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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, lifted …

FILE - A person looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo, on May 12, 2023. Asian shares mostly rose Friday, June 9, 2023, led by a jump on the Tokyo Stock Exchange where share prices got a boost of optimism from a new bull market on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

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Jury returns $63M verdict after finding Chevron covered …

FILE - A motorist drives near the pumps at a Chevron gas station in Oakland, Calif. Tuesday, April 25, 2017. California jury has returned a $63 million verdict against Chevron after finding the oil giant covered up a toxic chemical pit and then sold the land to a man who built a house on it and was later diagnosed with a blood cancer. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)

Nevada Senate vote on proposed A’s stadium in Las Vegas …

Biden picks longtime transportation official as acting …

FILE -Polly Trottenberg, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation, speaks to the media during a press conference and bill signing that authorizes New York City to lower their speed limit, Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014, in New York. The Federal Aviation Administration has another acting leader at the controls. The White House said Thursday, June 8, 2023 that President Joe Biden picked longtime government official Polly Trottenberg to run the FAA.(AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Los Angeles county DA’s office quits Twitter due to barrage …

Smoke from wildfires, a fact of life in the West, catches …

File - Workmen tend to the George Washington Bridge, as seen from Fort Lee, N.J., as haze from wildfires in Canada settles over the area on Wednesday, June 7, 2023. The haze from the wildfires is taking its toll on outdoor workers along the Eastern U.S. who carried on with their jobs even as dystopian orange skies forced the cancelation of sports events, school field trips and Broadway plays. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

GameStop slumps after it fires former Amazon executive …

FILE - In this file photo, a GameStop sign is displayed above a store in Urbandale, Iowa, on Jan. 28, 2021. Shares of GameStop are falling before the market open on Thursday, June 8, 2023, as the video game company has terminated CEO Matthew Furlong and named Ryan Cohen as its executive chairman.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

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Barely a bear: Wall Street exits what turned out …

FILE - A street sign is seen in front of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, June 14, 2022. AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

The S&P 500 is in a bull market. Here’s what that …

FILE- This Oct. 18, 2008 file photo shows the Charging Bull sculpture in New York City's Financial District. The S&P 500 is now in what Wall Street refers to as a bull market, meaning the index has risen 20% or more from its most recent low. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

GM to invest $500 million at plant that makes large …

Boost for homebuyers: Average long-term US mortgage …

A home under construction at a development in Sudbury, Ma., on Sunday, March 12, 2023. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

US company signs agreement to enter retail fuel market …

FILE- Sri Lankan auto rickshaw drivers queue up to buy petrol near a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 13, 2022. A U.S. petroleum company signed an agreement with Sri Lanka on Thursday allowing it to import and sell fuel in the country, less than a month after Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec also acquired rights to enter the retail market, as the Indian Ocean nation grapples with an economic and energy crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Europe’s economy shrank. For households that are …

FILE - The sun sets behind the cole-fired power plant 'Scholven' of the Uniper energy company in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on Oct. 22, 2022. The European economy contracted slightly at the end of last year and beginning of 2023, revised figures showed Thursday June 8, 2023, underlining the impact of the loss of Russian natural gas and high inflation on consumer spending. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

US applications for jobless benefits highest since …

FILE - A hiring sign is displayed at a restaurant in Prospect Heights, Ill., on April 4, 2023. The hot jobs market has been defying a weakening economy and confounding the Federal Reserve for months, but now shows signs of cooling. The latest set of employment data from the government shows that job openings fell in March to their lowest level since April 2021. Layoffs rose to 1.8 million, their highest level since December 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)