Thanksgiving
This week we celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday that commemorates a meal the Pilgrims shared with Native Americans who provided food and resources the colonizers needed to survive the first winter the year they arrived on these shores more than 400 years ago. All was not sweetness and light as the myth surrounding the holiday suggests. […]
An estimated 228,000 travelers are expected to flow through Los Angeles International Airport Sunday as the busy Thanksgiving getaway period draws to a close. LAX officials said a total of 2.5 million passengers were expected during the period that began Nov. 16 and ends Sunday. That’s just below the number that used the airport during […]
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. US online shopping hit record highs on Thanksgiving Day and is expected to surge through the holiday weekend, as Black Friday sales fuel bumper consumer spending in the world’s biggest economy. Shoppers spent more than […]
2 hours ago Image caption, SpongeBob SquarePants was among the characters to feature this year People have packed the streets of New York for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade – which also saw protesters glue themselves to the ground. Balloons depicting SpongeBob SquarePants, Ronald McDonald, and Paw Patrol were seen in the streets – along […]
[1/7]People demonstrate during the 95th Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing Rights
By William Watts Investors can pause to give thanks for a November stock-market rally on Thursday. U.S. markets will be closed for Thanksgiving Day. But while employees of many non-retail businesses will stretch the holiday into a four-day weekend, taking off Black Friday, markets will see a partial day of trading on the day after […]
In the U.S. markets were closed. In Europe, the Stoxx Europe 600 climbed 0.1% in morning trading. alstria office REIT rose 6.3% and Huhtamaki rose 2.7%. On the other hand, Orpea lost 5.7%, and Atos slipped 3.4%. The FTSE 100 added 0.2%. Other stocks in Europe were up as France’s CAC 40 increased 0.1% and […]
photo by: Emma Delk West Liberty University President Tim Borchers, right, and his wife, Suzanne Williams, chop and peel vegetables for a dish that will be served at Thanksgiving dinner today. The university’s first family has invited 17 students that will be spending the holiday on campus to dine at their […]
MARKET WRAPS Watch For: Flash PMI for EU, U.K., France, Germany; EU ECB Executive Board Member Isabel Schnabel speaks at Porto Business School anniversary dinner, ECB accounts of its last monetary policy discussions; U.K. Consumer confidence survey; Germany Deutsche Bundesbank financial stability review; France business sentiment index; trading updates from FirstGroup, Currys, Intertek Group
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