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The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week fell slightly to 210,000 and continued to show a surprisingly low level of layoffs in the economy.

The Philadelphia Fed said Thursday its gauge of regional business activity stayed in expansion territory in March, slipping only slightly to 3.2  from 5.2 in the prior month.

“It feels like the rally in the banks was perhaps because [The Fed] didn’t take rate cuts off the table despite some hotter inflation prints,” one banking analyst tells MarketWatch.

The Bank of England on Thursday said it was holding interest rates steady, with expectations that it may begin to reverse a string of cuts in as little as three months.

Darden Restaurants’ stock took a bitter turn Thursday, after the parent of the Olive Garden and Ruth’s Chris Steak House chains reported a surprise decline in same-restaurant sales, citing a tough sales environment.

Oil prices edged lower early Thursday.

Beth Kindig, lead tech analyst at the IO Fund, has made prescient calls on Nvidia in the past. Here are her next big predictions.

The British bank’s job cut plans follow a terrible year for dealmakers amid a slump in M&A activity and IPOs

Turkey’s central bank lifted its main rate to 50% as it continues its effort to bring runaway inflation back into line.

Li Auto’s stock took a hard hit Thursday, after the China-based EV maker cut its first-quarter delivery outlook, citing “lower-than-expected order intake.”

Picking winners in both March Madness and the stock market winners is hard. Managing risk is key.

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