US employers shrug off omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added a burst of 467,000 jobs in January despite a wave of omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many…
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Stoltenberg to become Norway’s next central bank governor
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will become Norway’s next central bank governor, officials said today. Stoltenberg’s tenure at NATO ends later this year….
Google to work with Ford on Detroit research hub
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. announced today that Google is joining the automaker’s effort to transform a once-dilapidated Detroit train station into a research hub…
Royal Caribbean: Q4 Earnings Snapshot
MIAMI — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported a loss of $1.36 billion in its fourth quarter. The company said it had a loss of…
Bristol Myers: Q4 earnings snapshot
NEW YORK — Bristol Myers Squibb Co. today reported fourth-quarter net income of $2.37 billion, after reporting a loss in the same period a year…
A likely poor jobs figure for January could prove temporary
WASHINGTON — Last month, U.S. employers might have shed jobs for the first time in about a year, potentially raising alarms about the economy’s trajectory….
Swing shift: Wall Street’s gyrations no cause for surprise
NEW YORK — What a wild ride. The stock market hasn’t been this crazy since — a couple of years ago. Yes, stocks have swerved…
Jobless claims fall for second straight week
WASHINGTON — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the second week in a row after three straight weeks of increases. Jobless claims fell by…
Bank of England hikes interest rates again as prices surge
LONDON — The Bank of England raised interest rates for the second time in three months today, putting the United Kingdom far ahead of the…
Europe’s central bank faces questions on curbing inflation
FRANKFURT, Germany — European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has the job of explaining why the bank isn’t raising interest rates despite record inflation as…