Wall Street was holding steady early Thursday ahead of the government’s latest data release on the labor market, a day after a private survey showed that the U.S.…
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GABORONE, Botswana — In a village outside Botswana ’s capital, Keorapetse Koko sat on an aging couch in her sparsely furnished home, stunned that a career — and…
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Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, with Chinese markets closed for a weeklong holiday, as a U.S. government shutdown loomed. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index shed 1.2% to…
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Health
China’s factory activity contracts for a 6th straight month as trade tensions weigh on the economy
HONG KONG — China’s factory activity shrank for a sixth straight month in September, the longest slump since 2019, an official report said Tuesday. The official manufacturing purchasing…
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TOKYO — Asian shares were little changed in narrow trading Tuesday as investors braced for a possible U.S. government shutdown. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 inched down less than…
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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are hanging around their record heights on Tuesday as the countdown ticks toward what Wall Street expects will be the first cut of…
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Japan’s economy grew at faster rate in fiscal Q1 than initially thought on healthy consumer spending
TOKYO — Japan’s economy expanded at a stronger rate in the fiscal first quarter than previously estimated, despite worries about U.S. tariffs and domestic political uncertainty, according to…
