U.S. stocks soared Wednesday in the wake of Donald Trump’s sweeping election victory as investors priced in potential gains for a wide range of industries and a near-term boost to economic growth. In early trading, the Dow Jones industrial average […]
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WASHINGTON — The last and most consequential report on the nation’s economic health before next week’s election provided more evidence of America’s resilient growth. Whether it will make a difference to voters is an open question. The Commerce Department said Wednesday
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In a major California workers’ comp insurance case, authorities have charged an Orange County man who was twice convicted of fraud, along with a San Diego neurosurgeon and two others, in connection with allegedly billing nearly $100 million in fraudulent
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A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to new government data released Friday. The addition of 254,000 jobs in September was well above the average 203,000
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Though sparse on details, the broad outlines of what Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump want to do on taxes are clear — and they are very different. Trump’s tax proposals are tilted to benefit wealthy Americans and
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WASHINGTON — The union representing thousands of dock workers from Maine to Texas launched a strike Tuesday over wages and the use of automation, shutting down seaports with a work stoppage that threatens to cause significant disruption to trade and the
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A possible dockworkers’ strike on the East and Gulf coasts as early as next Tuesday means more business for Los Angeles and Long Beach ports, but it also means Santa Claus may take it on the chin along with millions
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California’s labor market weakened at the end of summer, with the unemployment rate ticking up again and the state eking out a small number of new jobs, according to new data released Friday. The statewide unemployment rate went up a
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday slashed interest rates by an unusually large one-half of a percentage point and signaled that further cuts are on the way for households struggling with still-elevated prices and a generally slowing economy. It was
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WASHINGTON — Job growth picked up in August from the sluggish pace of hiring the previous month, providing a bit of relief after sharp declines earlier in the summer roiled financial markets and threatened to disrupt the momentum Vice President Kamala
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