Introduction Things aren’t going so well anymore. The AI-fueled tech rally has stalled, and all eyes are now on the “real” economy, which is showing some serious cracks. The just-released unemployment numbers, for example, came in much lower than expected, with nonfarm payrolls indicating just 114 thousand new jobs in…

U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has agreed to an offer from Fox News to hold a debate with Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 4, he said in a post on Truth Social late on Friday.”Rules will be similar to the rules of my debate with Sleepy…

There’s a joke in Norway that people move here for two reasons: a job or love. I’m in the latter group. I met my Norwegian partner in my international Master’s program in Migration and Intercultural Relations.I decided to do my master’s in Europe after a post-college graduation gap year in…

The Weir Group PLC (OTCPK:WEIGF) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call July 30, 2024 3:00 AM ET Company Participants Jon Stanton – CEOBrian Puffer – CFO Conference Call Participants Andrew Wilson – JPMorganJonathan Hurn – BarclaysEdward Hussey – UBSKlas Bergelind – CitiBen Heelan – Bank of AmericaMax Yates – Morgan StanleyBruno…

Shortly after the opening bell, we will buy 50 shares of Broadcom at roughly $142.47. Following the trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 700 shares of AVGO, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 3.16% from 2.94%. The stock market is headed for another rough day as concerns about…

Job growth in the U.S. slowed much more than expected during July and the unemployment rate ticked higher, the Labor Department reported Friday.Nonfarm payrolls grew by just 114,000 for the month, down from the downwardly revised 179,000 in June and below the Dow Jones estimate for 185,000. The unemployment rate…

By Tracy Chen, CFA, CAIA The world watched expectantly as China completed its Third Plenum of the 20th Party Congress, looking for signs of a potential end to exported deflation and weak domestic growth. However, unlike the Third Plenums of 1978 and 2013, which ushered in new chapters of economic…

High-performers and women aren’t getting quality feedback in the workplace, and it could be driving them to quit.That’s according to a new analysis of more than 13,000 performance reviews across 250 U.S. workplaces from Textio, an AI-powered writing platform for HR teams.Quality of feedback is different from whether it’s positive…

If the Federal Reserve is starting to set the table for interest rate reductions, some parts of the market are getting impatient for dinner to be served.”What is it they’re looking for?” Claudia Sahm, chief economist at New Century Advisors, said on CNBC just after the Fed concluded its meeting…

By Min Joo Kang Trade surplus narrowed in July due to a rebound in imports Export growth accelerated to 13.9% YoY in July (vs 5.1% in June, 18.4% market consensus) mainly due to favourable calendar effects. Adjusting for working days, average daily exports moderated to 7.1% in July from 12.4%…