Weekly applications for jobless benefits are seen as a proxy for U.S. layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically healthy range between 200,000 and 250,000 since COVID-19 throttled the economy ...

The Labor Department reported that its producer price index was up 0.9% last month from June and 3.3% from a year earlier.

Gildan Activewear and HanesBrands have agreed to merge in a transaction valued at approximately $2.2 billion in equity and $4.4 billion in enterprise value, based on Gildan’s 11 August 2025 closing ...