Online shoppers spent more than $200 billion for the holidays for the second-straight year, breaking another record, with sales spiking above $11 billion on Cyber Monday alone, according to data Read more
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Putin orders 36-hour weekend cease-fire in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday ordered Moscow’s armed forces to hold a 36-hour cease-fire in Ukraine this weekend for the Russian Orthodox Christmas holiday, the Kremlin said. The order Read more
Michigan Democratic Sen. Stabenow says she won’t seek re-election
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, on Thursday said she won’t seek re-election. Stabenow said in a Twitter post: “Inspired by a new generation of leaders, I have decided to Read more
U.S. Economic Calendar – MarketWatch
The median forecasts in this calendar come from surveys of economists conducted by Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal. All statistics in this calendar are in expressed in Read more
ADP says 235,000 private-sector jobs created in December
The numbers: Private-sector employment rose by 235,000 in December, payroll processor ADP said Thursday, in a sign that many companies are still hiring and the labor market remains strong. Economists Read more
House adjourns until Thursday as new rounds of voting keep failing to elect speaker
The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday night to adjourn until 12:30 p.m. Eastern on Thursday, with the move coming as lawmakers have been unable to elect a new Read more
As EU works to coordinate response to China’s COVID wave, Beijing and airlines are unhappy
European Union officials were working Wednesday to coordinate a response to China’s current surge of COVID cases and were likely to agree on travel restrictions that may upset both Beijing Read more
U.S job openings stay high at 10.5 million and show labor market still very strong
The numbers: Job openings in the U.S. fell slightly to 10.46 million in November, but workers were still quitting in droves in a sign the labor market remains quite strong — Read more
Damar Hamlin supporters have contributed $6 million to a GoFundMe campaign
Long before Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest during Monday night’s NFL game against the Cincinnati Bengals in Cincinnati, he was behind a 2020 GoFundMe campaign to Read more
New omicron subvariant has become dominant in U.S., climbing to about 41% of cases from 1.3% at the start of December
XBB.1.5 accounted for 40.5% of all cases in the week through Dec. 31, outstripping the two former dominant strains, BQ.1.1 and BQ.1. The former accounted for 26.9% of cases, while Read more