U.S. stocks are expected to extend gains Wednesday amid a global equity market rebound that follows the easing of political and military tensions in the Asia region and improving economic sentiment indicators in Europe. Early indications from U.S. equity futures suggest a 40-point, or 0.17%, gain for the Dow Jones...
Crude oil prices are taking a serious hit from Hurricane Harvey, slammed on multiple fronts at a time when benchmark prices were already showing some signs of strain. As has already been widely noted, Hurricane Harvey has knocked out major refineries along the Gulf Coast. Goldman Sachs said in a research...
  (Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened little changed on Wednesday after President Donald Trump's latest tweet on North Korea reignited concerns over escalating tensions between Washington and Pyongyang, while data showed a stronger economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI) fell 0.88 points, or -0 percent, to 21,864.49. The S&P 500...
Projections of skyrocketing demand for the metal have sent prices soaring by thousands a tonne, raising fears that lithium is a ‘gigantic bubble’ Lithium, the lightest metal on earth, has become such a heavyweight in commodities markets that it is increasingly being mentioned in the same sentence as rare earths...
President Donald Trump's claim that he's created a million jobs finally came true — months after he first made it. "We've added ... more than a million private sector jobs," Trump said on June 1, when the Labor Department's tally was about 600,000. On Monday White House press secretary Sarah...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Police in Dubai reopened the streets around one of the world's tallest residential skyscrapers after firefighters put out a blaze that erupted early Friday in the high-rise, forcing residents to evacuate in the middle of the night and sending chunks of debris plummeting below. No...
U.S. job growth remained steady in July, though workers are still largely seeing slower wage gains, according to data released Friday by the U.S. Labor Department. Some of the highlights of July’s jobs report: U.S. employers added 209,000 net new jobs, slightly above analysts’ expectations. The unemployment rate ticked down...
Apple stock is surging after it beat Wall Street's expectations for earnings per share and revenue, and the stock is up over 5% after-hours. Apple also issued strong revenue guidance for its fourth fiscal quarter, suggesting strong sales growth year-over-year. The strong guidance also hinted at the launch of a redesigned iPhone in...
CARACAS - Venezuela jailed two leading critics of President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday in a fresh blow to the opposition after the election of a new political body with sweeping powers to strengthen the hand of the leftist government. The United States imposed sanctions on Maduro on Monday, calling him...
The Senate easily confirmed Christopher Wray to lead the FBI on Tuesday, approving President Trump's nominee to succeed James B. Comey. The vote, 92 to 5, was a reflection of the Senate's confidence in Wray's credentials as a Yale-educated former Justice Department official and as a top cop who vowed to...
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