| | | Wall St. set to open higher on earnings optimism | | | (Reuters) - U.S. stock indexes looked set to open higher on Thursday, a day after all three major indexes closed at record highs, as investors waited for earnings to sustain the rally in technology stocks. |
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| | | U.S. jobless claims fall to near five-month low | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, touching its lowest level in nearly five months, suggesting another month of strong job growth. |
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| | | Bill Gross warns of recession risk if highly levered economies hike rates | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Highly levered domestic and global economies including the United States, which have "feasted" on easy monetary policies in recent years, cannot withstand a normalizing of short-term interest rates without running the risk of a recession, influential bond investor Bill Gross of Janus Henderson Investors warned on Thursday. |
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| | | Abbott raises full-year profit forecast | | | (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories on Thursday raised its full-year adjusted profit forecast as the diversified healthcare company gains from its $25 billion acquisition of St. Jude Medical. |
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| | | Citigroup says may need to create 150 jobs in EU due to Brexit | | | LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. bank Citigroup said on Thursday that it may need to create 150 new jobs in the European Union to deal with the impact of Britain leaving the bloc, as it confirmed it would headquarter its EU trading operations in Frankfurt. |
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| | | Sears to sell Kenmore appliances on Amazon | | | (Reuters) - Sears Holdings Corp said its Kenmore brand of home appliances would now be available on Amazon.com , sending the struggling retailer's shares up 7 percent in premarket trading on Thursday. |
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