| | The S&P 500 ended a volatile session close to unchanged on Thursday, as technology shares fell but financials lent support a day after the market sold off on a hawkish slant in Federal Reserve minutes. | | | GameStop Corp is launching a division to develop a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFT) and establish cryptocurrency partnerships, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, sending its shares up 16% in extended trade. | | | Pure electric cars are making all the headlines, but their gasoline-electric hybrid rivals quietly achieved record sales in the United States last year, industry data showed. | | | The New York Times Co said on Thursday it has agreed to buy subscription-based sports site the Athletic for $550 million in cash, as the 170-year-old newspaper looks to bolster its digital offerings. | | | Twenty months after a global health crisis hobbled the U.S. economy, recent data - along with a hawkish turn from the Federal Reserve - is implying the labor market is approaching a complete recovery from the pandemic. | | | Alaska Airlines, a unit of Alaska Air Group , said on Thursday it will reduce its flight departures by about 10% through the end of January, due to a surge in Omicron infections and a rise in employees calling in sick. | | | The S&P 500 ended a volatile session close to unchanged on Thursday, with financials among sectors lending support a day after the market sold off on a hawkish slant in Federal Reserve minutes. | | | U.S. Treasuries are facing a perfect storm that could send benchmark yields to their highest level in almost two years, as investors fret over a more hawkish Federal Reserve, surging inflation and a deluge of supply. | | | Alarmed by the persistence of uncomfortably high inflation, even the most dovish of U.S. central bankers now agree that they will need to tighten policy this year; the debate is no longer about whether, but how quickly. | | | Shares of Royal Caribbean Cruises were down about 3% on Thursday after short seller Hindenburg Research said on Twitter it had bet against the cruise line operator. | | | | |