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Stocks pull back after February jobs report

Business
Jessica Roberts

Stocks lost momentum and turned downward during afternoon trading on Friday, as investors pulled back some after a powerful rally that led ...

Stocks rise after February jobs report

Business
Jessica Roberts

Stocks climbed on Friday after the February jobs report showed an uptick in the unemployment rate, bolstering investor confidence that the Federal ...

China Stocks Gain as Authorities Step Up Support: Markets Wrap

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Jessica Roberts

(Bloomberg) — A rally in Chinese shares intensified after policymakers took more steps to revive investor confidence, defying broader weakness in Asia ...

Xi’s Markets Shakeup Surprised Insiders, Showing Alarm Over Rout

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Jessica Roberts

(Bloomberg) — Staffers at China’s main securities regulator had been working around the clock for weeks on ways to prop up the ...

Analysis-Why China’s national team won’t save spiralling markets

Business
Jessica Roberts

By Tom Westbrook and Summer Zhen SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) – For a second day running state-backed buying likely scraped Chinese stocks from ...