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The head of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday said he is worried about the risks to retail investors who are increasingly making short-term bets via low-cost trading platforms rather than sticking to long-term investments.

Twitter Inc reported its highest-ever yearly growth of daily users who can view ads, beating analysts' estimates on usage and sending its shares up 6per cent in pre-market trading on Thursday.

Wall Street's main indexes fell at the open on Thursday as data showed the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time in nearly four months, suggesting a recovery in the labor market was stalling.

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc said on Monday it delayed the reopening of its movie theaters in the United States to mid to late August, in alignment with the new release dates of Disney's "Mulan" and Christopher Nolan's thriller, "Tenet".

WASHINGTON: Claims for government benefits by newly unemployed American workers rose to 1.42 million last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday (Jul 23), reversing weeks of declines as COVID-19 cases skyrocket nationwide. The increase defied analysts' expectations of another weekly drop in ...

Southwest Airlines will keep the Boeing Co 737 MAX off its schedule through mid-December, it said on Thursday, as regulators review the grounded plane's return after two fatal crashes.

Southwest Airlines and American Airlines each slowed their cash burn over the second quarter but warned that demand had stalled as COVID-19 cases spike, prompting Southwest to rethink the number of flights it had planned to add in August and September.

A Dutch politician whose "verified" Twitter account was among those taken over by hackers this month told Reuters on Thursday the company believes his private messages had been accessed, potentially exposing dissidents in other countries.

S&P 500 and Dow futures hovered near five-month highs on Thursday, as signs that a new coronavirus relief package was at hand lifted sentiment ahead of weekly unemployment data.

Southwest Airlines Co on Thursday warned that travel demand would remain depressed until a vaccine or treatment for COVID-19 becomes available, as it posted a US$915 million loss for the second quarter.