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Stock market today: Dow futures drop amid recession fears
Markets were pointing toward another selloff Sunday evening after startling jobs data delivered a rude awakening to Wall Street bulls.…
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Iran’s currency has plunged so much in value that Tehran plans to chop off four zeros from the rial
The economic commission of Iran’s parliament revived long-delayed plans on Sunday to cut four zeros from the country’s plunging currency,…
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Trump’s former jobs data chief decries firing of successor
President Donald Trump’s firing of the chief labor statistician was criticized by her predecessor, who called it an unfounded move…
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Wall Street’s view of a ‘Kevlar economy’ has just been shattered, but red flags were lurking under the radar
The recent batch of indicators has punctured the notion on Wall Street that the U.S. economy is bulletproof and can…
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When Rupert Murdoch dies, it could plunge the Fox and News Corp empire into civil war
On July 28, President Donald Trump’s attorneys filed an urgent motion in federal court demanding the expedited deposition of Rupert…
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Seattle cat video entrepreneur on screening his 73-minute opus nationwide: ‘It’s not all cats falling into a bathtub. That would get exhausting’
The best of the internet’s cat videos are coming to the big screen this weekend. Cat Video Fest is a 73-minute, G-rated…
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Top economist warns the U.S. is ‘on the precipice of recession’ — and it will be hard for the Fed to come to the rescue
The shocking jobs report on Friday wasn’t the only red flag. Indicators from the past week paint an overall picture…
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Top investment treaty lawyer on Trump’s tariffs as the dust settles: ‘In many respects, everybody’s a loser here’
President Donald Trump’s tariff onslaught this week left a lot of losers – from small, poor countries like Laos and Algeria to…
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Erika McEntarfer, the BLS head fired by Trump, got bipartisan support in her 2024 confirmation with votes from JD Vance and Marco Rubio
The head of the agency that compiles the closely watched monthly jobs report usually toils in obscurity, but on Friday,…
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Flaco Jimenez, San Antonio music giant and trailblazing accordionist, dies at 86
Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of conjunto, Tejano…
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