Dow, S&P 500 futures dip at end of strong month; jobless data awaited
Dow and S&P 500 stock index futures dipped on Thursday as nerves kicked in at the end of an overall strong month for stocks with investors...
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Oil prices rise on some signs of pick up in fuel demand
Oil prices jumped on Thursday, lifted by signs the U.S. crude glut is not growing as quickly as expected and indications of a rise in fuel...
Britain's Sainsbury's warns of $623 million coronavirus hit to profit
British supermarket group Sainsbury's warned the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on current year profit could be over 500 million pounds ($623 million) and said decisions...
Twitter sales top estimates, sees rebound from Asia's eased coronavirus rules
Twitter Inc on Thursday said its ads sales slightly rebounded in Asia after a plunge due to the coronavirus outbreak and it had accelerated work on...
Stocks nurse record monthly gains ahead of ECB
World stocks headed for their best month on record on Thursday, as encouraging early results from a COVID-19 treatment trial and expectations of more European Central...
Thyssenkrupp taps 1 billion euro in state aid amid cash squeeze before elevator sale
Thyssenkrupp has secured about 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) of state aid to tide it over until it receives the money from the sale of its...
ConocoPhillips swings to loss on oil price slump, impairments
U.S. oil and gas company ConocoPhillips swung to a first quarter loss on Thursday as it took big hits from impairments and the falling value of...
McDonald's profit misses estimates as restaurants limit services
McDonald's Corp missed Wall Street estimates for quarterly profit on Thursday as most of its restaurants limited their services to delivery, drive-thru and take-away to curb...
American Airlines posts first quarterly loss since emerging from bankruptcy
American Airlines on Thursday posted its first quarterly loss since emerging from bankruptcy in 2013, and said it expects second-quarter cash burn rate to be about...
'W-shaped' recovery may be too optimistic, Fed's Powell suggests
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sketched out an altogether bumpier ride for the U.S. economy than many are predicting - one that sees business activity...
Thyssenkrupp secures state aid of around 1 billion euros: source
Thyssenkrupp has secured state aid of around 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion) to get through a bottleneck until money from the sale of its elevator division...
Trump's tariffs add to pandemic-induced turmoil of U.S. manufacturers
Dan Digre, head of MISCO Speakers, was on edge before the coronavirus outbreak hit the global economy. Payment of hundreds of thousands of dollars in Chinese...
Lufthansa, unions: we want to keep as many jobs as possible
Lufthansa and unions representing much of its staff told the German government that their joint top priorities were to maintain the airline's competitiveness after the coronavirus...
Shareholder support for Credit Suisse chairman drops, successor search 'well under way'
Shareholder support for Credit Suisse Chairman Urs Rohner dropped to its lowest level ever on Thursday, as Rohner told the Swiss bank's annual meeting that its...
Halfway through one of the strangest earnings seasons ever, here's what we are learning
Most companies are not giving earnings guidance, leaving investors and analysts in the dark, yet the market is still rewarding better-than-expected results.