09:03 AM EST, 02/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Employment across Canada rose 76,000, tripling the consensus estimate for a 25,000 increase, said Desjardins following Friday's Labour Force Survey (LFS). With the strength in hiring coming despite a further slowdown in population growth, it was enough to push the unemployment rate down one tick to 6.6%, noted the bank. Adding to the...

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of State will host over 50 Super Bowl watch parties across six continents in support of the league's mission to bring Sunday's championship game to every corner of the globe. The matchup between the Chiefs and Eagles in New Orleans will be shown at gatherings in countries including Australia, Bolivia, Mongolia, Kuwait, China...

09:04 AM EST, 02/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Banco Santander (SAN) is not interested in acquiring Portuguese financial services company Novo Banco from private equity firm Lone Star, Bloomberg reported Friday. We don't want to buy Novo Banco, Santander CEO Pedro Castro e Almeida told reporters in Lisbon, Bloomberg reported. We want to grow organically. We're very profitable. Santander and Novo...

09:02 AM EST, 02/07/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer shares were mixed pre-bell Friday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP ) up 0.1% and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) 0.5% lower recently. Amazon.com ( AMZN ) reported higher Q4 earnings and net sales late Thursday while issuing Q1 net sales guidance below...