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U.S. Equity Futures Advance Before Jobs Report: Markets Wrap

(Bloomberg) — U.S. equity futures rose ahead of data expected to show the biggest increase in jobs in five months. Most other markets were closed for Good Friday. The labor report for March has the potential to roil the bond market when trading will be thin during a holiday-shortened session. Treasuries will be open for a half-day session, while the New York Stock Exchange is closed today. The median economist estimate points to 650,000 gain in non-farm payrolls, which would indicate that the… Source link

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Stock futures open higher ahead of jobs report, market holiday

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Executives Under Scrutiny for Serial Miscues (Bloomberg) — Credit Suisse Group AG is still tallying the losses from its relationship to Lex Greensill and Bill Hwang’s Archegos Capital Management. But attention is likely to soon turn to accountability for a management team stung by serial fiascos. The bank has reactivated a special crisis committee — led by Chairman Urs Rohner and the heads of the audit and risk committees — to oversee the issues surrounding Credit… Source link

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Private employers added back 517,000 jobs in March, missing expectations: ADP

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Google Adding 10,000 Jobs This Year, Including Some In Chicago

FULTON MARKET — Google is gearing up to hire 10,000 workers across the country this year, including some in its expanding Chicago offices. Throughout 2021, Google plans to create the 10,000 full-time Google jobs in the U.S. as part of a $7 billion investment in offices and data centers nationwide, the company recently announced. “I believe a lasting economic recovery will come from local communities, and the people and small businesses that give them life,” said Sundar Pichai, CEO of… Source link

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Google Is Adding Thousands of Chicago Jobs as Part of Its 2021 U.S. Expansion

Google’s 210 N. Carpenter St. Office in Chicago. | Photo: Google Google isn’t just one of the largest tech companies in the Bay Area, it’s one of the world’s largest companies in general. But that’s not stopping it from getting even bigger. On Thursday, Google announced its major U.S. expansion plans for the year of 2021. This involves investing more than $7 billion into its offices and data centers across 19 states. It’s also planning to create at least 10,000 new… Source link

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Google picks Durham for engineering hub, aims to create 1,000 jobs

DURHAM – Internet giant Google will create an engineering hub focused on cloud computing and over time will create 1,000 jobs, the company announced early Thursday. “Today is an exciting day for Google Cloud in North Carolina. We help businesses and organizations digitally transform, and to meet this challenge, we need the most talented team possible and the Triangle region has some of the best and brightest engineers in the world,” said Marian Croak, vice president of… Source link

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Google to create engineering hub in Durham, add 1,000+ jobs

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) — Google Cloud will create an engineering hub in Durham, bringing more than 1,000 new jobs to the area. Google said it will initially sublease space in downtown Durham under an agreement with Duke University. However, the company is looking at several locations for its eventual home. “This is the right decision for Google. It is the right decision for North Carolina. Silicon Valley helped define the future of the Internet. Durham, North Carolina, will help define the… Source link

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Google will spend $7 billion and add 10,000+ jobs in 2021: CFO Ruth Porat

DANA POINT, CA – OCTOBER 19: Ruth Porat speaks onstage at the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit 2016 at Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel on October 19, 2016 in Dana Point, California. (Photo by Joe Scarnici/Getty Images for Fortune) Tech giant Google (GOOG, GOOGL) on Thursday announced it will spend $7 billion this year on an expansion of its U.S. facility footprint, adding at least 10,000 jobs across a host of cities, among them Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Chicago, and New York. The investment… Source link

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