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U.S. Stocks Extend Rally

U.S. stocks finished at new record highs, helped by artificial-intelligence deals and solid corporate earnings.

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Trump Expects to Sign China Trade Deal at Xi Summit

The highly anticipated meeting is expected to cover a wide range of topics, including the export of chemicals used to produce fentanyl.

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Washington's Oil Dilemma Returns: How to Hurt Moscow Without Raising Gas Prices

Enforcing tough measures against one of the world's top oil producers risks triggering a supply shock.

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Australian Inflation Surge Scuttles Rate Cut Hopes

With inflation back above the Reserve Bank of Australia's target band, the prospect of a cut in official interest rates in November has shrunk.

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Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite

Layoffs at companies ranging from Amazon to Target are sending young and experienced workers alike into an unwelcoming market.

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Home-Price Gains Weakened to 1.5% in August

It was the smallest rate of increase in more than two years.

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U.S. labor market was expanding in mid-October, new weekly ADP report shows

Job growth was cooling prior to the government shutdown, which started on Oct. 1 and has delayed the release of the September jobs report.

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The Fed's $6.6 Trillion Test: When to End Its Portfolio Runoff

The central bank's three-year bid to shrink its asset portfolio comes up against signs of funding pressures in overnight lending markets.

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Trump Hails Golden Era in Japan Relations

The president heaped praise on Japan's first female prime minister as the two leaders pledged to renew their countries' alliance aboard a U.S. aircraft carrier.

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China Vows to Significantly Boost Household Consumption Rate

China's communist elites have pledged to let consumption play a bigger role in driving growth over the next five years.

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German Consumer Sentiment Returns to Worsening Trend

Consumer confidence sank to its lowest level since April, as income expectations slumped on the back of continued geopolitical uncertainty and higher inflation.

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Bank of Canada Will Likely Cut Rates Again, Economists Say

A WSJ survey forecast a 25-basis-point reduction at Wednesday's policy meeting, with Canada's weakened economy still whipsawed by Trump's wavering tariff policies.

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Milei's Clear-Cut Victory Unlocks a Wall Street Windfall

The win for Argentine President Javier Milei's party is rewarding investors who bet on the country.

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Trump, Xi to Discuss Lowering China Tariffs for Fentanyl Crackdown

If Beijing takes action to cut the export of chemicals that make fentanyl, the U.S. would cut in half the 20% fentanyl-related levies on Chinese goods.

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October 29, 2025 03:15 ET (07:15 GMT)