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These stocks are the ones to own after blowout jobs report

History shows that industrial stocks like United Technologies rally after large beats on the headline jobs figure. The nonfarm payrolls report Friday showed the addition of 222,000 jobs to the U.S. economy in June, topping the consensus estimate of 179,000 from economists polled by Reuters. That’s a beat of 43,000 …

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Selling Old Masters Now Requires Learning New Tricks

The eighth annual Masterpiece fair ran through Wednesday; Sotheby’s and Christie’s had auctions of old masters; and a wealth of older material was on offer in salesrooms and in the 42 dealerships featured in this year’s “London Art Week” promotion. Continue reading the main story The Christie’s video was filmed …

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Here’s why Cramer says JPMorgan could reach $100 a share

JPMorgan’s stock could reach $100 a share soon and it’s thanks in part to rising yields, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Friday. Cramer spoke as the yield on the 10-year Treasury notes rose in choppy trade Friday morning following the Labor Department’s jobs report. The report said the U.S. economy added …

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In Praise of Daphne du Maurier

Why do we love du Maurier so? There’s an element of nostalgia, to be sure, for the books we read when we were young and impatient not to be. Her novels, in particular, reify adulthood. Youth is treated as an embarrassing if unavoidable affliction, thankfully temporary. Photo Credit Patricia Wall/The …

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Apple says graphics partner is lying about when they broke up

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple. Apple says that Imagination Technologies, a chip designer that’s currently blaming Apple for its collapse, is essentially lying about how long the company was aware that Apple’s business plans would leave it behind. In a …

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Knife-wielding ‘senator’ tries to reach Ivanka in Trump Tower: NYPD

Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images In this file photo, a member of the New York Police Department stands in front of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. A knife-wielding man who claimed he was a U.S. senator was arrested after trying to reach Ivanka Trump in Trump Tower, …

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Film Series in NYC This Week

Photo Kathleen Turner and William Hurt in Lawrence Kasdan’s “Body Heat” (1981). Credit Warner Bros. Our guide to film series and special screenings. All our movie reviews are at nytimes.com/reviews/movies. COOL MOVIES at the Quad Cinema (July 7-13). Are the summer temperatures too high for you? Bask in the chill …

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GOP health-care plan is reportedly most unpopular bill in three decades

Bryan Woolston | Reuters Tonya Robinson of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, protests outside a Harden County Republican party fundraiser where Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is scheduled to speak in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, June 30, 2017. The Republican Obamacare replacement plan is the “most unpopular legislation in three decades,” according to a Friday …

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Fireworks and a Birthday – The New York Times

Slide Show Slide Show|20 Photos Fireworks and Birthdays Fireworks and Birthdays CreditCasey Kelbaugh for The New York Times The Southampton Fresh Air Home, which provides camp for physically challenged children, held a summer picnic on June 30 with fireworks. The New York Asian Film Festival held its opening night ceremony …

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Delta flight returns to Seattle after passenger assaults flight attendant

Robert Alexander | Getty Images Delta Airlines passenger planes at Salt Lake City International Airport in Salt Lake City, Utah. A Delta Air Lines flight headed from Seattle to Beijing had to return to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport late Thursday night after a passenger assaulted a flight attendant. Airport spokesman Perry …

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