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Stocks slip on Wall Street as 2025 winds down
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (445+ words) A person rides a motorcycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei index at a securities firm, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Tokyo. People walk in front of Tokyo Stock Exchange building, Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, in Tokyo. Anthony Spina, center,…...
Stocks close slightly lower in quiet post-Christmas trading
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (374+ words) A dealer watches computer monitors at a dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 26, 2025. Dealers talk near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and…...
Why 70% of Americans are stressed about spending this holiday season
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (473+ words) Half of Americans are "dreading" the holiday season " as a result of their financial situation. According to a new survey of 2,000 Americans (half of whom have seasonal jobs), 54% fear the inevitable approach of the holidays due to the financial requirements…...
WTO hikes 2025 trade growth outlook but tariffs to bite in 2026
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (516+ words) The WTO headquarters is next to Lake Geneva The WTO said AI-related goods, including semiconductors (pictured), drove nearly half of the overall trade expansion in the first six months of 2025 AI-related goods and a surge in exports to the United…...
Stocks rise on Nvidia-Intel deal, Fed rate cut
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (631+ words) The dollar held gains after bouncing back against its peers following the Federal Reserve decision and boss Jerome Powell's comments Tech shares surged after Nvidia and Intel announced their deal Stock markets advanced Thursday, as tech shares jumped following AI-chips…...
French political turmoil sends European stocks down, Wall Street edges up
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (637+ words) Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to serve on the powerful Fed Board of Governors, has rejected Trump's unprecedented bid to remove her Francois Bayrou proposed a confidence vote to break an impasse over his proposed budget cuts European stock…...