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Powell: Federal Reserve to Stay on Hold Amid Widespread Economic Uncertainty

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve is likely to keep its key interest rate unchanged in the coming months as it waits for widespread “unce...

Powell: Federal Reserve to Stay on Hold Amid Widespread Economic Uncertainty

NEW YORK — The Federal Reserve is likely to keep its key interest rate unchanged in the coming months as it waits for widespread “unce...

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US Employers Add a Solid 151,000 Jobs Last Month Though Unemployment Up to 4.1%

WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added solid 151,000 jobs last month, but the outlook is cloudy as President Donald threatens a trade war, purges...

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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Calms After the Jobs Report Offers No Big Alarms

NEW YORK — Wall Street is getting its own kind of reprieve Friday, and U.S. stocks are coasting toward the close of a brutal week after a ne...

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Walgreens Agrees to Be Acquired by Private Equity Firm for Almost $10 Billion

NEW YORK — Walgreens Boots Alliance says it has agreed to be acquired by the private equity firm Sycamore Partners as the struggling retaile...

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European Central Bank Cuts Rates Again as Threat of Trade War Weighs on Economy

FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank has cut interest rates by another quarter percentage point to boost growth, lowering credit c...

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Macy’s Q4 Is Mixed and Its 2025 Outlook Is Tempered by Tariffs and Leery Shoppers

NEW YORK — Macy’s swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, though sales dipped with shoppers remaining cautious about spending. The st...

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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Falls as AI Stars Lose More of Their Glow

NEW YORK — Back down goes Wall Street. U.S. stocks are resuming their slide Thursday, led by the market’s AI superstars that are now feeling...

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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Holds Steadier, for Now at Least, After Its Sell-Off

NEW YORK — The U.S. stock market is holding steadier on Wednesday, for now at least, following the sharp tumble that wiped out the last of t...

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More States Want to Stop Taxing Groceries as Prices Remain High

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The number of states imposing sales taxes on groceries has shrunk over the years, and the number may decrease further in...

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People work on the options floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP/Seth Wenig)

Wall Street’s Losing Streak Deepens as Trump’s Tariffs Kick In

NEW YORK — Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Tuesday as a trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners escalated, wiping out all the ...

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Mystery Solved? A Submerged Car From the 1950s May Belong to a Missing Oregon Family

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A Day of Trump-Musk Cost-Cutting Overhauls Federal Government

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Iran’s Top Leader Rejects Talks With the US Over Missile Range, Regional Influence

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FEMA Cancels Classes at National Fire Training Academy Amid Federal Funding Cuts

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House GOP Unveils Partisan Spending Bill, Dares Democrats to Oppose It

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