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Businesses hired more people in March in anticipation of stronger growth later in the year.

The leading indicators for the economy rose in February for the first time in two years in another sign that the U.S. is likely to keep growing and avoid a recession.

Existing-home sales rose to a rate of 4.38 million in February, the National Association of Realtors said.

Easter is almost here, and record-high prices for cocoa shouldn’t squash the celebratory mood for parents looking to fill their children’s baskets with chocolate bunnies.

“I was legally married to him and never spent one night away from him.”

The memory-chip market is known for being cyclical, but Wall Street seems especially excited about Micron’s ability to ride the current uptrend.

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.