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In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, a specialist works at his post on the trading floor during the listing of ION Acquisition Corp 1 Ltd., from Israel, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Stocks are pulling lower Friday, as Wall Street’s first reaction to President Donald Trump’s testing positive for the coronavirus was to retrench. (Courtney Crow/New York Stock Exchange via AP) NYRD502 NYRD502

October 22, 2020 at 11:00 pm

US stocks shake off a wobbly start and end mostly higher

U.S. stock indexes closed mostly higher Friday, though the S&P 500 posted its first weekly loss in four weeks. The benchmark index eked out a...

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October 22, 2020 at 8:00 am

Rising vacancies, declining rents squeezing apartment REITs

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pandemic is squeezing big apartment building owners, with a surge in vacancies leading to a decline in rent growth for...

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October 18, 2020 at 7:10 am

Cresco Labs CEO talks legal marijuana industry challenges

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Demand for marijuana products in U.S. states where they are legal in some form has been resilient this year, despite the...

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A person walks past the New York Stock Exchange building in Manhattan, early on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Global markets dropped early Friday after President Donald Trump said that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for the coronavirus. T(John Taggart/The New York Times) XNYT27 XNYT27

October 15, 2020 at 11:08 pm

A late slide erases gains for US indexes, leaving them mixed

Wall Street closed out a choppy week of trading with more of the same Friday, as a late-afternoon stumble led U.S. stock indexes to a...

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October 8, 2020 at 10:28 pm

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 ongoing negotiations on Capitol Hill aimed at delivering more...

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October 1, 2020 at 8:36 am

US housing roars back despite recession, high unemployment

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The U.S. housing market has staged a furious comeback this summer, even as the economy struggles to regain its footing after...

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September 24, 2020 at 11:55 pm

Stocks post solid gains as technology shares lead rally VIEW

Stocks shook off another bout of volatile trading and finished solidly higher Friday, led by gains in technology and health care companies. Despite the rally,...

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September 17, 2020 at 11:46 pm

US stocks fall as market decline extends for third week

Wall Street capped another turbulent week of trading Friday with a broad slide in stocks that left the S&P 500 with its third-straight weekly loss....

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September 11, 2020 at 12:30 am

Tech falters again as Wall Street ends worst week in months

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out its worst week since June with another day of churning trading Friday, as big technology stocks resumed...

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FILE – In this April 28, 2015, file photo, a man walks past a Microsoft sign set up for the Microsoft BUILD conference at Moscone Center in San Francisco. A federal judge says it’s likely that Microsoft was trying to avoid or evade paying U.S. taxes and is ordering the company to hand over financial documents from more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) NYBZ332 NYBZ332

September 10, 2020 at 1:21 pm

Surge in options trading helps drive gains on Wall Street

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stock options trading is up sharply this year, fueled by investor optimism for more gains on Wall Street. Options are contracts...

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