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August begins with investors looking to build on gains following the best month for U.S. equity markets since late 2020. In the week ahead, the July jobs report and a continued flood of corporate results will remain top of mind for investors. Friday’s employment data is expected to show nonfarm payrolls grew by 250,000 in July, while another 150 companies in the S&P 500 are set to report quarterly results in the coming week. Roughly 56% of names in the index have unveiled figures so far. U.S…. Source link

The owner of an ice cream shop in Mashpee told The Wall Street Journal that he’s struggling to hire employees.Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images Customers in a 45-minute line for a Massachusetts ice cream parlor, the owner told the WSJ. He told WSJ he expected the shop to be busy, but didn’t think there’d be no job applicants. The owner added that it was a “scary” position to be in ahead of peak summer season in June. The owner of an ice cream shop in Massachusetts said that… Source link

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner leaves a courtroom after a hearing, in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 13, 2022. Griner, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, was detained at the Moscow airport in February after vape cartridges containing oil derived from cannabis were allegedly found in her luggage, which could carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Brittney Griner appeared at a hearing in a Russian… Source link

Artwork by Casielle Santos-Gaerlan In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, Yahoo commissioned first generation Filipino-American illustrator and fine artist Casielle Santos-Gaerlan to re-imagine the Yahoo logo. Santos-Gaerlan, a Brooklyn native, sees the month of May as a chance to highlight the greatness of the community, but also as a chance to reflect on the progress still needed ahead. “It’s an opportunity to celebrate the stories of Asians, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders and how… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s favorite FAANG is mired in its worst monthly stock performance in two years and analysts are counting on earnings to pull it out of the tailspin. Most Read from Bloomberg Google owner Alphabet Inc. is down about 13% in April, erasing $237 billion in market value as jittery investors dump growth stocks amid fears of bigger and faster rate hikes thanks to rising inflation. One constant in the turmoil: analysts’ enthusiasm, with zero sell and hold recommendations… Source link

Housing activity slowed for a second straight month in March. Existing home sales fell 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted 5.77 million units in March from a month earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Home sales fell across all regions in the U.S. from February. The NAR also revised February existing home sales downward to 5.93 million from 6.02 million. The number of sales was down 4.5% from the same month a year ago. The results came in better than analysts’… Source link

Russian President Vladimir Putin.Pool Sputnik, AP Andrei Illarionov, Putin’s former chief economic adviser, was interviewed by the BBC. He said Putin would likely halt the Ukraine war if the West stopped buying Russian oil and gas. Many Western nations remain heavily reliant on Russian energy exports. Vladimir Putin’s former chief economic adviser has suggested that Russia would halt military operations in Ukraine “within a month or two” if Western countries stopped buying Russian oil and gas. In… Source link

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Google is sunsetting the URL Parameters tool in Search Console next month, the company confirms in an announcement today. There’s no action required for current users of the tool, Google states. That means you no longer need to do anything to specify the function of URL parameters on your site. The URL Parameters tool gave people the ability to specify how certain parameters affect the content on their site. Now, Google’s crawlers will learn how to deal with URL parameters… Source link

The housing market in the U.S. may finally be cooling off. Pending home sales, a leading indicator of the health of the housing market, declined for the fourth straight month. The National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) Pending Home Sales Index, which tracks the number of homes that are under contract to be sold, fell 4.1% in February from January and dropped 5.4% from the same month a year ago. The results were disappointing as analysts predicted a 1.0% increase in sales from a month… Source link