U.S. job growth increased moderately in September, with the unemployment rate dropping to near a 50-year low of 3.5%, which could assuage financial market concerns that the slowing economy was on the brink of a recession amid lingering trade tensions.
The top analyst on General Electric sounded the alarm on Friday
President Donald Trump has hailed a ruling by the World Trade Organization (WTO) that gives the United States the right to hit Europe with tariffs, but his new-found satisfaction with the WTO's rules-based approach is expected to prove short-lived.
As volatility erupted everywhere amid fears of a recession, Goldman Sachs is advising clients to stick with stocks with stable earnings growth.
Amid concerns about a manufacturing slowdown, the sector is facing a growing skills gap that is leaving hundreds of thousands of positions open.
U.S. stocks rose on Friday as moderate jobs growth in September offered some relief from a spate of dismal economic data this week that has rankled markets and fueled concerns that the United States was sliding into a recession.
Thomson Reuters Corp said on Friday it had acquired events company FC Business Intelligence (FCBI) to tap into the fast growing sector and help further promote its Reuters News brand.
EU antitrust regulators will this month order U.S. chipmaker Broadcom to scrap its exclusivity clauses with TV and modem makers while they investigate whether this and other tactics hamper rivals, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday that Facebook’s proposed move to encrypt its popular messaging program would turn the platform into a “dream come true for predators and child pornographers.”
Oil prices rose on Friday, although remained on track for a second consecutive weekly loss, as an increase in U.S. jobs eased financial market concerns that the slowing economy was on the brink of a recession amid lingering trade tensions.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday that the U.S. team was "open-minded" about the outcome of U.S.-China trade talks next week, which will include deputy-level meetings on Monday and Tuesday, with minister-level meetings Thursday and Friday.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear an appeal by Dominion Energy Inc and President Donald Trump's administration of a lower court ruling that halted construction on a natural gas pipeline due to run underneath a section of the popular Appalachian Trail in rural Virginia.
White House Trade Adviser Peter Navarro said in a television interview on Friday the low U.S. unemployment rate and steady job growth should not deter the Federal Reserve from lowering interest rates.
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Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee will not seek an extension to his term as director of the board of Samsung Electronics, the Korea Economic Daily newspaper reported on Friday.