US stocks follow European shares lower, gold jumps as trade tensions heat up

US stocks follow European shares lower, gold jumps as trade tensions heat up

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -Wall Street stocks turned sharply lower on Tuesday and Treasury yields dipped as revived trade tensions between Washington and Beijing and the prolonged U.S. government shutdown doused investor risk appetite. All three major U.S. stock indexes veered deep into negative territory in early trading, with megacap momentum stocks pulling…

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Flight delays persist at major U.S. airports with no end in sight, as government shutdown continues

Flight delays persist at major U.S. airports with no end in sight, as government shutdown continues

Travelers planning to fly into or out of U.S. airports could feel the impact of staffing issues, which continue to build as the government shutdown reached its 10th day Friday. The “national picture today looks a little messy,” CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave said from Los Angeles International Airport on Friday.  Across the…

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Government shutdown live updates as military poised to miss first paychecks next week

Government shutdown live updates as military poised to miss first paychecks next week

  Updated 19m ago No scenario “at this moment” in which House returns before Senate passes GOP funding bill, Johnson says House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday there is no scenario “at this moment” in which the lower chamber returns before the Senate passes Republicans’ seven-week stopgap measure.  “I’ll tell you why,” he told CBS…

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