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At Least 1 Injured in Shooting at Mall in Tacoma, Washington

November 27, 2021
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TACOMA, Washington—Gunshots rang out at a Washington state mall packed with Black Friday shoppers, seriously wounding one person and panicking hundreds of others who hid inside stores as the mall went into lockdown. Authorities said the shooting in Tacoma, south of Seattle, was reported just after 7 p.m. at an area near the mall’s food…

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At Least 1 Injured in Black Friday Mall Shooting in Washington

November 27, 2021
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TACOMA, Wash.—Police in Washington state on Saturday were investigating a shooting at a shopping mall that left one person seriously wounded and sent hundreds of Black Friday shoppers fleeing for exits or hiding in stores. As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been reported in the previous night’s shooting at the Tacoma Mall, south of…

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Shootings Send Black Friday Shoppers Scurrying in North Carolina, Washington State

November 27, 2021
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Shootings erupted at retail outlets crowded with post-Thanksgiving holiday shoppers in North Carolina and Washington state on Friday, sending bystanders at both locations scurrying for cover and injuring a total of seven people, police said. At a shopping mall in Durham, North Carolina, a late-afternoon shootout between “two groups who knew each other” left three…

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Global Stocks Mixed After Fed Says Ready to Act on Inflation

November 25, 2021
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BEIJING—Global stock markets mostly rose Thursday after Federal Reserve officials indicated they were ready to hike interest rates sooner than expected if needed to cool U.S. inflation. London, Tokyo, Frankfurt, and Hong Kong markets advanced, while Shanghai declined. Wall Street futures were higher. U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. They reopen Friday for…

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Asian Stocks Mixed After Late Slump on Wall Street

November 23, 2021
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Asian shares were mixed Tuesday after a late drop left major Wall Street indexes mostly lower. Tokyo was closed Tuesday for a holiday. Hong Kong and Seoul declined while Shanghai advanced. Market players appeared to be relieved to learn that President Joe Biden will nominate Jerome Powell for a second four-year term at the helm…

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S&P 500, Nasdaq Hit Record Highs After Powell Nomination

November 22, 2021
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The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit record highs on Monday after President Joe Biden picked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to lead the bank for a second term, keeping the status quo as the central bank plans to wind down pandemic-era stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 29.43 points, or 0.08 percent, at…

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Amazon Worker Group in New York Withdraws Petition for Union Vote

November 13, 2021
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SAN FRANCISCO—A group of Amazon.com Inc. workers in New York City’s Staten Island have withdrawn a petition to hold a union election, marking a setback in a growing push by organized labor to bring the online retailer’s staff into the fold. The group, known as the Amazon Labor Union, which is not affiliated with a…

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Boeing Directors Agree to $237.5 Million Settlement Over 737 MAX Safety Oversight

November 6, 2021
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WASHINGTON/SEATTLE—Boeing Co. current and former company directors have reached a $237.5 million proposed settlement with shareholders to settle a lawsuit over the board’s safety oversight of the 737 MAX aircraft, documents released on Friday show. Following two fatal 737 MAX crashes in the space of five months in 2018–19 that killed 346 people, Boeing’s best…

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Amazon Workers in Germany to Strike for Better Pay

November 1, 2021
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BERLIN—Workers at some Amazon warehouses in Germany began strike action on Monday, services sector union Verdi said, as part of a long-running battle with the U.S. tech giant over better pay and working conditions. Germany is Amazon’s biggest market after the United States, and Verdi, a leading services sector union, has been organising strikes on…

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Amazon Bulks Up Shipping Capacity to Battle Holiday Season Snarls

October 25, 2021
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Amazon.com Inc. said on Monday it had doubled its container processing capacity and secured more shipping storage from ocean freight carriers to try to overcome supply chain bottlenecks in time for the holiday shopping season. The stop-and-start nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has snarled global supply chains that are optimized for just-in-time movement of goods,…

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