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Apple Delays 'three Days A Week In Office' Plan; Urges Staff To Wear Masks

Apple Inc. is delaying its latest plan to ask employees to come back to the office three days a week, but will continue with its plan of two days in office a week, Bloomberg reported. Citing an internal memo, the report also said the tech major is...

Walmart Q1 Profit Declines, Misses Estimates

FDA Urges Increased Imports Of Infant Formula To Meet Shortage

Australia Jobless Rate Eases To 3.9% In April

The unemployment rate in Australia came in at a seasonally adjusted 3.9 percent in April, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday - in line with expectations and down from 4.0 percent in March. The Australian economy added 4,000 jobs last...

Japan Core Machine Orders Jump 7.6% On Year In March

Japan Has Y839.2 Billion Trade Deficit In April

Biden Calls On Americans To Condemn White Supremacy

President Joe Biden has called on all Americans to condemn white supremacy. Biden made his call while delivering a speech at Grider Community Center in Buffalo, New York, after paying respect to the victims of Saturday's shooting at a Buffalo supermarket...

Sweden Takes First Step For NATO Membership

Ukrainian Troops Fighting Back Against Russian Military In Kharkiv

European Shares Set For Sluggish Start As Global Growth Worries Mount

European stocks look set to open on a sluggish note Thursday, as investors fret over the impact of the prolonged Ukraine-Russia war, higher interest rates and China's zero-COVID policy on global growth. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans said Wednesday...

Asian Markets A Sea Of Red On Tumbling Global Markets

Thai Stock Market Due For Profit Taking

COVID-19: Drugs in Development

European Shares Set For Sluggish Start As Global Growth Worries Mount

Asian Markets A Sea Of Red On Tumbling Global Markets

Tesla Removed From S&P 500 ESG Index

Cisco Systems Reports Mixed Q3 Results, Cuts FY22 Outlook; Shares Down

Retail Stocks Lead Sharp Pullback On Wall Street

Google's Russian Unit Files For Bankruptcy As Accounts Get Seized

U.S. Stocks Showing Substantial Move Back To The Downside

US Daily Covid Cases Cross 100K Mark For Seventh Day This Month

Mercedes-Benz Joins Aura Blockchain Consortium As The Fifth Founding Member

Finland And Sweden Apply For NATO Membership

UK GDP Growth Slows In Q1

The UK economy expanded at a slower pace in the first quarter on weaker spending amid the rising cost of living, data released by the Office for National Statistics showed on Thursday. Gross domestic product advanced 0.8 percent sequentially, slower than the 1.3 percent increase in the fourth quarter and the economists' forecast of +1.0 percent.

Asian Shares Slump As Inflation Fears Mount

Asian stocks plummeted on Thursday and the dollar held near a two-decade high after the latest U.S. inflation data strengthened the Fed's resolve to continue hiking rates by 50 basis points for at least three meetings. U.S. inflation edged down to...

European Shares Slide On Interest-rate Worries

European stocks fell sharply on Thursday after the latest U.S. inflation data suggested that Fed officials are likely to stick with their approach of raising rates by a half point at each of their next two-three meetings to tame high-flying inflation. Meanwhile,...

Philippine GDP Growth Beats Expectations In Q1

The Philippine economy registered a faster-than-expected growth in the first quarter as the Omicron wave faded and the relaxation of pandemic restrictions boosted a broad-based recovery, data published by the Philippine Statistics Authority showed Thursday. Gross domestic product grew 8.3 percent from the last year, while the rate was forecast to ease to 6.6 percent from 7.8 percent.

White House

As Cases Soar, Govt. Increases No. Of Free At-home Rapid Covid Tests

As the highly transmissible subvariants of Omicron drive a rise in cases in parts of the country, the Biden Administration announced that every home in the U.S. is now eligible to order a third round of free at-home rapid Covid diagnostic tests. U.S. households are now be able to order an additional eight free at-home tests at COVIDTests.gov, bringing the total number of free tests available to e

Action Plan To Boost Supply Of Affordable Housing In US

Biden Announces $10 Bln For Public Safety And Violence Prevention

Biden Hosts U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit

Economy

UK Inflation At 40-Year High

UK inflation jumped in April to surpass previous records, largely on food and fuel prices, signaling the high cost of living that is set to squeeze household incomes, and validating expectations for further tightening from the Bank of England this year. Inflation accelerated sharply to 9.0 percent in April from 7.0 percent in March, the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday.

European Economics Preview: UK Inflation Data Due

Eurozone GDP Logs Steady Growth In Q1

France Jobless Rate Falls Slightly In Q1

Thailand Q1 GDP Growth Improves More Than Expected

UK Jobless Rate Hits Lowest Since 1974

European Economics Preview: UK Labor Market Data Due

China Industrial Production, Retail Sales Weaken On Covid Restrictions

European Economics Preview: EU Spring Economic Forecast Due

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Slumps Much More Than Expected In May

Health

US Daily Covid Cases Cross 100K Mark For Seventh Day This Month

For the seventh day this month U.S. Covid daily cases crossed the dreaded 100,000 mark. With 112487 new cases reporting on tUESday, the total number of people infected with the killer bug in the country has risen to 82,731,284. With 349 additional Covid deaths, the total U.S. Covid casualties reached 1,000,207, crossing the tragic 1 million mark, as per Johns Hopkins University's latest data. Dr

Markets

Sensex, Nifty Follow Global Peers Lower On Inflation Concerns

Indian shares plunged on Thursday, mirroring weak cues from global markets amid fears that high inflation and the Fed's tightening monetary policy may weigh on corporate profit margins and consumer spending. The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex fell 962 points, or 1.8 percent, to 53,246 in early trade, while...

Business

TJX Q1 Profit Beats Estimates; Target Stock Falls As Profit Came In Well Below Expectations

The TJX Companies, Inc. (TJX) said its first-quarter pretax profit margin and earnings per share, each on an adjusted basis, exceeded its plans even though sales were slightly below planned range. Adjusted pretax margin was 9.4%, excluding a 1.9 percentage point charge related to a write-down of the...

Stock Alerts

OTR Acquisition Gains 11%

Doximity Shares Continue Downward Trend

Carter's Shares Slip 7%

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Slips 8%

Five Below Falls 7%

Latest Updates on COVID-19

US Daily Covid Cases Cross 100K Mark For Seventh Day This Month

As Cases Soar, Govt. Increases No. Of Free At-home Rapid Covid Tests

U.S. Daily Covid Cases Cross 100K Mark Once Again

U.S. Covid Hospitalizations Jump 21% In A Fortnight

US Covid Infections Increase By 59% In A Fortnight

COVID-19: Drugs in Development

Cryptocurrency

Mercedes-Benz Joins Aura Blockchain Consortium As The Fifth Founding Member

Luxury car maker Mercedes-Benz has become the first car maker to join the Aura Blockchain Consortium as its fifth founding member, with the other four members being fashion brands. The consortium was founded by LVMH, Prada Group and Cartier, part of Richemont, in April 2021, with OTB Group joining in October 2021, and launched Aura SaaS, a game-changing cloud-based SaaS solution. Read More

FDA Monitor

Biotech Stocks Facing FDA Decision In May 2022

The FDA decision on Amicus Therapeutics' (FOLD) New Drug Application for Miglustat, one of the two components of AT-GAA, proposed for adult patients with Pompe disease, is slated for May 29. Read More

Biotechnology

Teleflex Receives Health Canada Approval Of MANTA Vascular Closure Device

Medical technologies firm Teleflex Inc. (TFX) announced Wednesday that it received Health Canada approval for the MANTA Vascular Closure Device, the first commercially available biomechanical vascular closure device designed specifically for large bore... Read More

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Economic Calendar

Date	Indicator	Period	Country
05/19/22 0:30	Unemployment Rate	APR	Netherland
05/19/22	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	Italy
05/19/22	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	Italy
05/19/22	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	Italy
05/19/22	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	Greece
05/19/22	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	Greece

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