The Labor Market’s Weak Spot: Jobs Making Stuff
Signs that the trade war may be taking a toll, with more trouble ahead.
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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...
Market Snapshot: A tale of two earnings seasons: The stocks hit by weak global growth and those that are immune
Weak economic growth abroad is consistently cited as a potential headwind for the U.S. stock market, but many U.S. firms...
China March factory activity grows for first time in four months, but exports weak
Factory activity in China unexpectedly grew for the first time in four months in March, an official survey showed on Sun...
Wall St tumbles as weak factory data fuels slowdown worries
Wall Street's main indexes tumbled about 2 percent on Friday after a raft of weak manufacturing data from the Unite...
Key Words: Stock-market analyst who called 2018 rout says if earnings are weak, ‘I don’t think stocks are going to look through it’
Morgan Stanley’s chief equity strategist Michael Wilson says after the Federal Reserve’s Wednesday decision underlined t...
Earnings Results: Micron stock rises despite weak outlook, company plans to cut spending
Micron Technology Inc.’s stock gained in the extended session Wednesday after the memory-chip predicted a return to grow...
Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks close mostly lower on jitters over trade-deal delay, weak Chinese data
U.S. stocks close mostly lower Thursday as investors digested headlines suggesting progress toward a U.S.-China trade de...
Asia Markets: Asian markets give up early gains on weak China industrial data
Asian markets were mixed in early trading Thursday, as optimism that British lawmakers rejected a no-deal Brexit were te...
Weak Jobs Report Clouds the Economic Picture
Employers increased payrolls by only 20,000 in February, a stark contrast to the two preceding months.
Asia Markets: Asian markets sink on trade-deal worries, weak China export data
Asian markets tumbled Friday on fears that the U.S. and China may not be as close to a trade deal as President Donald Tr...
Oil dips amid weak demand growth, but OPEC-led supply cuts support
Oil prices dipped on Tuesday amid tepid prospects for growth in fuel demand, but OPEC-led efforts to cut output offered...
Salesforce stock falls after weak forecast
Salesforce.com Inc. stock fell more than 3% in the extended session Monday, after the software company reported better-t...
Square falls after reporting slower growth and weak Q1 earnings guidance
Square beat on the top and bottom line but reported weaker-than-expected first-quarter earnings guidance.
XPO Logistics stock plunges, as cut back by largest customer, weak Europe trump big buybacks
Shares of XPO Logistics plummeted Friday, as the loss of business from its largest customer and weakness in Europe led t...
Market Snapshot: Stocks struggle for direction as weak economic data counters U.S.-China trade optimism
U.S. stocks trim an earlier decline that followed weak retail sales numbers, underlining concern over economic fundament...
Trump will get the weak dollar he likes from a China trade deal but not if he goes after Europe
A trade deal with China could stop the dollar's rise, but it may not stay down if President Donald Trump then turns...
London Markets: London markets lifted by weak pound; Brexit and trade talks loom
London markets were up on Monday, lifted by a weaker pound placed under pressure by increasing concerns over Britain’s e...
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...
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...