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U.S. targets Russia over 2024 election influence operation

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced sanctions targeting Russian government-backed efforts to manipulate American opinion leading up to the 2024…

A nuclear clock prototype hints at ultraprecise timekeeping 

Scientific clockmakers have crafted a prototype of a nuclear clock, hinting at future possibilities for using atomic nuclei to perform…

Bond market ‘yield curve’ returns to normal from inverted state that had raised recession fears

The relationship between the 10- and 2-year Treasury yield briefly normalized Wednesday, reversing a classic recession indicator. Following economic news…

Ken Griffin’s Wellington hedge fund at Citadel squeezes out 1% gain in volatile August

Billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s suite of hedge funds at Citadel eked out small gains in what proved a volatile month…

Atlanta Fed President Bostic says officials can’t wait for inflation to hit 2% before cutting

Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic signaled Wednesday that he is ready to start lowering interest rates even though inflation…

Job openings fell more than expected in July in another sign of labor market softening

Job openings slumped to their lowest level in 3½ years in July, the Labor Department reported Wednesday in another sign…

Stock market today: Indexes trade mixed after worst sell-off since August rout

US stocks were mixed on Wednesday after notching their worst losses since the big sell-off in early August. Nvidia shares…

Nvidia has seen $437 billion of market cap erased since earnings last week

Nvidia stock was briefly lower on Wednesday after a report said it received a Justice Department subpoena in an antitrust…

Fiddler crabs are migrating north to cooler waters

This video was supported by funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. TRANSCRIPT David Johnson: So in 2014, we were…