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Market sell-off on Trump’s China tariff threat worsens into the close with the Dow down 800 points: Live updates​

Stocks moved decidedly lower in a rapid move on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened higher tariffs on China, accusing the country of “becoming very hostile” with its restrictions on rare earth metals, a key resource for the tech and defense industries.

Stocks accelerating selling heading into the close, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average being down 802 points, or 1.7%. The S&P 500 lost 2.4%, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 3.2%. Prior to Trump’s comments, stocks were sizably higher, with the Nasdaq hitting a new all-time intraday high.

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Down in a Pennsylvania mine, I saw coal’s future: Coal faces competitive pressure from other industries, but climate change activism also hangs over its future. In addition to the rise of renewable energy, advocates for natural gas often boast that their plants produce less greenhouse emissions. (Washington Post)
 

Wall St Week Ahead: Investors seek economic clues from bank earnings amid data fog​

October 10, 20254:37 PM EDT Updated 2 hours ago

  • Stocks end week on dour note ahead of 3rd anniversary of bull market
  • JPMorgan, Goldman among bank reports due in coming week
  • S&P 500 earnings expected to rise nearly 9% in Q3
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Investors will look to major banks' quarterly earnings reports in the coming week to help gauge the U.S. economy's health as the federal government shutdown has interrupted the flow of new data.

Major U.S. equity indexes slumped on Friday, stalling the market's momentum, after comments from President Donald Trump ratcheted up trade tensions with China. Stocks ended the week on a dour note just before the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX), opens new tab is set to mark the third anniversary of the start of its current bull market run on Sunday.

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Take Five: The perils of politics​

(Reuters) -Political turmoil in France and Japan looms large over markets as U.S. banks kick off the latest earnings season, while the government shutdown drags on and policymakers gather in Washington for the IMF and World Bank annual meetings.

Here's your week ahead from Rae Wee in Singapore, Lewis Krauskopf in New York, and Dhara Ranasinghe, Amanda Cooper and Karin Strohecker in London.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...rils-of-politics/ar-AA1OcAaG?ocid=socialshare
 

Andrew Ross Sorkin on worrying similarities between Wall Street today and 1929's pre-crash market​

Oct 12, 2025 #news #finance #economy
Stocks on Wall Street have rallied in recent months, but author Andrew Ross Sorkin sees a crash coming. The question is: when will the bubble pop, and how much will the market slump when it does?

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This admiral, a New Jersey native, aims to bring Navy shipbuilding back to Philadelphia​

Rear Admiral Tom Anderson, newly retired, was among the U.S. Navy members and veterans who came to Philadelphia this month as the service prepared to celebrate its 250th anniversary in the place where it was founded.

His new job: to make the city again a Navy shipbuilding center, 32 years after the old Philadelphia Navy Yard closed in the post-Cold War military cuts.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...-to-philadelphia/ar-AA1OqlEF?ocid=socialshare
 
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