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October Job Growth Rebounds to 165,000 as Unemployment Falls to 4.1%
The Bureau of Labor Statistics report beat forecasts and revised September's weak 29,000 gain upward to 60,000, days after Democrats swept the midterm elections.
Free Game NewsSeptember Job Growth Slows to 29,000 as Wages Lag
New BLS data shows hiring nearly stalled in September 2026, with unemployment at 4.2% and wages and salaries rising 3.1% over the year while benefit costs climbed 3.9%.
Free Game NewsNasdaq Futures Fall After Alphabet and Samsung Earnings Miss
Disappointing results from two AI bellwethers revived doubts about whether trillions in artificial intelligence spending will ever pay off, sending Treasury prices higher as the Federal Reserve held rates steady.
Free Game NewsMorgan Stanley Names Amazon Top Pick on AI, Robotics Growth
Analysts lifted their price target to $350, citing accelerating AWS purchases of Nvidia chips and Amazon's retail robotics as a 'Physical AI' advantage.
Free Game NewsHome Builder Sentiment Falls to 29, a 14-Year Low
The NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index dropped three points in October, missing forecasts, as high mortgage rates and rising costs keep buyers on the sidelines.
Free Game NewsTrump Creates White House Panel to Investigate Fed Governor Lisa Cook
The committee will hold a closed, four-hour hearing on November 5 to decide whether mortgage allegations give the president cause to remove her.
Free Game NewsSupreme Court Declines to Block Paramount Warner Bros Merger
Justice Elena Kagan denied an emergency request from five Paramount subscribers without explanation, clearing the $110.9 billion deal to close as Skydance Corporation.
Free Game NewsFed Rate Hikes Risk Pushing Rents Higher, Apollo Economist Warns
Torsten Slok says higher borrowing costs choke off homebuilding, tighten rental supply, and feed the very inflation Kevin Warsh's Fed is trying to contain.
Free Game NewsKushner’s Gaza Role Raises New Conflict Questions
A CNN investigation traced the president's son-in-law to the top of a Tel Aviv financial group with $456 million riding on the suppliers of Israel's war machine. Every part of the arrangement is legal. That is the actual scandal.
Free Game NewsAnthropic Seeks $2 Trillion Valuation in IPO Filing
The 'responsible' AI lab's confidential IPO prospectus reveals half a trillion dollars in spending it mostly cannot cancel, a $42 billion annual loss, and 80 pages explaining why its technology could pose existential risks. Read that combination slowly.
Free Game NewsSeptember Job Growth Slows to 29,000
The September jobs report was weak by almost every measure, and stocks rallied anyway. The people losing ground and the people making money are reading the same numbers two very different ways.
Free Game NewsParamount's Warner Bros. Takeover Is Cleared to Close. The Fine Print Says Who Pays.
A federal judge signed off on the $110 billion merger this week, and Paramount celebrated by hiring Mattel's CEO to run the integration. Every concession that cleared the deal expires in five years. The consolidation is forever.
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