For: December 3, 2025
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed higher yesterday. Bitcoin notched gains, recouping from losses in the prior day. The broader market was also boosted by tech players linked to the artificial intelligence trade. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 185 points to 47-474. The S&P 500 rose 16 points to 68-29. The Nasdaq was up 137 points to 23-413.
>>203M Shopped Over Thanksgiving Holiday
(Undated) -- Nearly 203 million people in the U.S. shopped between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. That's according to a survey out Tuesday from the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The number is higher than the 197 million bargain-seekers who shopped during the same time last year. It's actually the highest since the NRF started its tracking in 2017.
>>ADP Employment Report, Weekly Jobless Claims Out This Week
(Undated) -- The ADP employment report is scheduled for release this morning. It's expected to show 42-thousand jobs added in November, down only a couple thousand from the month prior. Weekly jobless claims data follows on Thursday. The government's always closely-watched monthly jobs report would normally be released on the first Friday of the month but thanks to the government shutdown those numbers won't be available until Tuesday, December 16th.
>>Dells Donating To Millions Of Kids Via "Trump Accounts"
(Undated) -- Millions of American children will be receiving donations to open so-called Trump Accounts from Michael and Susan Dell. The Dells will donate 250-dollars to 25-million children ages ten and younger who don't qualify for the Trump accounts created earlier this year. The Trump accounts were included in the Republicans' tax and spending bill, giving one-thousand dollars to babies born during the president's second term. The Dells said the more than six-billion-dollar donation is "an incredibly practical and direct step to help families begin saving today."
>>States Attorneys General Announce $700 Million Settlement With Google
(Salt Lake City, UT) -- State Attorneys General from all 50 states have announced a settlement with Google in a lawsuit over Play Store misconduct. The lawsuit accused Google of monopolizing app distribution and in-app payment processing for Android phones. The settlement will see Google pay 630-million dollars in restitution to consumers who were harmed by Google's anticompetitive practices when they made purchases on the Play Store between August 2016 and September 2023. Automatic payments to eligible consumers will be made through PayPal or Venmo. The settlement also calls on Google to reform its business practices.
>>American Eagle Raises Sales Estimates
(Pittsburgh, PA) -- American Eagle is raising its sales estimates for the year after quarterly results that beat expectations. The clothing company says it expects fourth quarter sales to grow from eight to nine percent, four times better than what was originally anticipated. Shares jumped 15 percent in extended trading Tuesday, with the company giving some credit to ad campaigns featuring Sydney Sweeney and Travis Kelce.
