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New weekly unemployment claims retreated only slightly from last week’s elevated level as the coronavirus pandemic continued to grip the U.S. economy. The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main results from the report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended Jan. 16: 900,000 vs. 935,000 expected and a revised 926,000 during the prior week Continuing claims, week… Source link

Thursday, January 21, 2021 Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe No matter who is president of the United States. On Wednesday, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Also on Wednesday: all three major U.S. stock market indexes closed at record highs. And as happens before, during, and after any presidential election cycle, investors have recently been bombarded with data about how stocks perform under all… Source link

The season hasn’t gotten off to the smoothest start, but we’re chugging along in this condensed NHL campaign. We’re going to have to make calls on players sooner than normal, because with less games on the slate we can’t wait as long for a robust sample size to arrive. For Thursday, we have six games, including the Canucks and Canadiens running it back for the second night in a row. There was supposed to be seven, but the Hurricanes and Panthers had their game called because of COVID issues… Source link

After a busy Wednesday, things quiet down in the NBA on Thursday with just three games on the schedule. Their will be plenty of stars available in DFS, though, with the Lakers, Bucks and Pelicans all in action. Let’s discuss some players across the salary scale to consider, as well as some to potentially avoid. GUARDS Jordan Clarkson, UTA vs. NO ($20): Clarkson has been the engine that moves the Jazz’s second unit. He’s averaged 17.6 points and 3.1 three-pointers a game thanks to what would be… Source link

TipRanks Are These 3 Electric Car Stocks Still Worth Buying? Analyst Weighs In Electric cars are growing in popularity, a trend fueled by social acceptance, the green mentality, and a recognition that the internal combustion engine does have its flaws. Some of those flaws are addressed by electric vehicles (EVs). They bring lower emissions, less pollution from the car, and the promise of high performance off the mark. For the present, the main drawbacks are the high cost and relatively short… Source link

Kyrie Irving couldn’t help but laugh when Brooklyn’s video game numbers were presented to him. He also admitted to laughing when Collin Sexton spoiled the debut of the most intriguing trio in the NBA with a career night — in Irving’s signature shoes, at that. Some new days have executive orders trying to erase damage from the past while other new days present all the work that’s yet to be done. The Nets are clearly in the latter, evidenced by the Cleveland Cavaliers outlasting them in… Source link

The Guardian NFL conference championship picks: Brady v Rogers, and a Chiefs shock Two decorated veterans face off at Lambeau Field, while the best of the next generation play in Kansas City. Who makes the Super Bowl? Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers met earlier this season and the Buccaneers emerged as victors. Photograph: Mark LoMoglio/AP Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Green Bay PackersSunday, 3.05pm ET/8.05pm GMT What the Buccaneers need to do to win: Surprisingly for two quarterbacks who have ruled… Source link

The world’s first trillionaire will be a green-tech entrepreneur. New York Times veteran tech journalist Kara Swisher boldly declared this a year ago–right before the outbreak of a pandemic that would hasten our transition to clean energy … and that would exponentially increase the mountains of money piling into stocks that are in any way tied to a cleaner, better future.  Governments the world over are pushing a green industrial revolution … and even giant oil traders are scrambling… Source link

TipRanks Are These 3 Electric Car Stocks Still Worth Buying? Analyst Weighs In Electric cars are growing in popularity, a trend fueled by social acceptance, the green mentality, and a recognition that the internal combustion engine does have its flaws. Some of those flaws are addressed by electric vehicles (EVs). They bring lower emissions, less pollution from the car, and the promise of high performance off the mark. For the present, the main drawbacks are the high cost and relatively short… Source link

Every year around this time, the NFL coaching carousel winds down. And every year around this time, the league’s stunning lack of diversity in its front-facing leadership positions rears its ugly head. This year is no different. Oh, we’ve got a bit of a respite at the general manager spot, as two African Americans — Brad Holmes and Terry Fontenot — have been named general managers of the Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons, respectively. That brings the league-wide total of Black GMs to… Source link