NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will hire 150,000 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees across its warehouses ahead of the holiday season. The announcement, made Thursday, shows the e-commerce behemoth is taking a less conservative approach to its holiday planning than Walmart, which said last month it would hire 40,000 U.S. workers for the holidays, compared…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates ticked down modestly this week after six straight weeks of gains pushed rates to heights not seen in more than a decade, before a crash in the housing market triggered the Great Recession in 2008. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average on the key…
PRAGUE (AP) — The leaders of historic foes Turkey and Armenia on Thursday held their first face-to-face meeting since the two countries agreed to improve relations. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Prague on the sidelines of a summit by the leaders of 44 countries to launch a European…
By Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices held near three-week highs on Thursday after OPEC+ agreed to tighten global crude supply with a deal to cut production targets by 2 million barrel per day (bpd), the largest reduction since 2020. Brent crude futures gained 15 cents, or 0.2%, to $93.52 per barrel by 1340…
Peloton is looking to trim hundreds of jobs as the company continues to reorganize its business which has stalled as the coronavirus-related surge fades. The maker of high-end exercise equipment plans to cut approximately 500 jobs, or about 12% of its workforce. “A key aspect of Peloton’s transformation journey is optimizing efficiencies and implementing cost…
WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, the largest number in four months, but the labor market remains strong in the face of persistent inflation and a slowing overall U.S. economy. Jobless claims for the week ending Oct. 1 rose by 29,000 to 219,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The previous…
(Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures tracking the Nasdaq index turned positive on Thursday, after data showed an increase in weekly jobless claims, in a sign that could suggest the Federal Reserve may need to ease its aggressive monetary tightening cycle. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield moved lower following the report, supporting rate-sensitive growth stocks…
(Reuters) – Peloton Interactive is planning to cut about 12% of its remaining workforce, in its fourth round of layoffs this year, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing a company statement. The 500 job cuts were announced to staff on Thursday, the newspaper reported, adding the reductions will leave Peloton with roughly 3,800…
(Reuters) -Starting the day with a cup of coffee has become more expensive, the European Union’s statistics office said on Thursday, highlighting a jump in the price of the staple along with those of sugar and milk. “Recent price rises might make this morning staple almost a luxury,” Eurostat said, reporting that coffee prices had…
PARIS (AP) — Under the watchword “Every gesture counts,” the French government launched an energy-saving drive Thursday to get the country through the winter without natural gas from Russia and closer to the European Union targets of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. The French push for “energy sobriety,” months in the planning, dovetails with gas-…
