>>Trading Week Winding Down
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed sharply higher yesterday. That came on the heels of encouraging news for investors from labor and consumer reports this week that have helped cool recession concerns. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 554 points to 40-563. The S&P 500 rose by 88 points to 55-43. The Nasdaq gained 401 points to 17-594.
>>Vice President Harris To Outline Economic Policy
(Raleigh, NC) -- Vice President Kamala Harris plans to unveil her economic policy in a speech in Raleigh, North Carolina later today. It will be her first policy-centered speech since she entered the race for the White House following President Biden's decision to drop out. The Harris campaign said the vice president will outline a plan "to lower costs for middle-class families and take on corporate price-gouging."
>>Billions Of Social Security Numbers Compromised
(Washington, DC) -- All Americans' Social Security information could be compromised. Reports say hackers stole data from National Public Data and tried to sell it, but then posted it online for free. The group claims to have nearly three-billion records of personal data from North America and the UK. Experts say the best course of action is to freeze your credit files to prevent other from signing up for credit cards or other accounts in your name
>>Trump Attacks Harris On Economic Policies
(Bedminster, NJ) -- Donald Trump says the Biden administration's economic policies have "totally failed." During a news conference yesterday from Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said "the worst is yet to come" if Kamala Harris is elected president in November. He argued that Americans are spending significantly more under the Biden-Harris administration and accused the vice president of breaking the economy and the southern border.
>>New Zealand To Extradite Kim Dotcom To The U.S.
(Wellington, NZ) -- Internet mogul Kim Dotcom is set to be extradited to the U.S. to face copyright infringement charges. Dotcom is currently residing in New Zealand, but is facing charges in the U.S. related to his file-sharing website Megaupload [[ mega upload ]]. He and three co-defendants have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on charges including wire fraud, money laundering, conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to infringe copyright on a commercial scale. On Thursday, New Zealand's Justice Minister signed an extradition order and said Dotcom should be surrendered to the U.S. to face trial.
>>"It Ends With Us" Is A Box Office Hit
(Los Angeles, CA) -- "It Ends With Us" is a box office hit. The Blake Lively drama has so far made over 100-million dollars worldwide. The R-rated movie stars Lively as a woman who grew up with abusive parents and who winds up in an abusive relationship herself. The film cost about 25-million dollars to make, and by Wednesday had collected over 115-million dollars at the global box office. The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment is happy with the result, and said Thursday, "We love working with Blake, and we want to do 12 more movies with her."
>>Pumpkin Spice Market On Pace For Multi-Billion Dollar Season
(New York, NY) -- Pumpkin Spice's early arrival ushers in the unofficial start of the fall season. It starts earlier every year as a Halloween push known as Summerween ushers in pumpkin spice season for many retailers. According to Yahoo Finance, the global Pumpkin Spice Market, valued at one-point-one-billion-dollars in 2023, is on pace to soar to two-point-four-billion by 2031. The pumpkin spice craze was born 21 years ago, when Starbucks debuted its Pumpkin Spice Latte. The dates of the season change every year but products have been available for several weeks at grocery stores.
