Sruthi Ramakrishnan
Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
Twitter handle: @jeffmason1
Home Depot sets $15 billion share buyback, investment plan
Home Depot Inc announced a $15 billion share buyback plan on Wednesday and said it would invest in improving its stores to hit a $120 billion annual sales target in the next three years. | Video
Macy's hires more workers after Black Friday rush
Macy's Inc said on Friday it had a strong start to the holiday shopping season and would hire an additional 7,000 temporary workers for its stores to deal with heavy customer numbers in the run up to Christmas. | Video
Sears' shares soar as loss narrows; sales continue decline
Sears Holdings Corp cut its third quarter loss by almost $200 million compared to a year ago, the company said on Thursday, benefiting from lower operating costs as it shut scores of Kmart and Sears outlets. | Video
Chipotle seeks turnaround expert to replace Ells as CEO
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc co-founder Steve Ells said on Wednesday he would step down as chief executive, succumbing to pressure from investors after failing to turn around the burrito chain from a string of food safety lapses.
U.S. Cyber Monday sales jump 17 percent, on pace for record
(In this version of the Nov. 27 story, Adobe corrects smartphone revenue to $1.59 billion instead of $1.12 billion in paragraph 2) | Video
P&G continues to review vote tally as Peltz awaits board seat
Procter & Gamble Co is still reviewing a tally of shareholder votes cast at its annual meeting more than a month ago, after a fierce proxy contest narrowly handed activist investor Nelson Peltz a board seat.
P&G reviewing board seat recount; Trian calls it waste of time
Nov 22 Procter & Gamble Co said on Wednesday it was reviewing a recount of a shareholder vote that showed activist investor Nelson Peltz had narrowly won a seat on the company's board.
Lowe's beats on quarter but unchanged outlook pressures stock
Lowe's Cos Inc on Tuesday beat quarterly estimates on higher demand for building materials after hurricanes in the United States but kept its full-year sales and profit outlook unchanged, sending its shares lower. | Video
Smucker brews up strong earnings, sees lower coffee costs in 2018
Coffee maker J.M. Smucker Co delivered strong quarterly earnings on Thursday and said inflated costs to buy coffee beans, which have dented profits this year, may fall in 2018.
Target signals another weak holiday quarter, shares tumble
Target Corp's holiday-quarter profit forecast fell short of analyst expectations, sending its shares down 10 percent on Wednesday as hopes faded that the retailer would make a shopping season comeback. | Video
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| S&P 500 | 2,754.88 |
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| NASDAQ | 7,692.82 |
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| TR US Index | 246.47 |
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Sector Summary
| Energy |
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| Basic Materials |
+1.09%
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| Industrials |
+0.29%
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| Cyclical Goods & Services |
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| Non-Cyclical Goods & Services |
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| Financials |
+0.12%
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| Healthcare |
+0.37%
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| Technology |
-0.41%
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| Telecoms |
+0.69%
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| Utilities |
+0.63%
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