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The economy may be in better shape than you think… for now

A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’s Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? you can register right here. New York CNN Business — the real-estate market it is rapidly losing strength. Interest rates keep climbing. the stock Exchange remains volatile. Y inflation it’s still a major problem for people trying to …

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Nasdaq halts small Chinese company IPOs as it probes stock rallies

NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Nasdaq Inc. (NDAQ.O) has slowed initial public offering (IPO) preparations for at least four small Chinese companies while investigating short-lived stock rallies by said companies after their debuts, according to lawyers and bankers working on such stock launches. The stock trader’s actions come amid a surge in shares of …

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“My Price Will Only Go Up”: Collectors Bet On Nostalgia As They Resell McDonald’s Happy Meals For Adults

One of the most fascinating things about the collectibles business is the way items are assigned value relative to other elements that can appear almost identical to strangers. For example, I once saw a man get on a Kentucky Liquor Store parking lot and installed about a dozen bourbon bottles on the tailgate of his …

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Kroger-Albertsons merger raises fears of store closings; this is where the chains compete in oregon

the 2002 closing of the Fred Meyer grocery store serving Rockwood was a huge blow to the Gresham neighborhood, leaving a hole in its center and one less option for groceries. The next success came in 2015, when a merger between the Albertsons and Safeway brands resulted in the closure of a nearby Safeway store. …

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Stock market investors are gearing up for the busiest week of earnings season. This is how it stacks up so far.

So far so good? Stocks finished first full week of earnings season on a strong note Friday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.47%, S&P 500SPX, +2.37% and Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.81% to its biggest weekly earnings since June. It gets busier in the coming week, with 165 S&P 500 companies, including 12 Dow …

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Relentless rise in interest rates looms over another volatile week for markets

Bond yields rose during another volatile week, unseating global markets as investors navigated mixed earnings reports and signs that government officials Federal Reserve it could push interest rates much higher to rein in stubbornly high inflation. Hopes that the Fed will ease its campaign of rate hikes have been undermined by signs that high inflation …

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