BEAUMONT, Texas (Reuters) - Soldiers and police in helicopters and special high-water trucks on Thursday rescued thousands of Texans stranded by floodwater from Hurricane Harvey, which killed dozens of people as it drenched the Gulf Coast this week.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday that Hurricane Harvey could bring forward the deadline by which the nation's debt ceiling needs to be raised and that he is open to the borrowing cap being dealt with as part of a wider bill.
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said on Thursday it plans to spend $10 million on advertising for the upcoming Obamacare open enrollment period that starts in November, a sharp cut from the $100 million spent last year.
A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it.
A U.S. judge said Yahoo must face nationwide litigation brought on behalf of well over 1 billion users who said their personal information was compromised in three massive data breaches.
Canadian yoga and leisure apparel maker Lululemon Athletica Inc reported a quarterly profit and revenue on Thursday that topped expectations, as same-store sales increased, particularly online.
Wells Fargo & Co hiked the tally of accounts that were potentially opened without customers' knowledge by over a million on Thursday after an expanded review of improper sales practices.
| STOCKS | BONDS | CURRENCIES | COMMODITIES |
|---|
|
| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+2.121
|
+0.000 |
| DE 10YR |
+0.356
|
-0.007 |
| JP 10YR |
+0.007
|
+0.001 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1921 | 0.0091 |
| EUR | 0.8388 | 1 | 0.0076 |
| JPY | 109.9300 | 131.0700 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,316.20
USD
|
+0.00
Exp: Sep 17
|
| Copper |
3.08
USD
|
+0.02
Exp: Sep 17
|
| Crude Oil |
47.04
USD
|
-0.19
Exp: Sep 17
|
