Weekly jobless claims higher than expected, labor market takes hit from rising Covid cases
The pace of first-time filings for jobless claims picked up last week, with the jobs market showing increasing vulnerability to the coronavirus spread.Claims totaled 778,000 for the week ended Nov....
Home prices see biggest spike in 6 years in September
People walk into a house for sale in Floral Park, Nassau County, New York, on Sept. 6, 2020.Wang Ying | Xinhua News Agency | Getty ImagesStrong, Covid-induced demand from homebuyers...
Treasury yields move amid further vaccine developments
U.S. Treasury yields rose on Monday after news of an effective coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca and hopes that people in the U.S. could start being immunized in December.The yield on...
Trump loses Pennyslvania court case that sought to block Biden win
President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Detroit, Michigan.Jonathan Ernst | ReutersA federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday dismissed a lawsuit by...
CRISPR scientists claim identified genes that protect against Covid
COVID-19 Coronavirus molecule, March 24, 2020.CDC | API | Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesA team of CRISPR scientists at the New York Genome Center, New York University and Icahn School of...
Schools need to be ‘the last thing’ shut down
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Weekly jobless claims:
The pace of workers filing for unemployment claims picked up last week and was a bit higher than Wall Street had been expecting.Jobless claims totaled 742,000 for the week, ahead...
Apple will cut App Store fees by half to 15% for small developers
Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California on Monday, June 4, 2018.Josh Edelson | AFP |...
GoodRx stock plunges after Amazon announces push into pharmacy
GoodRx signage on the outside of the Nasdaq on the day of its IPO, September 23, 2020.Source: GoodRxShares of GoodRx, a company that finds users prescription drugs at a discount, plunged...
‘Gator Girl’ Christy Kroboth on massive alligator spotted in Florida
"Gator Girl" Christy Kroboth told CNBC that she thinks the massive alligator at a golf course in Naples, Florida was "real.""I've seen huge gators, the biggest one I ever caught...
DoorDash releases S-1 for IPO
Tony Xu, co-founder and chief executive officer of DoorDash Inc.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDoorDash, the leading food delivery app in the U.S., filed its IPO prospectus with...
Weekly jobless claims fall again in another sign of labor market improvement
First-time claims for unemployment insurance continued their decline last week, hitting another pandemic-era low in a sign that the labor market is gradually improving.The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless...
Supreme Court appears willing to keep Affordable Care Act
The Affordable Care Act seems likely to withstand its third challenge at the Supreme Court.During arguments in a case seeking to eliminate Obamacare, two of the court's conservatives on Tuesday...
Japanese lunar lander start-up ispace to open US office in Denver
Kursten O'Neill (left), U.S. lander program director, and Kyle Acierno, ispace U.S. CEO.ispaceJapanese lunar exploration start-up ispace on Monday announced plans to expand operations in the United States, saying it...