As investors return from the Thanksgiving-shortened trading week, focus will shift to the U.S. labor market. The Labor Department’s monthly jobs report due for release on Friday is set to provide an updated snapshot of the strength in hiring and labor force participation in the U.S. economy. Consensus economists are looking for a half-million jobs to have returned in November, with the pace of hiring slowing only slightly from October’s 531,000 gain. The unemployment rate is also expected to… Source link

BATON ROUGE, La. — Back when LSU’s bowl chances appeared slim and none, Ed Orgeron described blue skies and white beaches as the ideal setting for his final game coaching the Tigers. Orgeron is headed to the beach with his girlfriend, but not in any official capacity. “I’m packing to go to Destin,” Orgeron said. “I’ll be there tomorrow.” Orgeron will not coach LSU in a bowl game, he announced following Saturday’s 27-24 win over No. 14 Texas A&M in Death Valley. The Tigers (6-6, 3-5… Source link

Frisco-based carpooling app TreadShare is now available in the App and Google Play stores. The app was started by Erwin Germain, who moved to Colorado in 2015 from the French and Swiss Alps. Germain was surprised to learn that the state didn’t have a carpooling system, which he said he used all the time when living in Europe. The app’s been in development since 2019 and is officially live and ready to be used. It works like this: Colorado residents can upload their… Source link

By Arriana McLymore and Richa Naidu    RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) – U.S. shoppers spent slightly less online during Black Friday this year, with many venturing back to physical stores despite coronavirus fears, tight supplies, and retailers’ efforts to encourage earlier holiday purchases.    For the first time ever, spending online during Black Friday – traditionally one of the biggest shopping days of the year – fell, reversing the growth of recent years, according to data from… Source link

Walmart heirs to candy conglomerates: These are the 25 richest families in the US The new film House of Gucci may be a sensational story of madness, glamour and greed, but you don’t need to look far to find equivalents here in the U.S. The wealthiest dynasties in America have also seen many bitter battles over inheritance and power, though some have quietly risen to the ranks of the elite without too much media scrutiny. Last year Forbes released a list of the richest families in the country,… Source link

PALO ALTO, Calif., Nov. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM), the next generation, insured, asset-backed cryptocurrency, in partnership with Unico NFT, is launching an NFT marketplace that features thousands of digital artwork that can be bought and sold exclusively with Bitcoin (BTC) and Bitcoin Latinum (LTNM). This is the world’s first platform that enables the option of buying, selling and trading NFTs using cryptocurrencies other than Ethereum type currencies. Using a… Source link

Can-Am F3-S Special Series Throughout the pandemic, motorcycle brands such as Harley-Davidson (HOG) saw a surprising boost in sales as Americans gravitated toward outdoor leisure activities en masse. Among the motorcycle manufacturers experiencing a heyday in growth in North American markets, Can-Am On-Road makes motorcycles that ride on three wheels instead of two. “Can-Am On-Road [has performed] two times better than the motorcycle industry average,” Can-Am On-Road Director of Global… Source link

It seems among the investor community, all everyone talks about are the EV (electric vehicle) stocks – and only the big ones at that – Tesla (TSLA), Rivian (RIVN), and Lucid (LCID). One EV company that’s been flying under the radar, that is until it had big news at this year’s Los Angeles Auto show is Fisker Inc (FSR). Fisker, founded and run by legendary automotive designer Henrik Fisker, unveiled the production version of its Ocean EV SUV.  Overall it’s a competitive package, penned by… Source link

Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says the next decline will be ‘bigger and better’ than anything in US history — here are 3 of his safe haven stock picks Jeremy Grantham, legendary investor and pioneer of index fund investing, expects today’s sky-scraping stock market to come crashing back to earth. Grantham recently told Bloomberg that investors, who enthusiastically drove the stock market to new heights during a global recession, are in for a shock. “When the decline comes, it will… Source link

Google Assistant is great, but it is much more powerful than a voice-assisted search engine that can tell you the weather on demand. Assistant is also capable of remembering certain phrases you say and triggering selected actions every time you say them. This is possible thanks to a feature called Routines. Here’s how you too can set up Google Assistant routines on your phone and automate basic tasks on the command of your voice. How to set up Routines on Google Assistant Step 1: Navigate… Source link