Retail sales jumped 0.7% in March, much higher than expected

Rising inflation in March didn’t deter consumers, who continued shopping at a more rapid pace than anticipated, the Commerce Department reported Monday. Retail sales increased 0.7% for the month, considerably faster than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.3% rise though below the upwardly revised 0.9% in February, according to Census Bureau data that … Read more

Singapore tech salaries for data scientists, cybersecurity jumped in 2023

Young Group Of Professionals Developing Business Strategy and Providing The Business Plan Pekic | E+ | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Tech salaries in Singapore mostly fell in 2023 amid a tech downturn, but certain roles — including for data science and cybersecurity — saw wages jump, according to a new report. The jobs that saw … Read more

Job growth zoomed in March as payrolls jumped by 303,000 and unemployment dropped to 3.8%

Job creation in March easily topped expectations in a sign of continued acceleration for what has been a bustling and resilient labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased 303,000 for the month, well above the Dow Jones estimate for a rise of 200,000 and higher than the downwardly revised 270,000 gain in February, the Labor Department’s Bureau … Read more

Japanese automaker Honda reports its 3Q profit jumped on strong demand at home and in the US

TOKYO — Honda Motor Co.’s profit jumped 34% in July-September from a year earlier as a weak yen helped boost the Japanese automaker’s strong overseas earnings thanks to healthy demand, especially in the U.S. Tokyo-based Honda’s profit rose to 254 billion yen ($1.7 billion) from 189 billion yen. Quarterly sales gained 17% to 4.9 trillion … Read more

Video Shows Man Who Jumped Off Florida Cruise Boat and Drowned; Family’s Lawsuit Says Crew Member Spent Time Looking for a Life Ring Instead of Jumping In with Life Jacket

The family of a 20-year-old man who drowned after jumping off of a cruise boat in Miami, Florida has filed a lawsuit against the charter boat company. Enoch Tong jumped off the boat while it was anchored in the Biscayne Bay on March 18, 2023, and drowned after being caught in a rip tide. According … Read more

How Index Ventures jumped to the entrance of the AI GPU line

Earlier this week, the New York Instances shone a lightweight on among the desperation that founders are experiencing as they try to fail to safe compute energy for his or her nascent synthetic intelligence startups, due to the large firms (and even wealthy nations) racing to grab them up. One founder reportedly stated of the … Read more

Google inventory jumped 10% this week, fueled by cloud, advertisements and hope in AI

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage through the annual Google I/O builders convention in Mountain View, California, Could 8, 2018. Stephen Lam | Reuters Shares of Alphabet’s inventory jumped 10% this week after the corporate reported second quarter earnings that confirmed development regardless of a tricky advert market. Share worth for the Google dad or … Read more