The number of Americans filing for this came in higher than expected, mostly due to Puerto Rico filing the claims that they were unable to due to hurricanes
What are unemployment benefits?
100
This man is expected to replace Janet Yellen as Chair of the Federal Reserve.
Who is Jerome Powell?
100
This company dropped 16% due to the number of daily active users missed expectations and increased competition from Instagram "stories"
What is Snap, Inc?
100
These two telecom companies called off merger negotiations following a disagreement over price.
What are Sprint & T-Mobile?
100
This is the best-performing asset of 2017, increasing over 400% year-over-year.
What is Bitcoin?
200
This indicator fell 4.7% in September as hurricanes resulted in construction delays and labor shortages
What are U.S. housing starts?
200
This country's currency depreciated more than 1% after its central bank increased interest rates for the first time since 2007.
What is the United Kingdom?
200
This company ended a 101-year partnership with Whirlpool after claiming that Whirlpool was pricing its products too high
What is Sears?
200
Airbus agreed to take a majority stake in this company's CSeries program for a total cost of $1.
What is Bombardier?
200
These two currencies extended gains against the dollar after negotiators indicated that NAFTA talks would continue into next year.
What are the Mexican peso and the Canadian dollar?
300
China third-quarter GDP increased by this amount
What is 6.8%?
300
This country's bond prices tumbled after its president announced plans to restructure its $89 billion in debt.
What is Venezuela?
300
This company blew away earnings expectations after successfully entering the market for cryptocurrency mining and self-driving car hardware.
What is Nvidia?
300
These two companies are discussing a $66 billion merger after Amazon recently obtained pharmacy licenses in Tennessee and Indiana.
What is CVS & Aetna?
300
This benchmark climbed to a two-year high of $62 after reports of OPEC production cuts and reduced U.S. and Russian output.
What is Brent Crude?
400
The E.U. commission downgraded expectations of this country's GDP growth from 1.8% to 1.5%, pointing to slowing economic growth and higher consumer prices
What is the United Kingdom?
400
This country plans to offer $2 billion worth of U.S. denominated sovereign bonds, tapping into international debt markets for the USD for the first time since 2004.
What is China?
400
These two companies announced a partnership to build new graphics processing units due to Apple's demand for better graphics on their computers
What are Intel & AMD?
400
Broadcom has made an unsolicited bid for Qualcomm for this amount, the largest ever for a technology takeover.
What is $130 billion?
400
The price of this commodity rose after sustained Chinese demand and USDA forecasts of lower crop yields.
What are soybeans?
500
Eurozone core inflation fell from 1.1% to this amount, reaching its lowest level since March
What is 0.9%?
500
The ECB announced that it would reduce its QE program from $60 billion to this amount until September 2018.
What is $30 billion?
500
This company beat earnings and revenue expectations due to its recent acquisition of Brazil's Parati Group, which manufactures biscuits, beverages, and pastas.
What is Kellogg?
500
This company valued itself at $150 million for its upcoming IPO; it researches a peptide for the treatment of autoimmune disorders.
What is Apellis Pharmaceuticals?
500
Futures for this commodity dropped below $60 due to Chinese manufacturing cuts and increased overseas supplies.