Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Carrier Global — Shares jumped 4.6% after Carrier agreed to sell its Global Access Solutions Business for $4.95 million in cash to Honeywell . Honeywell's stock dipped 1% on the news. Synaptics — The computer touchpad maker rose more than...
The U.S. job market once again surprised to the upside in November, as strong growth in health care and a few other sectors helped the economy add nearly 200,000 jobs and push the unemployment rate down.Health care and social assistance added more than 93,000 jobs for the month, making...
Blood sample tube with blood for Sickle Cell Screen -Test. Sickle cell blood test, abnormal hemoglobin test.Md Babul Hosen | Istock | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the country's first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for use in patients with sickle cell disease.The approval comes about...
Commuters arrive into the Oculus station and mall in Manhattan on November 17, 2022 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe labor market deteriorated for both Asian and Black workers in November, according to data released Friday by the Department of Labor.The overall unemployment rate declined 0.2% to...
Job creation showed little signs of a let-up in November, as payrolls grew even faster than expected and the unemployment rate fell despite signs of a weakening economy.Nonfarm payrolls rose by a seasonally adjusted 199,000 for the month, slightly better than the 190,000 Dow Jones estimate and ahead of...
Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Carrier Global — Shares popped nearly 6% following the announcement that Carrier agreed to sell its Global Access Solutions Business to Honeywell for $4.95 billion in cash. Honeywell 's stock slipped 2.4%. First Solar — The solar stock...
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs a symposium on advancing the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta and delivers an important speech in east China's Shanghai, Nov. 30, 2023.Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesChina's top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party on Friday said...
LONDON — Major companies in the energy and food sectors amplified inflation in 2022 by passing on greater cost increases than needed to protect margins, according to a new report.British think tanks the Institute For Public Policy Research and Common Wealth said in a report Thursday that big firms...
Amazon workers deliver packages on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAt a time when the economy is supposed to be slowing, Friday's jobs report is expected to show that employers actually picked up the hiring pace in November.Not...
These are the stocks posting the largest moves in extended trading.