Newscasts - The Week in Numbers: U.S. jobs go up, mistake sends bitcoin down

Heineken Holding NV

13/02/2026 10:55

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Description: From unexpected job growth in the U.S. to an accidental bitcoin giveaway Francis Maguire rounds up the big stories in business and finance for the week ending February 6.

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From unexpected job growth in the US to an accidental Bitcoin giveaway, this is The Week in Numbers. 130,000 was the number of jobs added in January by employers in the US. That's what the country's Labor Department showed in its closely watched nonfarm payrolls report. The number was almost twice the estimate made by economists polled by Reuters and partly driven by a surge in healthcare jobs. The report also showed the unemployment rate fell slightly to 4.3%. $44 billion was the value of bitcoins Bithumb wrongly sent to some customers, sending the crypto's price down 17%. The South Korean crypto exchange had planned to give out small cash rewards worth KRW2,000 or about $1.40 for a promotional event, but media reports showed the winners actually received at least 2,000 bitcoins each. The firm apologized and said it recovered closed to 100% of the bitcoins by last weekend. $3.4 billion was the sales total for Kering during the fourth quarter. It meant sales fell less than expected for the Gucci owner. It's a solid start for new CEO Luca de Meo, who is fighting to improve the luxury group's performance. Investors have questioned Kering over the last four years due to its debt and falling profitability. 6,000 is how many jobs Heineken said it will cut. It makes up around 7% of the brewing giant's workforce and comes as the company faces weak demand. The Dutch brewer also set lower expectations for profit growth this year. It expects expansion of between 2% to 6%, against the 4% to 8% growth it guided for last year. And $380 billion was the latest valuation of Anthropic, more than double its previous number. That's after the Claude chatbot maker raised $30 billion in a new funding round. It managed to raise new financing from tech giants like Microsoft and NVIDIA. Anthropic has set itself apart from rivals by focusing its model training on coding.