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‘Adding sexual orientation and gender identity to national data collection systems would be a major step toward monitoring disparities.’

Total consumer credit rose $18.9 billion in December, down from a $38.8 gain in the prior month.

AMD, Schwab and Apple are among the S&P 500 companies increasing sales and improving profit margins.

Fastenal Co. disclosed Monday that while its total workforce increased by 0.7% last year, but fell 1.6% in the U.S. The maker of fasteners, tools and manufacturing supplies said in its 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it had 20,507 full and part-time employees worldwide as of Dec. 31, 2021, up from 20,365 employees at the end of 2020. Included in the total for 2021 was 16,548 employees located in the U.S., down from 16,820 a year ago. Meanwhile the number of employees located in Canada and Mexico rose 12.8% to 2... Читать дальше...

Oil futures ended with a loss on Monday, with U.S. benchmark prices pulling back after ending last week at their highest since September 2014. Momentum in oil prices has been stabilizing on signs that nuclear talks between the U.S.-Iran appear to be "making positive noise," said Pat Thaker, editorial director, Middle East & Africa at Economist Intelligence Unit. President Joe Biden's decision to restore some sanction waivers and the inability of OPEC+ to hit output targets "could ease the market tightness... Читать дальше...

Shares of General Electric Co. rallied 1.3% Monday toward their longest winning streak in nearly six years, but they remained well below recent peak of just three weeks ago. GE's stock started its current win streak after it closed at $89.32 on Jan. 26, which was the lowest close since Feb. 1, 2021, one day after GE reported fourth-quarter results. The industrial conglomerate's stock has now run up 12.3% during its current streak, which would be the longest since the 10-day stretch that ended July 19, 2016. Читать дальше...

Gold futures climbed on Monday to post their biggest single-session gain in nearly three weeks. "My sense is the inflation narrative is starting to take over from the [U.S. dollar] and Treasury yields as the key driver --- and hence the strong showing," said Ross Norman, chief executive officer at Metals Daily. "Gold has benefitted from the sentiment that the Fed is getting seriously behind the curve and the chance of a policy error are manifestly higher," he said. April gold rose $14, or 0.8%... Читать дальше...

New Jersey Gov. Phillip Murphy is planning to announce later Monday that he is scrapping the face mask mandate for students and school employees starting the second week in March, according to media reports.

The merger’s impact on airline customers will ultimately depend on how much consolidation occurs.

Astra joins SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic as companies that have recently launched vehicles into space.

Lawmakers are expected to act as soon as this week to head off a Feb. 18 deadline for a government shutdown, with a top House Democrat saying a short-term funding bill is in the works.

Bitcoin rose above $44,000 briefly on Monday, continuing the momentum higher over its gains on Friday and the weekend.

Shares of Peloton Interactive Inc. were surging Monday following reports indicating that Amazon.com Inc. and others have shown interest in acquiring the maker of connected exercise equipment, which has seen its stock crunched in recent months amid a slowing of demand.

This reader also asks for a 'decent amount of diversity.'

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Cruise stocks surged Monday, and were among the biggest gainers in the S&P 500 , in the wake of Royal Caribbean Group's earnings report in which the cruise operator Chief Executive Jason Liberty said "we are past COVID." Shares of Royal Caribbean's ran up 6.9% in midday trading, Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. hiked up 6.3% and Carnival Corp. climbed 5.2%, to be the second-third-fourth biggest gainers in the S&P 500, which slipped 0.2%. Royal Caribbean's stock had dropped 4.8% on Friday... Читать дальше...

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Coronavirus Update: New Jersey's governor set to lift school mask mandate

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Boeing leads the way as Dow industrials post 100-point gain early Monday

Southwest Airlines Co. disclosed Monday that it had 55,100 active fulltime equivalent employees as of Dec. 31, 2021, which is down 2.5% from the same time a year ago. The air carrier said in its 10-K annual report filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its current workforce consisted of 23,500 flight employees, down 4.1% from 24,500 a year ago; 21,000 ground, customer and fleet service employees, up 7.7% from last year; 3,200 maintenance employees, up 6.7% from a year ago; and 7,400 management... Читать дальше...

Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. that ZimVie Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary that is being spun off into a separate, publicly traded company will have $1.0 billion in revenue in 2022, which will be about the same as 2021. ZimVie, which is expected to begin trading as a standalone entity on March 1, is also expected to have adjusted earnings per share of $2.10 to $2.30 in 2022. Zimmer Biomet had announced in February 2021 it's intent to spin off its spine and dental businesses. The company said it... Читать дальше...

Investors this week will be closely watching for the latest reading on U.S. inflation, which has been running hot against the backdrop of a volatile stock market in 2022.

Our call of the day from a JPMorgan private banker has more than one bone to pick with bitcoin enthusiasts.

Yields for two-and 10-year debt edged slightly lower on Monday after hitting their highest levels in years on Friday, following a jobs report.