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Private sector companies added 122,000 jobs in December, less than expected, ADP says
A worker adjusts hiring signage at a job and resource fair hosted by the Mountain Area Workforce Development Board in partnership with NCWorks in Hendersonville, North Carolina, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. Allison Joyce | Bloomberg | Getty Images Private sector job creation eased more than expected in December while wages grew at the […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Cal-Maine Foods, AAR Corp, Getty Images and more
Check out the companies making headlines in after-hours trading. Cal-Maine Foods – Shares gained 4% after the egg production company posted its latest quarterly results . For its second quarter of fiscal 2025, Cal-Maine Foods earned $4.47 per share on revenue of $954.7 million, with the latter figure marking an 82% increase compared to the […]
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Barclays’ David Strauss on upgrading Boeing: Its balance sheet is no longer a headwind
David Strauss, Barclays aerospace and defense analyst, joins ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss the keys to a Boeing turnaround and Barclays overweight call on the stock. Source
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Trump reportedly considering important alteration to tariff plans
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump looks on during Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center on December 22, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona. Rebecca Noble | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump is considering a plan that still would apply tariffs to all nations but narrow the focus to a select set of goods and services, […]
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Irish 2024 budget surplus hits 7% of national income on Apple windfall
Shoppers on Wicklow Street in Dublin, Ireland, on Thursday, March 28, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ireland recorded a budget surplus of around 7% of modified gross national income in 2024, mainly due to most of a 14 billion-euro ($14.5 billion) back tax bill paid by Apple flowing into the exchequer, the finance […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: FuboTV, American Airlines, Nvidia, Microsoft and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. American Airlines – Shares gained more than 4% after TD Cowen upgraded the airline to a buy from a hold rating and lifted its price target to a Wall Street high. The new target implies roughly 47% upside from Friday’s close. FuboTV – The streaming provider […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Rivian Automotive, Anheuser-Busch Inbev, Ford and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Rivian Automotive – Shares popped 19% after the electric vehicle maker’s vehicle production and deliveries for 2024 met the company’s previously announced guidance. This comes after the company had lowered its production target for the full year in October. U.S. Steel – Shares fell 6% following […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: U.S. Steel, Carvana, Block and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. U.S. Steel — U.S. Steel shares slid nearly 8% after President Joe Biden blocked Japanese company Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion takeover of U.S. Steel, saying : “U.S. Steel will remain a proud American company.” Biden said the domestic steel industry is a national security priority. Block — Shares […]
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Jimmy Carter, the farmer, president and Nobel peace crusader, dies at age 100
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize Dec. 10, 2002, in Oslo, Norway. During his acceptance speech, Carter urged others to work for peace. Arne Knudsen | Getty Images News | Getty Images Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who became a U.S. president and a Nobel Prize-winning activist for peace […]
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