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New weekly jobless claims dropped from the prior week’s upwardly revised level to a fresh pandemic-era low last week, with the accelerating pace of COVID-19 vaccinations in the U.S. helping support the labor market’s recovery.  The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to consensus data compiled by Bloomberg: Initial jobless claims, week ended April 24: 553,000 vs. 540,000 expected… Source link

TipRanks Goldman Sachs: These 2 Stocks Are Poised to Double (or More) The new week kicked off on a negative note, as all 3 major indexes pulled back from record highs. After applauding recent strong economic data, the worsening global coronavirus situation appeared to have soured investor sentiment. But according to Goldman Sachs chief US equity strategist David Kostin, investors shouldn’t get too worked up. The overall trend remains upward, and Kostin points out that volatility – the… Source link

Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, celebrates after putting on the champion’s green jacket after winning the Masters golf tournament on Sunday, April 11, 2021, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) AUGUSTA, Ga. — Japan has its first ever green jacket and, for that matter, its first ever men’s major championship. On Sunday, Hideki Matsuyama, blazing a trail started by the likes of Jumbo Ozaki, Isao Aoki and Tommy Nakajima before him, ended the Japanese drought, winning the Masters.  Slipping on… Source link

Amazon (AMZN) has clinched victory against a union drive at its warehouse in Alabama, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) said Friday, striking a blow to labor organizers in a vote that captured national attention. The NLRB, which tallied the ballots, found that 1,798 votes were cast against the union and 738 were cast in favor. While 76 ballots were void and 505 were challenged, Amazon’s victory was decisive. The Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union, or RWDSU, said on Friday… Source link

TipRanks Buy These 2 Stocks Before They Jump 80%, Say Analysts Markets are back at record highs, resuming a year-to-date climb that was temporarily interrupted from mid-February through the first week of March. A series of interrelated factors have worked together to push stock values back up. First, the economy is reopening. This started last fall, but was slowed by a wave of corona infections during the winter. The rapidly expanding vaccination program has people confident now, and it looks… Source link

TipRanks Keep on Buying These 3 EV Stocks, Says Analyst Following Conference Investors are always on the lookout for the next big thing, the next industry that will bring the great returns. Predicting what stock sector will blast off is an inexact science, at best; but like politics, stocks run downstream from culture. And right now, culture is all-in for clean energy and electric cars. Observing the electric vehicle (EV) stock sector for Colliers Securities is industry expert Michael Shlisky…. Source link

World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has delivered an unlikely attack on China, voicing concerns the nation withheld vital Covid-19 data from Western experts. And he sensationally disputed remarks from both Chinese and Western experts from the mission to Wuhan earlier this year who dismissed the likelihood the virus had leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology. He called on the theory to be investigated further, despite the highly-anticipated delayed joint report from… Source link

It has been an eventful year for James Harden, but he still seems to be playing like James Harden. The Brooklyn Nets star posted 44 points, 14 rebounds and 8 assists on Friday against the Detroit Pistons in a 113-111 win, continuing a strong run for the Nets over the last month in the absence of Kevin Durant. In addition to Durant, the Nets were also missing Kyrie Irving due to a personal matter. That led to an interesting question after the game: Does Harden believe he belongs in the MVP… Source link

SparkToro Claims Are Misleading Significant Problems with SparkToro “Research” Statistics Without Context are Problematic SEO Community Questions Validity of SparkToro Zero Click Research Google Calls SparkToro Report Misleading and Lacking in Context Google Offers Four Examples of Context Search Community Divided But Generally Agrees With Google Ryan Jones tweeted: More Signal Less Noise Citations Google published an article aiming to debunk claims by SparkToro that only 35% of searches resulted… Source link

TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Stocks From Oppenheimer’s Top Analysts Both the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones average have closed at record highs, and the NASDAQ has reversed the brief foray it took into correction territory in the second week of March. The market gains reflect several factors: relief that the $1.9 trillion COVID aid bill passed Congress and was signed by the President; a general optimism that the ongoing vaccination program will allow a normal economic environment sooner rather… Source link