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Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising in premarket trading as the stock market reacts to strong economic and jobs data.

Paul Chew at Phillip Securities has set Alphabet with a target price of $250 per share. That implies 37% upside from its current share price of $183 . It also implies a market value of $3 trillion.

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The U.S. consumer pushes back on recession fears. Despite the noise around tariffs and inflation fears, the U.S. economy ...

Burberry said on Friday its comparable retail sales fell by a smaller-than-expected 1% in the first quarter ended June 28, in ...

The earnings calendar turns to big consumer names, after banks provided the highlights earlier this week. GE Aerospace, ...

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Thursday's report showed a higher-than-expected increase in the value of retail sales receipts in June, suggesting that ...

The Census Bureau's Advance Retail Sales Report for June showed consumer spending was higher than expected last month, with ...

Spending rose at a faster clip than expected in June as American consumers once again bucked concern that a slowing economy ...

Stocks rose Thursday as investors responded to a flurry of quarterly earnings reports from major companies and better-than-expected retail sales data.