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More swings hit Wall Street, but stocks still finish higher

NEW YORK (AP) — More swings hit Wall Street on Friday, except the U.S. stock market finished higher this time. After bobbing up and down through the morning, the S&P 500 took off and rallied nearly 2% before finishing with a gain of 1%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 493 ...

Female version of crash test dummy endorsed

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that is based almost entirely around the body of a man despite higher injury risks for ...

PetSmart confirmed to be coming to Delta Plaza

ESCANABA — A new PetSmart is slated to open at the Delta Plaza Mall in Escanaba after reconstruction now underway is completed. The nearest locations for the pet supply retail giant — headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz. — are Marquette and Green Bay. Pet owners shopping in the Escanaba area ...

Fed minutes: Support for rate cuts but maybe not this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers expressed support in late October for further interest rate cuts, though not all committed to making the reduction at their next meeting in December, according to minutes released Wednesday. At the same time, many officials said ...

UP Steam & Gas Association receives Sustainability Award

In the heart of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where the woods meet the waters and tradition runs as deep as our lakes, the UP Steam and Gas Association has spent half a century keeping history alive — not just in memory, but in motion. It was an honor for me, on behalf of the U.P. State ...

Wall Street scrambles back from a big morning loss

NEW YORK (AP) — An early swoon shook the U.S. stock market on Friday, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers swung on an increasingly antsy Wall Street, but it quickly calmed. After starting the day with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the S&P 500 erased all of it and then meandered up ...