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Iran war exposes weakness of US ‘no-hire’ economy

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ORLANDO, Florida, April 2 (Reuters) – US job growth is slowing to a halt. If this was tolerable to policymakers or acceptable to investors before the Iran war, it should not be now. The labor market has been struggling for some time, but this has been overshadowed by the unemployment rate, which has come down, … Read more

Mega IPOs set to test US market depth despite uncertainty

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IPOs continue to increase despite weak pricing, continued uncertainty US IPO market shoes; SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic are important experiments Asia and Europe are seeing a rise in IPO values Some deals have been delayed due to regulatory review and flexibility LONDON/SINGAPORE/NEW YORK, April 1 (Reuters) – Companies have raised the most share sales in the … Read more