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  Investors scramble as the S&P 500 dives into bear market territory

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  Financial markets closed out the week with yet another head-spinning day, with one of the main indexes, the S&P 500, plunging for almost three hours …

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  Calls for Biden to cancel the widespread financial burden of student debt grow louder

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  President Biden has indicated he will soon announce a decision on whether he will cancel $10,000 in student debt for college graduates. It’s a …

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  New Orleans is giving youth $350 a month. Here’s why

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  NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans has launched a first-of-its-kind program that provides monthly payments to teens as young as 16 years old. For the next 10 …

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  U.S. stocks edge higher at the end of another bruising week

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  NEW YORK — Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Friday, but are still headed for another week of declines following a massive pullback two …

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  Biden invokes Defense Production Act to counter dearth of baby formula

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  President Biden is under pressure on a number of fronts right now, including getting more done and showing better results that people can feel in the …

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  Canada bans China’s Huawei Technologies from installing equipment in 5G networks

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  TORONTO (AP) — Wireless carriers in Canada won’t be allowed to install Huawei equipment in their high-speed 5G networks, the Canadian government said …