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[ad_1] It has already been a difficult year for movie theaters, with the North American box office down roughly 20 percent from last year. And that was when actors could promote their films. With SAG-AFTRA, the actors\’ union, on strike as of Friday, its 160,000 members are officially barred not only from acting in projects […]

[ad_1] Federal Reserve policymakers are debating how much further they need to raise interest rates to ensure that inflation quickly returns to a normal pace, and that calculus is likely to depend heavily on the job market\’s strength. Officials will closely watch the employment report on Friday, the last reading on job growth that they

[ad_1] A federal appeals court on Friday paused a judge\’s order that had blocked much of the Biden administration from talking to social media sites about content. The case could have significant First Amendment implications and affect the conduct of social media companies and their cooperation with government agencies. In its three-sentence order, a three-judge

[ad_1] Federal Reserve policymakers are keenly focused on the strength of the labor market as they debate how much further the economy needs to cool to ensure that quick inflation fades back to a normal pace. Fresh labor market data released on Friday probably offered little to dissuade them from raising interest rates at their

[ad_1] Why It Matters Given its size, JPMorgan in particular is a proxy for the banking industry at large. Jamie Dimon, the bank\’s chief executive, has deep political connections, and his prognostications on the economy are scrutinized in some circles as closely as a central banker\’s musings. On Friday, Mr. Dimon told analysts that he

[ad_1] The US labor market showed signs of continued cooling last month but extended a two-and-a-half-year streak of job growth, the Labor Department said Friday. US employers added 209,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, and the unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent from 3.7 percent in May as joblessness remained near lows not seen in more than

[ad_1] The News JPMorgan Chase, the largest lender in the United States, made $14.5 billion in profit last quarter, a big jump from the same period last year, it reported on Friday. The bank was helped by growth virtually across the board, including increases in lending, credit-card transactions, as well as relative stability in investment

[ad_1] “Making It Work” is a series about small-business owners striving to endure hard times. When Egypt Otis opened her business, Comma Bookstore and Social Hub, three years ago in Flint, Mich., the pandemic was full blown. But her neighbors welcomed the literature and art she sold in her store that celebrated people of color,

[ad_1] Insurers are trapped in a riddle: In a world where the risk of costly disasters is rising but high premiums are squeezing policyholders and angering state regulators, how can they continue to make money? That question was at the center of the decision by Farmers Insurance this week to stop renewing almost a third

[ad_1] Kathryn Keeler and her husband, Stuart de Haaff, own an olive oil company in the hills of central California. The couple spend their days harvesting olives, bottling the oil, labeling the glass bottles and shipping them out, relying primarily on UPS to get their product to kitchens throughout the United States. They are far