09:02 AM EST, 12/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Ferguson's (FERG) fiscal first-quarter earnings declined on an annual basis and sales fell short of Wall Street estimates amid continued weakness in certain commodity categories while the company reiterated its full-year revenue growth outlook. The UK-based plumbing and heating products company on Tuesday posted adjusted earnings of $2.45 per share, down from $2.65...

08:58 AM EST, 12/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- One under-reported aspect of the latest North American jobs data was that Canada's unemployment rate is now a hefty 2.6 percentage points above the United States rate at 6.8% versus 4.2%, noted Bank of Montreal (BMO). Aside from a couple of episodes during the wildness of the pandemic years, that's the widest gap...

08:55 AM EST, 12/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Consumer shares were leaning higher pre-bell Tuesday with the Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLP ) and the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund ( XLY ) flat. Academy Sports and Outdoors ( ASO ) shares slid 3.6% after the company reported lower adjusted earnings and net sales for fiscal Q3....

09:01 AM EST, 12/10/2024 (MT Newswires) -- (Updates to include Boeing's ( BA ) response in the fourth paragraph.) Boeing ( BA ) resumed production of its 737 MAX aircraft last week almost a month after a nearly eight-week strike, Reuters reported Monday, citing three unnamed sources familiar with the matter. Production of the jet resumed on Friday, the report...