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Oregon officials blame pet-food company as house cat dies after being fed from package that tested positive for bird flu
PORTLAND, Ore. — An Oregon house cat died after eating pet food that tested positive for bird flu, Oregon authorities said, prompting a recall of raw frozen pet food that was sold nationwide.
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Dow down 100 points in holiday-thinned trade
U.S. stocks opened lower on Thursday as the market reopened following the Christmas holiday. Here is where stocks stood shortly after the opening bell: The S&P 500 was off by 13 points, or 0.2%, at ...
Tech investor casts doubt on AI/nuke stocks
Efforts to fuel AI's ravenous appetite for power have seen some big technology companies ink deals in the nuclear sector this year -- Alphabet's Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Developers of small ...
Toyota Shares Rise After Report of Plan to Double Profitability Metric
Toyota Motor's American depositary receipts are trading higher following a report that the automaker aims to double a key profitability metric. The stock was up 6.9% at $193.90 just after the opening ...
TScan Shares Jump 23% on Securities Purchase Agreement
TScan Therapeutics shares jumped 23% in premarket trading after a $30 million registered direct offering. Shares were trading around $3.58. The stock is down about 50% on the year.
Assembly Biosciences Shares Rise on Results from Hepatitis B Drug Trial
Shares of Assembly Biosciences advanced after the company reported encouraging results from a clinical trial of its treatment for the hepatitis B virus. The stock was up 5.2% at $15.49 in premarket ...
Holiday spending rose 3.8%, with apparel and restaurants strong: Mastercard
Holiday spending rose 3.8% from a year ago, topping last year’s growth, as consumers were “willing and able” to spend, if ...
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Analyst hikes Apple price target after stock hits record high
Wedbush technology sector analyst Daniel Ives already had the highest price target for the iPhone maker among Wall Street analysts, but on Thursday he boosted it further on an expected surge in ...
Dow futures lower, Treasury yields higher, after jobless claims
Stock index futures ticked lower in thin post-holiday trade on Thursday following the latest weekly report on jobless claims. Data showed the number of Americans applying for first-time benefits ...
Oil prices climb on Chinese stimulus hopes
Crude oil prices climbed on Thursday as hopes for more Chinese government stimulus helped boost demand for the commodity.
Student-loan borrowers will need to brace for change in 2025. Here are 5 of the biggest shifts.
Experts warn that more borrowers could face garnishment of their Social Security checks, tax refunds and wages as ...
GameStop and MicroStrategy on the move
These were the stocks moving the most ahead of Thursday's market open: Shares of GameStop rose over 3%. Some pointed to a Christmas Day post on X by influential trader Keith Gill, also known as ...