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Stock Market Today: Wall Street Drifts to a Mixed Finish in a Quiet Day of Trading

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks held steady Tuesday, as trading on Wall Street calmed following some sharp recent swings. The S&P 500 edged up by...

Stock Market Today: Wall Street Drifts to a Mixed Finish in a Quiet Day of Trading

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks held steady Tuesday, as trading on Wall Street calmed following some sharp recent swings. The S&P 500 edged up by...

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Yellen Says Threats to Democracy Risk US Economic Growth, an Indirect Jab at Trump

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy — an indirect jab...

/ 4 days ago

US Employers Scaled Back Hiring in April. How That Could Let the Fed Cut Interest Rates

WASHINGTON — The nation’s employers pulled back on their hiring in April but still added a decent 175,000 jobs in a sign that persistently h...

/ 5 days ago

Federal Reserve Says Interest Rates Will Stay at Two-Decade High Until Inflation Further Cools

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday emphasized that inflation has remained stubbornly high in recent months and said it doesn’t pl...

/ 7 days ago

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US Job Openings Dip to Lowest Level in More Than 3 Years

WASHINGTON — U.S. jobs openings slid in March to the lowest level in more than three years, but stayed at historically high levels in a sign...

/ 7 days ago

Tesla’s Stock Leaps on Reports of Chinese Approval for the Company’s Driving Software

NEW YORK — Shares of Tesla stock rallied Monday after the electric vehicle maker’s CEO, Elon Musk, paid a surprise visit to Beijing ov...

/ 1 week ago

Google Parent Reports Another Quarter of Robust Growth, Rolls Out First-Ever Quarterly Dividend

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. on Thursday released a quarterly report showing it’s still reaping double-digit revenue gains from i...

/ 2 weeks ago

$15 a Pack for Cigarettes? It’s Happening in This US City.

MINNEAPOLIS — Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously T...

/ 2 weeks ago

US Growth Slows Sharply Amid High Interest Rates and Inflation

WASHINGTON — The nation’s economy slowed sharply last quarter to a 1.6% annual pace in the face of high interest rates, but consumers — the ...

/ 2 weeks ago

Slumping California Risks Losing World’s ‘5th Largest Economy’ Title

In 2022, analysts forecast the Golden State surpassing Germany in terms of economic growth. Analysts now think the state will lose its No. 5...

/ 2 weeks ago

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Jury Awards $1 Million Verdict to Students Expelled Over Blackface That Wasn’t

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Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Protest Camp and Arrest 33 at DC Campus as Mayor’s Hearing Is Canceled

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Will Californians Get Any Relief From Nation’s Highest Gas Prices?

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California Supreme Court to Weigh Pulling Measure Making It Harder to Raise Taxes from Ballot

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Battle Over Marilyn Monroe’s Home: Preservation vs. Demolition

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Israel Says It Reopened a Key Gaza Crossing After a Rocket Attack but the UN Says No Aid Has Entered

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