All three major U.S. stock indexes finished with back-to-back gains on Wednesday, with investors using November's unexpectedly weak private-sector hiring report to solidify expectations for a quarter-point interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week.
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Privately run businesses eliminated jobs in November for the third time in four months, pointing to a broad slowdown in hiring that threatens to nudge unemployment higher and chip away at the economy.