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The Labor Department says employers added 29,000 jobs in September, well below economists' forecasts, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.2% from 4.1%. July and August were revised down by a combined 60,000 jobs. Average wages were up 3% from a year…
✔ Sources: AP via ABC15, NPR via KPBS, Quartz
U.S. stocks rose Friday after the softer-than-expected jobs report pushed Treasury yields lower and reduced expectations of another Federal Reserve rate hike. The tech-heavy Nasdaq led the major indexes, up about 1.2%, and Nvidia shares hit a record high.
✔ Sources: TheStreet, International Business Times, Benzinga
British counter-terrorism police charged Salam Ahmadyan, 36, and Rahman Salehi, 34, both Iranian nationals, with preparing terrorist acts. Police allege they planned to target the Jewish community in the Manchester area ahead of Yom Kippur and say the men…
✔ Sources: AFP via Arab News, The Jewish Chronicle, Times of Israel live blog, Oct. 2
Congo's health ministry says 4,018 people have died among 8,300 confirmed cases in the Ebola outbreak, which the AP describes as the fastest-growing on record. A treatment center near Bunia in Ituri province burned down this week, and the U.N. says that…
✔ Sources: AP via CP24, AP via News4Jax, Al Jazeera
All four MLB Division Series open Saturday: the White Sox at the Guardians, the Braves at the Dodgers, the Yankees at the Rays and the Padres at the Brewers. The Yankees, White Sox and Padres swept their wild-card series; the Braves beat the Phillies two…
✔ Sources: Yahoo Sports, CBS Sports
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