The futures traded lower across the board on Tuesday, the final trading day for November, after the markets bounced back from the shellacking of last Friday. The Nasdaq saw the biggest gains on Monday, while both the Dow Jones industrials and the S&P 500 closed higher as well. The chatter across Wall Street and in the financial media is still […]

U.S. stock futures declined sharply Tuesday as investors reassessed risks associated with the new Covid omicron variant. Wall Street saw a rebound Monday after Friday's plunge. Heading into the last day of November, the Dow was lower for the month, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq were higher for the month. (CNBC) * Oil slumps on jitters over vaccine efficacy […]

The public offer includes a reservation of shares worth ₹100 crore for employees. The issue, with a price band of ₹870-900 a share will open for public subscription between November 30 and December 2 Star Health and Allied Insurance Company on November 29 said it has raised a little over ₹3,217 crore from anchor investors ahead of its IPO on […]

The price of bitcoin climbed nearly 6% in the last 24 hours to $57,373, according to Coin Metrics data. Other digital assets also rose, with ether climbing 7% to $4,331 and XRP up 6% at around 98 cents. Bitcoin last week sank to its lowest level since early October, amid a broader sell-off on fears over the new coronavirus variant. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci, told President Joe Biden on Sunday it will take about two weeks to have definitive information on the new coronavirus variant Omicron that has sparked new travel restrictions and shaken financial markets.U.S. President Joe Biden looks on as he boards Air Force One at Nantucket Memorial Airport, in […]

Slideshow ( 2 images )PARIS (Reuters) -France’s Health Ministry said on Sunday it had detected eight possible cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant across the country after the government announced it would tighten restrictions to contain its spread. Omicron is potentially more contagious than previous variants, although experts do not know yet if it will cause more or less severe […]

The number of unfilled jobs in America is extremely high. One reason is that people are quitting their jobs at record levels. That figure hit 4.4 million in September. And the figures are amazing high in some states. In Hawaii, 7.1% of the working population quit jobs two months ago. The jobs situation is much worse for employers in several […]