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Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

US stocks rally after inflation data but close lower for the week

U.S. stocks rebounded on Friday following a cooler-than-anticipated inflation report and dovish Fed commentary, easing rate hike concerns. The PCE index rose 2.4% annually, slightly below estimates. Despite the rally, major indexes closed the week lower. Traders now anticipate Fed rate cuts in March and October 2025. Congressional efforts to avoid a government shutdown also influenced market activity.

World Socialist Web Site 

Elon Musk promotes the global fascist right

Elon Musk, owner of Tesla, SpaceX, and the social media platform X, is leveraging his staggering fortune to finance and promote fascist forces throughout the world.

France24.com (en) 

Arahmaiani: the Indonesian artist with a thousand lives

The Southeast Asian artist was a nomad for years because of a crackdown on her paintings, installations and performances, which were viewed as provocative in the conservative Muslim-majority nation. Her works are now on show at Britain's Tate Modern in London for the first time and in November she gave a performance there focusing on violence suffered by Chinese-Indonesians in unrest during the fall of dictator Suharto in the late 1990s. Her voice and percussion-based performance named "Burning... Читать дальше...

Avax.news 

USA last Week, Part 3/3

Celebrity Hair Stylist, Chris Appleton was walking along Sunset blvd on their way to film Selling Sunset with Chrishell Stause when Chris wasn't paying attention to the Frappacino's that he was carrying and dropped them in the middle of Sunset Blvd in West Hollywood, CA. on December 11, 2024. The looks on their faces was prices. The drinks can be seen in mid air before both hitting the ground and exploding. Clearly embarrassed, all they could do was laugh. (Photo by TheRealSPW/Backgrid USA)

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

US stocks end sharply higher, dollar drops after inflation report

Wall Street rallied and the dollar weakened as cooler-than-anticipated inflation data eased fears of runaway price growth. This positive news overshadowed concerns about a potential government shutdown and new tariff threats. Major U.S. stock indexes climbed over 1%, while gold prices surged and Treasury yields retreated. European stocks, however, experienced their worst week in months due to tariff concerns.

Pix11.com 

Sunnyside tenants rally for action to repair apartments destroyed in fire

QUEENS (PIX11) – Tenants of a Sunnyside, Queens apartment building destroyed in a fire one year ago chanted "fix our homes!" at a rally Friday night. Residents of more than 100 apartments at 43-09 47th Avenue were displaced on December 20th, 2023, when a five-alarm fire tore through part of the building. The building is [...]

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

Arizona State aims to get back to winning against UMass

(Photo credit: Patrick Breen/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Arizona State will attempt to avoid back-to-back losses Saturday when it plays a nonconference game against Massachusetts at the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic in Springfield, Mass. The Sun Devils (8-2) had a six-game winning streak end with an 83-66 loss to then-No. 9 Florida in Atlanta on Dec. 14. Arizona State was outrebounded 47-27 in th

BigNewsNetwork.com (sports) 

High-flying offenses face off when Utah meets Iowa

(Photo credit: Rob Gray-Imagn Images) Though the Utah basketball team has never played in the state of South Dakota, the Utes are no stranger to the Iowa Hawkeyes. They took on the Big Ten Conference squad in the second round of the NIT in March of last season and won 91-82. Utah (8-2) will face Iowa (8-3) again on Saturday in Sioux Falls, S.D., in a neutral-site rematch. "We know the next game is going to be a difficu

Top Stories (us) - Google News (com) 

Starbucks Workers Strike in LA, Chicago, Seattle - The New York Times

  1. Starbucks Workers Strike in LA, Chicago, Seattle  The New York Times
  2. Starbucks workers union announces pre-Christmas strike in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle  ABC News
  3. Starbucks baristas call 5-day strike. Here’s what to expect in Seattle  The Seattle Times
  4. Where are Amazon and Starbucks employees striking? And why? Here's what to know  USA TODAY
  5. Starbucks workers’ union goes on strike in US cities  Al Jazeera English

En.mehrnews.com 

Over 60 killed, injured after German market attacked

TEHRAN, Dec. 21 (MNA) – A car plowed into a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least two people and injuring at least 60 others in what authorities called a deliberate attack.