Futures take a turn for the worse after higher-than-expected spike in jobless claims

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Your Morning Bullets Brief is here.

Here are the earning reports due today.

This is the economic data you can expect.

Now, let’s dig in…

BRIEF UPDATES: THE MARKETS

• 5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday

• Dow futures are down 100 points again after disappointing US jobless claims data

• US weekly jobless claims total 1.877 million – worse than predicted

• European Central Bank ramps up its pandemic bond buying to 1.35 trillion euros

• GOP shifting on unemployment benefits as jobless numbers swell

• The stock market rally is ignoring cratering earnings per share estimates

• Be Warned: Market Momentum Is Fading

• Lee Jae-yong, Samsung Boss and CJ Entertainment Founder, To Be Arrested

• Saudi Arabia and Russia push for an extension to output cuts, with OPEC+ meeting this week still possible

• Amazon in talks to buy $2 billion stake in Indian telco Bharti Airtel

• The biggest US mall owner, Simon Property, sues Gap over skipped rent payments

• Zoom stock surges 8% to record as videoconference company post ‘most impressive’ results in ‘enterprise software history’

• Food Lion buying 62 stores from Southeastern Grocers

• American Airlines and other carriers are adding summer flights as passengers slowly return

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BRIEF UPDATES: OTHER NEWS

• 3 Top Oil Stocks to Buy in June

• This Is the Strangest Economy Ever

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• 33 Stocks Moving in Today’s Pre-Market Session

• 6 Stocks To Watch Today

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