The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, hitting a two-month low, in a sign that labor market conditions remained robust in early July.
Delta Air Lines Inc topped estimates for quarterly profit and operating revenue Thursday as a rise in average fares trumped an almost 40 percent surge in fuel costs, pushing shares higher.
The dollar edged higher to a new nine-day high on Thursday thanks to a bounce in equities and concerns that U.S. inflation pressures will pick up, although worries about an escalation in trade conflict capped gains.
Delta Air Lines Inc slashed its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday as fuel costs in the second quarter surged 38.8 percent and the company said it expected $2 billion spike in its fuel bill in 2018.
China’s retaliatory tariffs on U.S. soybeans, threatened for weeks and enacted Friday, have driven down prices and triggered a wave of bargain shopping by importers in other countries stocking up on cheap U.S. supplies, according to a Reuters analysis of government data.
Britain finally cleared Rupert Murdoch to buy Sky on Thursday, removing the final obstacle to a head-to-head battle between Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox and U.S. rival Comcast for the European pay-TV prize.
China’s commerce ministry said on Thursday it hopes American firms operating in China will lobby the U.S. government and defend their interests as they will be impacted by U.S. trade action.
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China can fully meet the needs of its state soybean reserves without importing from the United States, an official with the state stockpiler told state TV on Thursday.
Most U.S. businesses operating in China oppose using tariffs as a weapon to solve their problems ranging from market access to poor protection of intellectual property rights, a survey suggested on Thursday.
China on Thursday said foreign firms operating in China would suffer in a trade war, urging U.S. companies to lobby their government to protect their interests, and said no talks to end the impasse were currently under way.
Stocks and commodity markets regained some poise on Thursday, having suffered wild tailspins in the previous session as the United States ratcheted up trade war threats on China.
Long accused of protectionist tactics that make it a difficult place for foreign firms to operate, China is trying to reverse that narrative amid an escalating trade war with the United States, green-lighting huge investments and portraying itself as a champion of openness.
German carmaker BMW said it was developing its joint venture with China’s Brilliance but did not confirm reports it would raise its stake in BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA).
Oil prices rallied on Thursday, recouping some ground following sharp losses the previous session after Libya said it would resume oil exports.
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