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first full week of Q4, trade talks, German data

President Donald Trump meets with China’s President Xi Jinping at the start of their bilateral meeting at the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan, June 29, 2019. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Here are the most important things to know about Monday before you hit the door. 1. First full trading …

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It’s official. Manufacturing is getting crushed

The U.S. manufacturing sector is not in a good place. The latest poor results came from the government’s jobs report on Friday. The Labor Department reported that manufacturers lost 2,000 jobs in September, well below the 18,000 positions it added this time last year and even below the 2,000 gain …

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Black and Hispanic unemployment is at a record low

A worker assembles truck engine cooling module components at the MAHLE Behr Charleston Inc. auto part facility in Charleston, South Carolina. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images There have never been more Black and Hispanic Americans in the workforce, Friday’s Labor Department job report showed. The jobless rate for …

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Stock market goes from worried to rally mode on Friday

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The market is in a slow melt-up mode on Friday. There was a volume spike at 11:30 a.m. as European markets closed and as the S&P 500 passed the earlier highs of the day …

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Paris mounts first Toulouse-Lautrec exhibition in three decades

PARIS (Reuters) – An exhibition showing the works of painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, famed for his portrayal of Paris’s cafes, brothels and cabarets at the end of the nineteenth century, opens next week in the French capital. Visitors look at a painting “Parodie du ‘Bois sacre’ de Pierre Puvis de …

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Charmed lives and comebacks: Eddie Murphy returns in ‘Dolemite Is My Name.’

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Sure, Eddie Murphy hasn’t been around for a while, and his new movie “Dolemite Is My Name” is getting rave reviews. But don’t call it a comeback. FILE PHOTO: Eddie Murphy attends the premiere of “Dolemite is My Name” in Los Angeles, California, U.S. September 28, …

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Stocks could stay put for the rest of 2019. What to do now

wundervisuals | E+ | Getty Images When it comes to the forecast for the markets and your investments, there’s good news and bad news. First, the bad news: The S&P 500 may not climb any higher in the last months of this year, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. …

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Battle for zero trading fees pressures Robinhood’s next leg of growth

The Robinhood app on IOS and Android  Source: Robinhood A move by major brokerages this week to scrap trading fees could be a direct hit to Robinhood, the start-up that kicked off the trend six years ago. Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade and E-Trade all announced this week that they would …

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Here’s where the jobs are for September 2019 — in one chart

The September 2019 jobs report showed decent hiring during the month with the health care and education industries seeing the biggest growth. The government reported Friday that payrolls increased by 136,000, missing the 145,000 estimate economists polled by Dow Jones had forecast. The unemployment rate, however, fell to a new …

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Investors aren’t expecting much from Apple and that’s usually good for the stock

Members of the media take photographs of iPhone 11, iPhone11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max smartphones in the Apple Marunouchi store on September 20, 2019 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Wall Street isn’t expecting blowout earnings for Apple, which could be the best thing for the stock, according …

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