 | | | | The dollar gained on Thursday against a basket of currencies, erasing earlier losses, boosted by better jobs and housing data, and as U.S. Treasury yields rose. | | | | | | The Dow was weighed down on Thursday by a collapse in IBM shares after a disappointing quarterly report, but the Nasdaq gained and the S&P 500 index touched a record high with help from high-profile stocks such as Tesla Inc . | | | | | | The ransomware group REvil was itself hacked and forced offline this week by a multi-country operation, according to three private sector cyber experts working with the United States and one former official. | | | | | | Walmart's Mexico unit on Thursday said its third quarter net profit rose more than 20% compared with the year before, reaching 11 billion pesos ($535.3 million). | | | | | | Hedge funds that invested in the blank-check acquisition company that made a $875 million deal to merge with former U.S. President Donald Trump's new social media venture are set to make five times their investment, regulatory filings show. | | | | | | The U.S. Federal Reserve on Thursday banned individual stock purchases by top officials at the central bank and unveiled a broad set of other restrictions on their investing activities roughly six weeks after reports of active trading by some senior policymakers triggered an ethics uproar. | | | | | | Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc beat estimates for quarterly same-store sales on Thursday as COVID-19 vaccinations and its new menu items encouraged more people to dine out at its restaurants despite higher prices. | | | | | | Snap Inc on Thursday fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue as the company said privacy changes implemented by Apple Inc on iOS devices hurt the company's ability to target and measure its digital advertising, sending its shares down 25%. | | | | | | Australia's Macquarie Group Ltd said on Thursday its asset management division has agreed to acquire investment advisory firm Central Park Group to expand in the U.S. wealth management market. | | | | | | Mattel Inc on Thursday raised its 2021 sales forecast, saying it would overcome industry-wide shipping disruptions to ring in a strong holiday season steered by Barbie and Hot Wheels, sending its shares up 6% in extended trading. | | | | | |
