The Bureau of Labor Statistics won't be publishing the October jobs report on Friday. LinkedIn, Bank of America, and more crunched their own numbers.

At a Wednesday briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed Democrats for the federal government’s failure to release the October jobs report. KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: And our economy has lost billions and billions of dollars in economic activity over the course of this shutdown,

Chairman Mark Bertolini said that newly appointed CEO Dan Schulman is working on a plan to turn the company around amid declining market share. “Verizon has gone from number one in market cap, bond ratings and market share to number three.

The U.S. dollar weakened against the euro and yen on Tuesday on concerns about the deteriorating U.S. labor market after a report showed that private employers cut jobs last month.