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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Stock futures rise ahead of key August jobs report: Stock market news today  Yahoo Finance Source link

Despite inflation cooling down a bit in August, up 8.3%, Americans can still expect to pay up on their next trip to the grocery store. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ August Consumer Price Index (CPI), the overall cost of food rose 11.4%, with the food-at-home category, groceries, up 13.5% year-over-year. For the overall food category, that’s the highest increase since May of 1979, but for the food-at-home category, that’s the largest increase since March of 1979, according to… Source link

U.S. stocks opened Friday’s trading session higher following an in-line August jobs report. Shortly after the opening bell, the S&P 500 was up 0.7%, the Nasdaq up 0.7%, and the Dow was up about 150 points, or 0.5%. This jump follows a volatile trading session on Thursday that saw all three major indexes sink before paring losses, with the S&P 500 and Dow finishing September’s first trading session in the green. Data from the Labor Department published Friday morning showed nonfarm payrolls grew… Source link

LIVE: Stock Market Coverage – Tuesday August 30 Yahoo Finance – Yahoo Finance Source link

  Stock futures slipped Friday morning as Wall Street awaited a highly-anticipated speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell at the U.S. central bank’s economic symposium in Jackson Hole. Futures tied to the S&P 500 fell 0.4%, while futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed roughly 100 points, or 0.3%. Nasdaq futures were off by 0.6%. The moves come after all three major averages rallied in the previous session to log gains of more than 1%. Powell is scheduled to deliver remarks… Source link

Stock Market Coverage – Wednesday August 24 Yahoo Finance – Yahoo Finance Source link

The forthcoming update continues Google’s efforts to show more helpful, in-depth reviews based on first-hand expertise in search results. Google’s timing for the next product review update aligns with the conclusion of the just-announced helpful content update. When you add in July’s product review update, that’s three confirmed Google algorithm changes in a month. Google appears to be on a mission to purge the front page of low-value content, with an acute focus on content people… Source link

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LIVE: Stock Market Coverage – Wednesday August 17 Yahoo Finance – Yahoo Finance Source link