The seeming end of the government shutdown means Wall Street could soon get flooded with a raft of crucial reports on the economy that were delayed during the impasse. First up: September employment.
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Some investors exposed themselves to potentially devastating losses through riskier plays; consumer-product companies expanded factories and revamped production lines on a bet that working from home is here to stay, and some turned Christmas trees into edibles.
