October 14, 2025
“Goldman Sachs on Tuesday beat estimates for its third quarter on stronger-than-expected investment banking and fixed income trading. The company said in a release that profit surged 37% from a year earlier to $4.1 billion, or $12.25 a share. Revenue… Continue Reading…
August 2, 2025
“…President Donald Trump on Friday fired Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. “We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to… Continue Reading…
May 28, 2025
“Japan’s Nippon Steel is expected to close its acquisition of U.S. Steel for $55 per share, sources familiar with the matter told CNBC’s David Faber. President Donald Trump cleared Nippon’s bid for U.S. Steel on Friday, referring to the deal as a “partnership.” Trump… Continue Reading…
March 7, 2025
“Nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 151,000 on the month, better than the downwardly revised 125,000 in January but less than the 170,000 consensus forecast. Federal government employment declined by 10,000 in February though government payrolls overall rose by… Continue Reading…
January 30, 2025
“…Initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 16,000 to a seasonally adjusted 207,000 for the week ended Jan. 25, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast 220,000 claims for the latest week… Companies have scaled… Continue Reading…
October 2, 2024
“Private companies added 143,000 jobs in September, an acceleration from 103,000 in August and better than the 128,000 consensus forecast, ADP reported Wednesday. Job gains were fairly widespread, with leisure and hospitality leading at 34,000, followed by construction (26,000) and… Continue Reading…
August 14, 2024
“…First-time filings for jobless benefits came to a seasonally adjusted 233,000 for the week, a decline of 17,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised level and lower than the Dow Jones estimate for 240,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The report comes… Continue Reading…
August 5, 2024
“Nonfarm payrolls grew by just 114,000 in July, below the downwardly revised 179,000 in June and the Dow Jones estimate for 185,000. The unemployment rate edged higher to 4.3%, its highest since October 2021, triggering an economic rule on recessions.… Continue Reading…
August 2, 2024
“Boeing reported a bigger loss and weaker revenue than analysts expected for the second quarter. Both the company’s commercial and defense units have been challenged by programs running behind schedule and higher-than-expected costs. The company is under increased federal scrutiny… Continue Reading…
July 25, 2024
“…Real gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced during the April-through-June period, increased at a 2.8% annualized pace adjusted for seasonality and inflation. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for growth of 2.1% following… Continue Reading…
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