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U.S. stock futures mixed as market shrugs off inflation report

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.NYSEU.S. stock futures were mixed Wednesday night after the market shrugged off the July inflation report and the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 hit records.Dow futures rose 9 points, or 0.03%. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.02% and 0.14%, respectively.In…

Asia stocks spooked by sudden slide in gold

People are reflected on an electric board showing Nikkei index and its graph outside a brokerage at a business district in Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-HoonAsian stock markets : https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4Gold drops more than 4% at one stage, oil prices slideStrong U.S. jobs report brings Fed tapering nearerRising Treasury yields lift dollar to 4mth…

China Stocks Rally as Beijing Intensifies Effort to Calm Market

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in China and Hong Kong jumped Thursday, after authorities intensified efforts to calm fears about a crackdown on the private education industry and as the central bank pumped liquidity into the financial system.The CSI 300 Index closed 1.9% higher, led by materials and industrial stocks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rallied 3.3%,…

Nasdaq to Spin Out Market for Pre-IPO Shares in Deal With Banks

Nasdaq Inc. is teaming up with a group of banks including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley to spin out its marketplace for shares of private companies. The deal could help drive more transactions to Nasdaq Private Market, the New York-based exchange operator’s trading platform for shares of companies that haven’t yet had an…

American father, son sentenced to Japan prison for helping Ghosn escape

A Tokyo court handed down prison terms for the American father and son accused of helping Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, escape to Lebanon while awaiting trial in Japan.Michael Taylor was sentenced Monday to two years in prison, while his son Peter was sentenced to one year and eight months.They were charged with helping a…

Non-competes, banks and farms: Five key elements of Biden’s executive order | TheHill

President BidenJoe BidenJohn Kerry to visit Moscow officials to discuss 'global climate ambition' Civil rights leaders find meeting with WH 'encouraging' amidst voting rights battle Pentagon eyes places to send Afghan interpreters as Biden pledges evacuations by end of July MORE’s sweeping executive order on competition targets industries from banking and airlines to technology and…

Los Angeles urges everyone to mask up because of delta variant — even the vaccinated

Please NoteThe Washington Post is providing this important information about the coronavirus for free. For more free coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, sign up for our Coronavirus Updates newsletter where all stories are free to read.Los Angeles County public health authorities are urging unvaccinated and vaccinated people alike to don masks again inside restaurants, stores…

Google Delays Cookie Removal to Late 2023

Google delayed its plan to scrap a widely used technology to track web-browsing habits amid regulatory scrutiny and concern from privacy advocates and the advertising industry over the search giant’s approach to replacing the tool. On Thursday, the Alphabet Inc. unit said its Chrome internet browser will stop supporting a user-tracking technology called third-party cookies…