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Dollar General’s stock marched higher Thursday after the discount retailer reported fiscal first-quarter profit, net sales and same-store sales that all beat expectations, again, as more people visited stores.

The U.S. trade deficit in goods widened 7.7% to $99.4 billion in April, according to the Commerce Department’s advanced estimate released Thursday. That’s the widest deficit since June 2022.

Moderna shares climbed 2.4% premarket on Thursday after a report that the U.S. government is near a deal to fund a late-stage trial of the drugmaker’s experimental mRNA bird-flu vaccine.

The U.S. economy grew at a slower 1.3% annual pace in the first three months of the year, revised government figures show, largely because of softer consumer spending.

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Foot Locker’s stock was headed sharply higher Thursday, after the athletic shoe and accessories retailer reported fiscal first-quarter profit that beat expectations by a wide margin, while sales fell a bit short.

U.S. homeowners gear up for another record year of hurricanes. CoreLogic expects nearly 33 million homes to be at risk of damage.

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Oil futures fell Thursday, feeling pressure as equities and other assets perceived as risky extended a selloff and traders awaited official data on U.S. inventories.

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