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U.S. stocks jumped on Thursday, led by a more than 2% gain in technology shares, while better-than-expected economic data in the United States and China helped to offset worries about the trade war.

Barrick Gold Corp is looking to sell its Tongon gold mine in the Ivory Coast and is working with Bank of Nova Scotia to identify buyers, Bloomberg said https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-08/barrick-said-to-weigh-sale-of-tongon-mine-amid-asset-disposals on Thursday.

Chipmaker Broadcom Inc will buy Symantec Corp's enterprise security business for $10.7 billion in cash, the antivirus software maker said on Thursday, as it tries to scale up its software business through deals.

Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has lost almost $5 billion this year on its Kraft Heinz stake as the packaged food company's stock continues to fall.

Longtime activist investor Carl Icahn is doubtful rate cuts can simply solve the problems facing the economy.

Last week's announcement of more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may have undermined the prospects for small-cap stocks to rebound this year, even after a brief respite from the Federal Reserve's recent interest-rate cut. Just a day after the Fed cut interest rates for the first time in more than a decade, President Donald Trump vowed on Aug. 1 to impose 10% tariffs on an additional $300 billion of Chinese goods beginning on Sept. 1.

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U.S. stock index futures inched higher on Thursday as better-than-expected Chinese trade data and a steadying of its currency offered some comfort to investors rattled by an escalation in trade tensions and signals pointing to a recession.

Stock markets enjoyed a tentative recovery on Thursday after better-than-expected Chinese export data and a steadying of the yuan restored some calm to global markets.

The net worth gap between older and younger Americans has grown into a chasm. While the average older household had about seven times the net worth of younger households in 1998, they now have about 12 times the net worth.

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Kontoor Brands Inc beat expectations for quarterly profit on Thursday as the denim apparel maker's efforts to cut costs post its spinoff from VF Corp paid off, sending shares up over 13%.

Wall Street's main indexes were sharply higher on Thursday as better-than-expected domestic and Chinese data as well as a firming yuan offered some relief to investors alarmed by a week of blow and counterblow between Beijing and Washington over trade.

Ryanair has decided to close its base at Faro International Airport in southern Portugal from next year with the loss of at least 120 jobs, the SNPVAC cabin crew union, which had called a strike for Aug. 21-25, said on Wednesday.