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Japan’s Nikkei 225 index plunges 7% as world markets tremble…

Posted by August 5, 2024

BANGKOK -- Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index plunged as much as 7.1% early Monday before recovering some lost ground, extending sell-offs that shook wo

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Canada strikes deal to use U.S. space tech, clearing way…

Posted by August 2, 2024

A new agreement between Canada and the United States is reigniting the possibility of a spaceport in rural Nova Scotia.Federal cabinet minister and Nova Scotia

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Stock market today: Dow drops 800 on weak jobs data…

Posted by August 2, 2024

NEW YORK -- Stocks are tumbling Friday on worries the U.S. economy could be cracking under the weight of high interest rates meant to whip inflation.The S&P

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US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for…

Posted by August 1, 2024

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month with r

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US hiring fell sharply in July, an unexpected setback for…

Posted by August 1, 2024

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy suffered an unexpected setback in July as hiring fell sharply and the unemployment rate rose for the fourth straight month with r

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The number of Americans filing for jobless claims hits highest…

Posted by August 1, 2024

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits jumped to its highest level in a year last week, even as the labor market remains surprisingly healthy

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Retailers Locked Up Their Products—and Broke Shopping in America

Posted by August 1, 2024

Several years ago, Americans emerging from the early days of the pandemic found that aisles at some of the country’s biggest retailers had begun to change. Af

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U.S. job openings fall slightly to 8.2 million as high…

Posted by July 30, 2024

WASHINGTON -- U.S. job openings fell slightly last month, a sign that the American labor market continues to cool in the face of high interest rates.There were

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Stock market today: Wall Street’s smallest stocks roar a day…

Posted by July 25, 2024

NEW YORK -- Wall Street’s split widened Thursday, as smaller stocks and other formerly downtrodden areas of the market rose up while superstar Big Tech stock

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American Heritage paddlewheeler visits Marietta

Posted by July 25, 2024

Passengers walk up the waterfront on Wednesday morning at the Marietta Levee after getting off the A

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US is investigating Delta’s flight cancellations and faltering response to…

Posted by July 23, 2024

U.S. regulators are investigating why Delta Air Lines failed to recover as quickly as other airlines from a global technology breakdown and whether Delta's trea

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Air travel delays continue, most airlines have recovered from global…

Posted by July 22, 2024

Delta Air Lines struggled for a fourth straight day to recover from a worldwide technology outage caused by a faulty software update, stranding tens of thousand

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