Tag: Stock Market
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Here’s what is open and closed on Columbus Day 2024/Indigenous Peoples Day
Expert offers tips for holiday, end of year travel Expert offers tips for holiday, end of year travel 02:26 Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it’s also one of the nation’s most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research. Even thoughthe event, which falls annually on the second…
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Dow plunges more than 1,200 points amid fears of U.S. economic slowdown
Stocks in the U.S. plunged for a third consecutive trading day, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbling more than 1,200 points, amid growing fears of an economic downturn sparked by a sharp slowdown in hiring and weakening consumer spending. The S&P 500 slid 199 points, or 3.7%, to 5,148 as markets opened, while the…