Airline profits lag even as travel demand breaks records

Passengers pass through O'Hare airport in Chicago, July 3, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesRecord summer air travel demand isn't translating to record U.S. airline profits. Carriers will have to answer for that disconnect when they report quarterly results this month.Some airlines have forecast record demand, and in some cases,...

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M, INST, NVO and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Nvidia — Shares of the artificial intelligence darling fell 1% after a rare negative call on Wall Street . New Street Research downgraded Nvidia to hold from buy, citing limited upside given the big run already this year. It is...

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Jobless rates rise in June for white, Black and Hispanic women but fall for men in the three racial groups

Job seekers attends the JobNewsUSA.com South Florida Job Fair held at the Amerant Bank Arena on June 26, 2024 in Sunrise, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesThe unemployment rate for women in the white, Black and Hispanic racial groups rose in June in line with the overall trend, according to...

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Jobs report June 2024:

The U.S. economy again added slightly more jobs than expected in June though the unemployment rate increased, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls increased by 206,000 for the month, better than the 200,000 Dow Jones forecast though less than the downwardly revised gain of 218,000 in May, which was...

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