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U.S. Treasury yields rose Thursday after July retail sales data came in surprisingly strong. Yields and prices move in opposite directions, and one basis point equals one one hundredth of a percent (0.01%). Treasurys. Yields took a big leg up Thursday morning after retail sales jumped 1% in July, far...

10-year Treasury yield tops 3.9% after strong retail sales quiet concern about a slowdown

Markets Insider

Indexes rose after a surprise 1% jump in retail sales. Bond yields jumped as traders dialed back fears of an imminent economic slowdown.

Stock market today: Indexes rise after retail sales boosts confidence on the consumer and the economy

Dow Jones rose over 500 points on Thursday as investors expressed confidence in the economy following robust retail sales and weekly job data. In the afternoon, the Dow climbed 507 points or about 1.2% to 40,515. S&P 500 popped up 1.4%, while Nasdaq increased by 2%. Suggested Reading. The Commerce...

The Dow jumps 500 points on strong retail sales and job growth

New York Post

The Dow jumped more than 500 points, and the Nasdaq rose 2% on Thursday after July retail sales data signaled resilient consumer spending, allaying fears of an imminent recession in the world’s largest economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 554 points, or 1.4%, to 40,563.06. 

The S&P 500 gained 1.6%, and the Nasdaq climbed 400 points, or 2.3% — the sixth straight positive session for both.

Nine of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors traded higher, with consumer discretionary and technology leading gains.



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Retail sales increased 1.0% last month after a downwardly revised 0.2% drop in June, easing fears of a...

Dow surges 500 points as strong retail sales data ease fears of slowdown

U.S. stocks have also posted solid gains, with a big boost coming Thursday when weekly jobless claims fell and U.S. retail sales data was much stronger than forecasts had suggested. That further signaled to investors that the jitters over a U.S. recession, which contributed to the sharp global sell-off at...

Europe stocks close higher to round off winning week; Sterling gains after slew of UK data

The Independent

The papers are at risk of leaving the UK unless a domestic buyer can be found to acquire them.

Export bar placed on rare Alan Turing wartime papers as UK buyer sought

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

A 14-car convoy was reportedly part of the security detail protecting the couple alongside the vice president

Inside the ring of steel protecting Harry and Meghan as they tour Colombia

A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been sentenced to 143 years in prison

Man who pulled gun after Burger King worker wouldn't take drugs for payment gets 143 years in prison

One mom said her two sons became ill after ingesting products from former councilman’s store

City councilman jailed for six years, forfeiting monster truck and $1.9m, for selling drugs

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

‘I’m going to take some of them back to my cottage and have a lot of fun,’ the former president said while looking at the table of grocery goods

Bizarre moment Trump gets distracted by box of Cheerios during Bedminster press conference

Michael Brown’s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race

A report released by the Labor Department on Thursday unexpectedly showed a continued decline by first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits in the week ended August 10th. The Labor Department said initial jobless claims fell to 227,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level of 234,000. Economists...

U.S. Weekly Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Extend Pullback

Colorado State

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

North Carolina State

Ramone Alston was serving a life term in prison

Fugitive killer of one-year-old girl who escaped during hospital trip is recaptured in North Carolina hotel

Norrie was forced to miss the Olympics with the problem.

Cameron Norrie pulls out of US Open with arm injury

Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and swimmer Jack McMillan said they are proud of their success and support each other in any way they can.

‘Times are changing’ – NI Olympians speak about coming together as one

Businesses claim checks on food and plants have caused higher costs

Post-Brexit border controls slammed as ‘chaotic’ as system charges customers for checks that never took place

Harris expands on Biden policies as Trump pushes expansion of oil and gas production to lower prices

Harris vs Trump: How the presidential candidates compare on economic policy

The pound was boosted by data showing retail sales ticked higher last month, after a boost from the Euro 2024 football tournament.

FTSE 100 slips amid strength in sterling after strong UK retail sales

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