 |  | Apple sees strong holiday sales, smooth sailing for iPhone X |  | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Thursday reported better-than-expected earnings and offered a rosy forecast for the holiday shopping season, allaying investor concerns about production delays on the new iPhone X and demonstrating remarkable strength across its growing line of products and services. | |  |  |  | Futures rise with Apple ahead of jobs data |  | (Reuters) - Apple's upbeat results and strong initial demand for the new iPhone X put Wall Street on track for a strong opening on Friday, while investors watched out for October jobs data for clues on the strength of the labor market. | |  |  |  | World stocks pause, dollar creeps up ahead of payrolls |  | LONDON (Reuters) - World shares took a breather and the dollar crept up on Friday, as investors turned their attention to monthly U.S. jobs data after welcoming the appointment of a centrist to the helm of the country's central bank, the Federal Reserve. | |  |  |  | T-Mobile and Sprint work to save merger talks: WSJ |  | FRANKFURT (Reuters) - T-Mobile US and Sprint are working to salvage their $74 billion merger and could reach a deal within weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. | |  |  |  | GSK's R&D head to leave for top UK government job: source |  | LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline's research and development head Patrick Vallance is set to leave the drugmaker to become the British government's new chief scientific adviser, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. | |  |  |  | Toyota China sales likely to grow steadily but lag Japan rivals |  | BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp , Japan's biggest automaker by volume, has fallen to the No. 3 spot among Japanese automakers in China, due to lack of presence in a key segment – a situation experts say will likely prevail well past the middle of 2018. | |  |  |  | U.S. job growth seen surging after storm-related disruptions |  | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth likely rebounded sharply in October after hurricane-related disruptions depressed employment in September, in a move that could seal the case for an interest rate increase from the Federal Reserve in December even as wage growth probably slowed. | |  | |  |  | |  |  | Related Video | |  | |  | |  |  |  |  |  | Make sense of the market with highlights of valuable financial information and reports along with compelling investment insights. Register Today |  | |  |  |  | The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today |  | |  | » » MORE NEWSLETTERS |  | |