Fox Business Flash top headlines for December 6 Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Prices at the gas pump have dipped once again, and they're likely to drop even more, according to an industry expert. Currently, the average price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. is $3.347, Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, told […]
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Markets News Company News Cryptocurrency News Political News City Economic Recovery Tracker NYC Recovery Index Personal Finance News Trends U.S. employers added only 210,000 jobs in November, far fewer than economist estimates for gains of around 550,000, while the unemployment rate ticked lower to 4.2% from 4.6%. The number of unemployed persons fell by 542,000 to 6.9 million, according to […]
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Shares of Coupa Software Incorporated (COUP) slipped over 9% in extended trading session on Monday after the software company reported its third-quarter results. Third-quarter loss widened to $91.2 million or $1.23 per share from $60.8 million or $0.88 per share last year. Adjusted profit for the quarter rose to $23.5 million or $0.31 per share from $13.0 million or $0.18 […]
Read moreIRS bank reporting proposal ‘will end up getting dropped’: Laperriere Cornerstone Macro Head of U.S. Policy Research Laperriere discusses the IRS bank account controversy, reconciliation bill price tag, tax increases and climate change proposals. Tens of millions of Americans could see their bank account information swept up and reported to the Internal Revenue Service under a deeply controversial proposal from […]
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The euro area unemployment rate dropped marginally in October as the economy continued to expand despite supply bottlenecks, data from Eurostat showed on Thursday. The jobless rate came in at 7.3 percent, as expected, and down from 7.4 percent in September. In the same period last year, the unemployment rate was 8.4 percent. The number of unemployed decreased 64,000 from […]
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After reporting an unexpected improvement in U.S. consumer confidence in the previous month, the Conference Board released a report on Tuesday showing consumer confidence deteriorated in the month of November. The Conference Board said its consumer confidence index fell to 109.5 in November from a downwardly revised 111.6 in October. Economists had expected the index to dip to 110.7 from […]
Read moreLowering your student loan payments may be easier than you think. If you’re struggling to manage student loan debt, these 10 strategies may help. (iStock) A whopping 44.5 million people have student loan debt in the U.S., with more than $1.5 trillion owed, according to U.S. Chamber of Commerce data. Those loan payments can be burdensome, making it harder to […]
Read moreTeacher fears job loss over critical race theory opposition Public school teacher Ramona Bessinger says she’s being harassed for speaking out against critical race theory. As Nikole Hannah-Jones' new book is topping some best-seller lists, she has used the 1619 Project as a platform to charge what a critic calls "exorbitant" speaking fees to schools across the country. Her book, […]
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Why has the latest Bill regarding digital currencies, which is to be tabled in Parliament, caused widespread distress among crypto-investors? The story so far: A bill that the Centre is set to introduce in the Winter Session of Parliament has got investors in cryptocurrencies worried. The prices of cryptocurrencies across the board fell by as much as 20% after news […]
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