Bloomberg US payroll gains rebounded in April by more than forecast and the jobless rate unexpectedly fell to 4.4 percent, signaling that the labor market remains healthy and should support continued increases in consumer spending. The 211,000 increase followed a 79,000 advance in March that was lower than previously estimated, a Labor Department report showed. The median forecast in ...

  Bloomberg The race to sell soft drinks online has a surprising second-place winner: Zevia. The zero-calorie, sugar-free soda brand sold more online than Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sprite or Dr Pepper, according to a new study. The Los Angeles-based company only fell short of perennial soda king Coca-Cola, according to 1010data Inc., an analytics company. From March 2016 through February, ...

  Bloomberg Home Capital Group Inc. added a former banker to its board of directors in a move the Canadian mortgage lender called “the start of our governance renewal.” Alan Hibben, a former RBC Capital Markets managing director who specialized in mergers and acquisitions, replaces Home Capital founder Gerald Soloway, who the Ontario Securities Commission named as one of the ...