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Members of the U.S. trade delegation Steven Mnuchin (C) and Robert Lighthizer (R) arrive at a hotel in Beijing, China.
Here is what you need to know.
- $4. The world's two largest economies are making progress on all areas of talks, but work still needs to be done to end the months-long trade war, Reuters reports, citing US officials.
- $4. Members of Parliament were unable to find a mjority consensus during a series of "indicative votes" on an alternative to Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plans. The UK is set to leave the EU in just two weeks.
- $4. Venture capitalist Chris Schape is out at Lightspeed Venture Partners was "terminated" after ther firm decided it would have to spend too much time and attention dealing with the matter.
- $4. The ride-hailing app, which is scheduled to debut on the Nasdaq on Friday morning, raised the price range for its initial public offering from a range between $62 to $68 a share to between $70 and $72.
- $4. The athletic-apparel maker beat on earnings, revenue, and guidance, sending shares up more than 10% after Wednesday's closing bell.
- $4. The 7-year-old Icelandic budget carrier ceased operations on Thursday, stranding passengers, after struggling with debt.
- $4. The comedians Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are teaming up with the cannabis producer Canopy Growth to bring "Houseplant," a new brand of recreational marijuana to the Canadian market.
- $4. Japan's Nikkei (-1.6%) led the losses in Asia and Britain's FTSE (+0.77%) was out front in Europe. The S&P 500 was set to open little changed near 2,808.
- $4. Accenture reports ahead of the opening bell and RH releases its quarterly results after markets close.
- $4. GDP - third estimate and initial claims will both be released at 8:30 a.m. ET before pending home sales cross the wires at 10 a.m. ET. The US 10-year yield was up 1 basis point at 2.38%.