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Cryptocurrencies

“Bitcoin climbs 8% as cryptocurrency market attempts a comeback from last week’s plunge”

“At around 3 p.m. London time, the price of the world’s most valuable digital currency climbed more than 8% to $53,757 a coin, according to data from Coin Metrics. Two smaller digital tokens, ether and XRP, rose 9% and 15% respectively. Last week, bitcoin slumped below… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Jobless claims: New unemployment claims unexpectedly rose to 719,000 last week”

“The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended March 27: 719,000… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Jobless claims: Another 793,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week”

“The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Feb. 6: 793,000… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Jobless claims: Another 965,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week”

“The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results in the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan.… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Jobless claims: Another 742,000 Americans filed new unemployment claims last week”

“The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Nov. 14: 742,000… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“NFL’s Chiefs-Texans 2020 season-opener averaged 19.3 million viewers, down 12% from last year”

“The numbers are out, and the National Football League ratings for its 2020 Kickoff game Thursday attracted an average of 19.3 million viewers for the night, NBC Sports said on Friday. That’s about a 12% drop versus last year’s season… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Almost 30 Million in U.S. Didn’t Have Enough to Eat Last Week”

“Food insecurity for U.S. households last week reached its highest reported level since the Census Bureau started tracking the data in May, with almost 30 million Americans reporting that they’d not had enough to eat at some point in the… Continue Reading…

Economy, Stocks

“Stocks could fall a further 7% after last week’s correction. But here’s why Morgan Stanley says that’s ‘healthy’”

“The three major benchmark indexes suffered their biggest weekly losses since March 20 last week, as the Federal Reserve’s downbeat economic outlook and rising coronavirus cases unsettled investors. Fears of a second wave grew over the weekend and U.S. stock futures pointed lower early… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Dentists’ offices are responsible for 10 percent of jobs regained last month”

“In a twist that shocked many of the nation’s top economists, the U.S.’s May jobs report released Friday showed the country added 2.5 million jobs last month, lowering the unemployment rate from 14.7 percent to 13.3 percent. A large chunk of that… Continue Reading…

Business

“Disney’s profit plunged 91% last quarter as its parks closed their doors”

“Disney’s profit dropped a whopping 91% during the first three months of 2020, revealing the widespread damage that the coronavirus pandemic has brought on its media empire. Although sales for its second quarter were up 21% to $18 billion, Disney’s profit… Continue Reading…