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The S&P 500 index narrowly missed a fresh record close Wednesday and the Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with strong gains after the Federal Reserve's decision to deliver a final quarter-point rate cut for 2025, which gave investors optimism that equities can keep climbing through year-end.
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Trump says Fed could have 'at least doubled' latest interest rate cut cnbc.comTrump administration live updates: Judge orders Epstein grand jury records released NBC NewsTrump Says Fed Didn't Cut Rates Enough The Wall Street JournalDonald Trump Reacts to Federal Reserve Interest Rate Cuts News
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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement Federal Reserve Board (.gov)The Fed just cut interest rates for the third-straight time CNNA divided Fed cuts interest rates again as economic concerns persist NBC NewsFed Meeting Live Updates: Central Bank Lowers Interest Rates Again The New York Times
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Netflix Is Looking to Borrow Heavily Again to Fund Warner Bros. Deal Bloomberg.comNetflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Following the Separation of Discovery Global for a Total Enterprise Value of $82.7 Billion (Equity Value of $72.0 Billion) About NetflixThe Apocalyptic Potential of the Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal The AtlanticThe Streaming Wars Are Over The RingerNetflix Launches Massive $82.7 Billion Bid for WBD -- Is NFLX Still a Buy? Yahoo Finance
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China ‘did tell Japan about air drills but not in enough detail to avoid danger' South China Morning PostUS backs Japan in dispute with China over radar incident ReutersJapan PM vows ‘resolute' response after Chinese aircraft accused of locking radar on to Japanese fighter jets The GuardianJapan protests after Chinese fighter jets lock radar on Japanese planes BBC
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Skunk scratch on kidney donor results in fatal rabies case: CDC NewsNationMan dies of rabies after kidney transplant from donor who saved kitten from skunk The GuardianDiagnostic dilemma: Man caught rabies from organ transplant after donor was scratched by skunk Live ScienceMan Dies of Rabies from Infected Kidney Donor Who Contracted the Disease from Skunk Attack: Report People.com
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Democrats Warn of National Security Concerns With Paramount's WBD Bid VarietyParamount's hostile takeover bid is one of the largest CNNParamount Skydance's David Ellison Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders Making Case for Why Its Bid Is Better Than Netflix Deal: ‘I Am Passionate and Dedicated to This Pursuit' VarietyFed expected to cut rates and Hollywood's own drama kicks off awards season: Morning Rundown NBC News
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Tourists from 42 countries will have to submit 5 years of social media history to enter U.S. under Trump plan CBS NewsU.S. Plans to Scrutinize 5 Years of Social Media History for Foreign Tourists The New York TimesUS could ask foreign tourists for five-year social media history before entry BBCUS to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests Financial Times
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Dow gains 200 points as investors hope for Fed rate cut and more easing ahead: Live updates CNBCStock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq wobble with Fed rate decision on deck Yahoo FinanceFed Meeting Today: Dow, S&P 500 Steady Ahead of Likely Interest-Rate Cut — Live Updates The Wall Street JournalWall Street is quiet as it waits for the Federal Reserve's announcement in the afternoon AP News
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The Fed is expected to lower its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point — but with inflation stubbornly high and mixed signals from the job market, it could be a split decision.
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Oil major will cut investment over next five years from $30bn to $20bn
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WHAT are Republican lawmakers in politics to achieve? Not many years ago, at the peak of their outrage over Barack Obama''s economic stimulus package, 'balanced budgets' might have featured in the answer. But the frenzied passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act through Congress has revealed the insincerity of the party''s fiscal moralising. Republicans in Congress do not oppose government borrowing when it suits them. Rather, the overarching policy objective that unifies them is cutting taxes—and damn the fiscal consequences. Following the passage of the tax bill through the Senate in the early hours of December 2nd, Republicans are on the brink of achieving their goal.On November 30th budget scorekeepers unveiled a forecast for how much extra economic growth the tax bill might spark: enough to pay for about one third of its $1.5trn cost. Previously, Republicans might have viewed this projection as a triumph. They have long pressed for budget forecasts to include such 'dynamic' effects (see blog). But the score briefly seemed to imperil the bill. It undermined the absurd claim, made by the Republican leadership and the Trump administration, that tax cuts would pay for themselves in full. No serious economist ever thought this credible. Yet the official score seemed to blow Republicans'' ...
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