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Stocks climb, closing out biggest weekly gain in 3 months

Wall Street closed out its best week in three months Friday as investors drew encouragement from
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Trump administration targets diversity hiring by contractors

American companies promising to hire more Black employees in leadership roles and teach their workforce about racism are getting a message from President Donald Trump’s administration: Watch your step if you want to keep doing business with the federal government.
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S&P 500 rises again, on pace for its best week since July

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising on Wall Street Friday as talks appear to be continuing in the start-and-stop drive on Capitol Hill to deliver more aid to the ailing economy.
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JPMorgan puts $30B toward fixing banking's 'systemic racism'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “systemic racism” in the country’s economic system.
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JPMorgan puts $30B toward fixing banking's 'systemic racism'

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — JPMorgan Chase said Thursday it will extend billions in loans to Black and Latino homebuyers and small business owners in an expanded effort toward fixing what the bank calls “systemic racism” in the country’s economic system.
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Stocks climb again on Wall Street with hopes for stimulus

Stocks rose for the second day in a row Thursday, reflecting hope on Wall Street that Washington can approve more aid for the economy and encouragement from a report that suggests the
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Stocks rise as Trump tweets on stimulus keep market spinning

Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump
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Stocks drop after Trump calls off talks on economic stimulus

Stocks dropped on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered a stop to negotiations with Democrats on a coronavirus economic stimulus bill until after the election.
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Stocks drop after President Trump calls off stimulus talks

Stocks dropped on Wall Street Tuesday after President Donald Trump ordered aides to stop negotiating with Democrats over another round of aid for the economy until after the election. Investors have been clamoring for more stimulus after the economy was punched into a recession by coronavirus shutdowns. The S&P 500 …
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Stocks are drifting on Wall Street as markets take a pause

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are drifting in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday, as the market’s momentum slows following the S&P 500’s best day in more than three weeks and another rocky stretch of trading.
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Stocks jump on stimulus hopes, Trump's hospital departure

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rallied Monday as hopes for economic aid from Washington helped it recover all its knee-jerk losses after learning President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Wall Street claws back more of its losses on stimulus hopes

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Monday, as hopes for economic aid from Washington help Wall Street recover all the losses from its initial, fearful reaction after learning that President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Stocks end bumpy day lower after Trump's positive virus test

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s major stock indexes fell on Friday after President Donald Trump
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Stocks end bumpy day lower after Trump's positive virus test

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s major stock indexes fell on Friday after President Donald Trump
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Tokyo Stock Exchange resumes trading after technical outage

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Stock Exchange resumed normal operations Friday after repairs of malfunctions in its computer systems that halted trading for an entire day in the worst such outage ever.
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