, his latest attack on the nation’s independent central bank.
Tesla Inc shares fell more than 8 percent on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in first-quarter deliveries, led by waning demand for its luxury Model S and X vehicles, added to worries about the electric carmaker’s finances.
Constellation Brands Inc on Thursday reported quarterly sales and profit well above analysts’ estimates, as the brewer sold more of its popular Corona and Modelo beers, sending its shares up about 3 percent before the bell.
Brent oil prices resumed their climb toward $70 per barrel on Thursday as expectations of tight global supply outweighed pressure from rising U.S. inventories and production.
Constellation Brands Inc on Thursday reported quarterly sales well above analysts’ estimates, as its popular beer brands Corona and Modelo performed well.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Thursday its first-quarter net interest income will likely be flat compared with the prior quarter.
Ethiopian investigators urged Boeing to review its flight control system and said pilots of state carrier Ethiopian Airlines had carried out proper procedures in the first official findings on the crash of a 737 MAX jet that killed 157 people.
Japan’s Nomura Holdings will cut $1 billion in costs from its wholesale business and shut more than 30 of 156 domestic retail branches in its latest overhaul, the ailing bank said on Thursday.
Oil prices fell for a second day on Thursday, with Brent briefly edging below $69 per barrel because of rising inventories and production in the United States, but losses were limited as supply tightened elsewhere.
Prosecutors on Thursday will present their closing arguments in the trial of the wealthy founder of pharmaceutical company Insys Therapeutics Inc and four colleagues accused of contributing to the U.S. opioid epidemic by bribing doctors to prescribe an addictive fentanyl spray.
Lawyers for Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk will argue on Thursday that he did not violate a fraud settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and should not be held in contempt, the latest twist in a high-profile battle between the billionaire and the government.
Tesla Inc Chief Elon Musk is a prolific tweeter, and on Thursday, a judge will decide whether a Feb. 19 tweet Musk sent violated a 2018 fraud settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as U.S. authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged sanctions violations, it said on Wednesday.
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