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Private payrolls rose by 242,000 in February, better than expected, ADP says

Companies added jobs at a brisk pace in February as the U.S. labor market kept humming, payroll services firm ADP…

Apple, Amazon, Google will likely get a reprieve from GOP-controlled House on antitrust legislation

Tech giants Google, Amazon and Apple are likely to get a reprieve in Congress this year from efforts to rein…

Unemployment for Black and Hispanic women rose in February, but more workers join the labor force

The unemployment rate for Black and Hispanic women rose in February, but so did the number of people looking for…

Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns

Honduras’ decision to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of China is yet another sign of growing Chinese influence…

Watch the moment Russian jets intercept U.S. drone; Poland to send fighter aircraft to Ukraine

This has been CNBC’s live blog covering updates on the war in Ukraine. [Follow the latest updates here.] The chasm between…

Moody’s Analytics’ Mark Zandi says Fed unlikely to hike rates in March given banking turmoil

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi thinks the Federal Reserve is unlikely to raise interest rates at its March meeting…

Moscow says it’ll try to retrieve U.S. drone; British and German fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft

This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine on March 15, 2023. See here for the…