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November jobs report: Unemployment rate held steady at 3.7% with 263,000 jobs added
U.S. employers added 263,000 jobs in November as hiring remained sturdy despite rising interest rates, high inflation and mounting recession worries. The unemployment rate
Dems move to make South Carolina, not Iowa, 1st voting state
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats voted Friday to remove Iowa as the leadoff state on the presidential nominating calendar and replace it with South Carolina starting in 2024, a dramatic shakeup championed
Russia and Ukraine are fighting the first full-scale drone war
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A war that began with Russian tanks rolling across Ukraine’s borders, World War I-style trenches carved into the earth and Soviet-made artillery pounding the landscape now has a
Western allies move to cap the price of Russian oil at $60 a barrel
BRUSSELS — After months of lobbying by the United States and days of fraught negotiations, Ukraine’s allies are closer to implementing a plan to cap the price of Russian oil starting next week,
Rail unions slam Senate's 'anti-American' rejection of sick days
Some unions representing rail workers as well as the nation's largest labor organization blasted a Senate vote on Thursday denying workers paid sick days after the chamber passed a separate measure
Ukraine live briefing: Germany’s Scholz speaks with Putin; Ukranian embassies in Europe mailed bloody animal eyes
The Kremlin responded to President Biden’s comment that he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin if Moscow was willing to end the invasion, saying that Russia would not give up the Ukrainian
US stocks finish mixed amid fears of more Fed hawkishness after hot jobs report
US stocks closed mixed on Friday after November's job report clocked in above economists' expectations. The Dow reversed higher as the Fed is still largely expected to slow its pace of rate hikes.
EXPLAINER: 5 key takeaways from the November jobs report
WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly nine months, the Federal Reserve has relentlessly raised interest rates to try to slow the U.S. job market and bring inflation under control.And for just as long, the job
Biden signs bill aimed at averting rail strike, says nation avoided 'catastrophe'
President Joe Biden on Friday signed legislation aimed at averting a nationwide rail strike while acknowledging that workers didn't get everything they wanted. Biden, speaking from the Roosevelt
2-year Treasury yield jumps to 4.3% after November jobs data but finishes week lower
BOND REPORT The policy-sensitive 2-year Treasury yield advanced on Friday, though finished the week lower, after a hotter-than-expected U.S. jobs report for November prompted traders to

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