The increase comes after private payrolls declined by a revised 29,000 in November.
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The Dow has survived everything from the Great Depression to the dot-com bubble to the Covid pandemic as it nears a historic achievement.
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The company’s problems of two years ago are well behind it, and shares appear poised for more gains.
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Non-U.S. stocks look poised for another standout year, fueled by rising earnings and falling interest rates. Where to shop now.
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Housing technology companies are offering more than just listings, and their other services are a buffer against disruptions to the way buyers shop and agents advertise.
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With gross domestic product per capita on par with Japan and a stagnant population, South Korea’s tigerish growth days are behind it.
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The veteran investor and co-founder of GMO likes quality stocks, international value, and Japan.
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Grantham, co-founder of money manager GMO, had a nasty but illustrative run-in with speculative small-caps early in his storied career. Here’s an excerpt from his new book, “The Making of a Permabear.”
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The third film in James Cameron’s sci-fi series about the blue Na’vi people raked in another $64 million through Sunday, according to Comscore.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t at the meeting, but Trump said he had talked Putin beforehand and pressed him to make a deal.
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The Vermont senator is worried about the risks of artificial intelligence and wants Congress to act. He also is suspect of who is pushing the technology.
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The revamped American Heart Association tool offers a surprising look at the issues that make cardiovascular disease the country’s top killer.
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Higher costs are hurting profit margins at many smaller retailers, even as more shoppers head to big-box stores.
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The company has unfairly received the label of AI loser. That should change, and soon.
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The legendary manager has taken on two co-managers to help him run the mammoth fund. Just don’t use the word “retirement.”
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Once tarred as an unwise investment at best, fractional ownership has a new set of fans.
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The stock has long underperformed competitors. That may be about to change.
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Tencent is using a Japanese cloud service to access Nvidia Blackwell chips that remain banned to Chinese customers.
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A pocket of the market sees the risk of a steep S&P 500 decline in 2026.
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These market-beating funds see bargains in stocks like AppLovin, Wells Fargo, and Boeing. Where they’re investing for 2026.
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Millions of children will receive $1,000 at birth from so-called Trump Accounts. Some generous billionaires are pitching in more. It doesn’t add up to much, Allan Sloan writes.
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Walmart, Target, and Kroger are competing with national brands by promoting their own products with healthy ingredients and innovative flavors to lure customers.
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Companies like Instacart and Delta are using AI to set prices. What you pay may hinge on how much the AI knows about you.
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Raphael Bostic, president of the Atlanta Fed, say lowering interest rates further would fuel more inflation.
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Our 2025 picks trounced the market. Amazon and Visa are among our choices for next year.
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