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Wall Street rises to records after unemployment rate improves

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market, one that may delay another cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve but does not slam the door on it. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% and topped its prior all-time high set earlier in the ...

Trump brushes off early posting of confidential jobs figures

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren't supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. The ...

Wall Street reaches more records on Big Tech gains

NEW YORK (AP) — Broad gains led by technology stocks pushed Wall Street to more records on Tuesday. The gains mirror much of the action from the previous year, when big technology stocks often drove the market to a series of records. Technology stocks led the gains, but several other ...