U.S. Added 164,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Rate at 3.7 Percent
The figures suggest the economy is cooling but not as much as many analysts had feared a few months ago.
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Tencent first quarter profit rises 17 percent, beats forecast
Tencent Holdings reported on Wednesday a 17% rise in profit for the three months ended March, beating estimates.
Exclusive: China's BAIC seeks to buy 5 percent Daimler stake - sources
China's BAIC Group is seeking to buy a stake of up to 5 percent in Daimler as a way to secure its investment in Chi...
DowDuPont profit falls 28 percent on delayed shipments, weak chemical demand
DowDuPont Inc posted a 28 percent slump in quarterly profit on Thursday, as floods in the United States delayed seed shi...
Tesla to reduce solar panel prices by up to 38 percent: NYT
Tesla Inc plans to announce that it has begun selling solar panels and related equipment for up to 38 percent below the...
Elizabeth Warren's proposal would cancel student debt for 95 percent of borrowers
Nearly all student loan borrowers would see some of their debt cancelled under Elizabeth Warren's new proposal.
BlackRock quarterly profit falls 3.3 percent
BlackRock Inc, the world's largest asset manager, on Tuesday reported a 3.3 percent drop in quarterly profit, as in...
Oil prices up above 1 percent on strong U.S. economic data, Libya supply risks
Oil prices climbed more than 1 percent on Friday as strong U.S. employment data tempered fears that global crude demand...
Lyft to investors: We'll get to 20 percent margins...someday
Potential Lyft investors are questioning how and when the company will make money.
Levi Strauss shares surge 31 percent in stock market return
Shares in Levi Strauss & Co surged 31 percent in their debut on Thursday, giving the jeans maker a market value of $8.7...
Thomson Reuters posts 9 percent rise in quarterly revenue
Thomson Reuters on Tuesday reported a 9 percent rise in quarterly revenue, stripping out the impact of currency, helped...
HNA cuts stake in Deutsche Bank to 6.3 percent: SEC filing
Chinese conglomerate HNA has cut its stake in Deutsche Bank to 6.3 percent, according to a filing with the U.S. Securiti...
Oil claws back some losses after 6-percent plunge, but outlook weak
Oil prices on Wednesday recovered some of the previous day's over 6 percent plunge, lifted by a report of an unexpe...
Oil slumps 6 percent as equities slide feeds demand worry
Oil prices tumbled more than 6 percent on Tuesday in heavy trading volume, with U.S. crude diving to its lowest level in...
PG&E shares surge 40 percent on report regulator wants to avoid bankruptcy from wildfire
PG&E Corp shares soared 40 percent in after-hours trade on Thursday following a report that a regulatory official told i...
Big Oil spent 1 percent on green energy in 2018
Top oil and gas companies jointly spent around 1 percent of their 2018 budgets on clean energy, but investments by Europ...
D.R. Horton forecasts weak home sales, shares fall 10 percent
D.R. Horton shares fell more than 10 percent after the largest U.S. homebuilder forecast first-quarter home sales below...
U.S. online spending set to rise 14.8 percent in 2018 holiday season
U.S. online spending during the holiday shopping season is likely to grow 14.8 percent this year to $124.1 billion, far...
Sears shares dive 30 percent after report says co preparing for bankruptcy
Sears Holdings Corp shares lost nearly a third of their value in early trading on Wednesday, after a report said that th...
Italy keen to keep 15 percent stake in Alitalia in rescue plan: paper
Italy is working on an Alitalia rescue plan that would see the state taking a stake of around 15 percent in the carrier...