Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick used a TV appearance to recommend the public buy shares in Elon Musk's car company, saying: "It's unbelievable that this guy's stock is this cheap. It'll never be ...

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Investors had a couple of fresh economic reports to digest early Thursday, including the latest weekly reading on jobless claims and a monthly reading on the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing survey.