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Job report August 2021
Job creation in August was a huge disappointment as the economy only added 235,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Economists polled by Dow Jones had sought 720,000 new hires. The unemployment rate fell from 5.4% to 5.2%, in line with estimates. The August total was the worst since January and comes with heightened…
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Inventory futures are flat forward of the August job report
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, USA on Monday, August 23, 2021. Michael Nagel | Bloomberg | Getty Images US stock futures were stable in overnight trading Thursday as investors prepared for the August job report. Dow futures only rose 6 points. S&P 500 futures…
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Extra information from banks can battle tax evasion
A man walks past the U.S. Capitol in Washington on June 25, 2020. Al Drago | Reuters The head of the IRS believes that stricter disclosures by the country’s banks could help fill a yawning tax gap and recoup billions in owed revenue. In a letter viewed by CNBC, IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig told Senator…
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Inventory futures are little modified as September will get off to sluggish begin
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Source: The New York Stock Exchange U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday night after the S&P 500 finished the first trading session of the month near the flatline. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 5 points, or 0.01%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100…
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Google reportedly plans to begin utilizing its personal chips in Chromebooks from 2023
Sundar Pichai, Senior Vice President, Chrome at Google Inc., holds up a new Chromebook Pixel as he speaks during an introductory event in San Francisco, Calif., On Thursday, February 21, 2013. Google Inc., owner of the world’s most popular search engine, introduced a touchscreen version of the Chromebook laptop, increasing its challenge to Microsoft Corp.…
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Biden spricht über das Ende des US-Krieges in Afghanistan
US-Präsident Joe Biden spricht am 31. August 2021 im State Dining Room des Weißen Hauses in Washington DC zur Beendigung des Krieges in Afghanistan. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – Präsident Joe Biden verteidigte seine Entscheidung, den US-Krieg in Afghanistan nach 20 Jahren Konflikt zu beenden, und sagte, die Ära großer US-Militäreinsätze…
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China prohibits kids from taking part in on-line video games for greater than three hours per week
Children and teenagers under the age of 18 are only allowed to play online video games for up to three hours a week in China, according to the new rules published Monday by China’s National Press and Publication Administration. The move is a new blow to the country’s gaming giants from Tencent to NetEase, who…
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S&P 500, Nasdaq hit document highs as know-how shares climb
The S&P 500 hit another record high on Monday as the market continued to rise in the final days of August. The broad market index rose 0.6% to hit a new intraday record high, and the Nasdaq Composite rose 1% for its own all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fluctuated between gains and losses…
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Hurricane Ida makes landfall in Louisiana as a powerful Class four storm
Traffic moves bumper to bumper along I-10 West as residents evacuate towards Texas before the arrival of Hurricane Ida in Vinton, Louisiana. Adrees Latif | REUTERS Hurricane Ida made landfall in Louisiana on Sunday as a Category 4 storm with winds of 150 miles per hour, one of the strongest storms to hit the region since…
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US drone assaults Kabul. an ISIS-Ok car loaded with explosives
U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Check Point (ECC) during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, Jan. US Marines | Reuters WASHINGTON – The United States launched a military strike on an ISIS-K target in Kabul on Sunday, a development that comes in the final days of a huge humanitarian evacuation mission.…