Oil prices tick up amid mixed signals from U.S. data
Oil prices ticked up on Thursday after U.S. oil product stocks shrank, providing bulls with ammunition ahead of a meeting between OPEC producers and their allies...
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Amazon to hire 3,000 people in South Africa for customer service roles
Amazon.com Inc is hiring 3,000 people in South Africa this year to provide support to customers in North America and Europe, it said on Thursday.
Kroger expects to top 2020 outlook, beats estimates for profit, sales
Kroger Co said it expects to exceed its 2020 outlook for same-store sales and profit after beating Wall Street expectations for quarterly results on Thursday, as...
World stocks drift lower as second wave virus fears mount
Global stocks drifted lower on Thursday as an increase in new coronavirus cases in some U.S. states and China crushed hopes of a swift world economic...
Wells Fargo investment adviser to sell feeder fund platform to iCapital
Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday its investment adviser Wells Fargo Investment Institute will sell its feeder fund platform to fintech firm iCapital Network for...
These Gen Z influencers give their spending a radical makeover
Gen Z money pros are quick to roll with the times financially, which is typical of a generation that has already lived through the Great Recession...
Colgate reviewing Chinese toothpaste brand Darlie amid debate on racial inequality
Colgate-Palmolive on Thursday said it was working to review and evolve its Chinese toothpaste brand, Darlie, the latest in a string of brand reassessments amid a...
Wirecard scrambles to find missing $2.1 billion as loan crunch looms
Wirecard's auditor has refused to sign off its 2019 accounts over a missing $2.1 billion, sending its shares down more than 60% as the German payments...
Wall Street opens lower on rising virus cases, elevated jobless claims
U.S. stocks fell at the open on Thursday as an uptick in COVID-19 infections in the United States threatened to upend bets of a swift economic...
Cash flows into U.S. growth funds surge, value funds see outflows
U.S. investors have ramped up investments in growth funds over the past few months on expectations of higher returns and safety, while they dumped value funds...
Oil prices tick up as drop in U.S. product stocks encourages bulls
Oil prices ticked up on Thursday after U.S. oil product stocks shrank, providing bulls with ammunition ahead of a meeting between OPEC producers and their allies...
KKR buys vacation parks firm Roompot in $1.1 billion deal
U.S. private equity firm KKR said on Thursday it had reached an agreement to buy Dutch vacation parks firm Roompot from French private equity firm PAI...
IMF says deeper-than-expected contraction in U.S. economy likely in second quarter
A defacto lockdown in the United States has lasted longer than expected despite a rollback in some restrictions on mobility, pointing to a deeper-than-expected contraction in...
Prudential sells Jackson equity stake to Apollo-backed Athene for $500 million
Prudential sold a minority stake in its U.S. business, Jackson, to Apollo Global-backed Athene Holding for $500 million, the insurer said on Thursday, in the first...
S&P 500, Dow dip on rising virus cases, elevated jobless claims
The S&P 500 and Dow retreated on Thursday as an uptick in coronavirus infections in parts of the United States threatened to upend bets of a...