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Ross Stores, Applied Materials fall; Intuit, Moderna rise 11/19/2021 04:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Intuit Inc., up $63.40 to $692.34. The maker of TurboTax, QuickBooks and other accounting software raised its profit forecast for its fiscal year. Applied Materials Inc., down $8.71 to $150.03. The maker of chipma Stocks end mostly lower, but tech gains push Nasdaq higher 11/19/2021 04:16pm • Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Friday, though gains for several tech companies pushed the Nasdaq composite to another record high and its first close over 16,000 points. The S&P 500 index gave up 0.1% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.8%. A choppy several days of trading lef Rare first printing of US Constitution sells for record $43M 11/19/2021 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A rare first printing of the U.S. Constitution sold at Sotheby���s in New York for $43.2 million, a record price for a document or book sold at auction. The buyer, hedge fund manager Kenneth Griffin, will loan the document to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonvill Yazidi family abandons EU dream, reluctantly returns to Iraq 11/19/2021 02:53pm • DOHUK, Iraq (AP) ��� Khari Hasan Kalo peered out of the window of the repatriation flight as it touched down in northern Iraq. It's a place he and his family had hoped never to see again after they left for Belarus two months ago, driven by dreams of a new life in Europe. Kalo, 35, had begged for lo Two Democratic senators oppose Powell as Fed chair 11/19/2021 12:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Two Democratic senators said Friday that they oppose the nomination of Jerome Powell to a second term as chair of the Federal Reserve, saying Powell has been insufficiently committed to fighting climate change, an issue that the world's central banks are increasingly confronting. Xavi tells Barcelona players to make fans proud before debut 11/19/2021 11:27am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� For midfielder-turned-coach Xavi Hern��ndez, the trick to getting Barcelona back on the winning path is not signing better players or the tactical tweaks he is sure to make. The key for Xavi is the old-school values that he grew up with as a youth at the La Masia training a Europe's central banker: Not adding to pinch with rate hike 11/19/2021 09:08am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ��� The head of the European Central Bank warned that high oil and gas prices are hitting consumers in the 19 countries that use the euro harder than in other major economies and underlined that the bank won't add to the squeeze by raising interest rates anytime soon. Christi Hungary opposition leader vows to restore western alliances 11/19/2021 02:38am • HODMEZOVASARHELY, Hungary (AP) ��� Hungary's opposition leader wants to restore his country's frayed ties with the West ��� and also has a message for American fans of right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban. "Let me state very strongly for all Americans that to be a part of Putin���s fan club doesn Former London, Miami art dealer pleads guilty in fraud case 11/18/2021 06:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A former London and Miami art dealer pleaded guilty Thursday to defrauding art buyers of over $86 million. Inigo Philbrick, 34, a U.S. citizen who has also lived in London, entered the plea in Manhattan federal court. He pleaded guilty to a single count of wire fraud after prosecut UK government faces criticism over high-speed rail revisions 11/18/2021 01:23pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The British government came under fire Thursday for scrapping a long-planned high-speed rail line to the northern English city of Leeds as part of a package of revisions that potentially reduces costs by tens of billions of pounds. Critics argue the scaling back of plans will leave m Pressure on Fed's Powell is rising as inflation worsens 11/18/2021 01:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell surely expected to have some breathing room after taking the first step this month to dial back the Fed���s emergency aid for the economy. Just a week later, though, the government reported that consumer prices grew over the previous 12 months US average 30-year mortgage rate back up over 3% this week 11/18/2021 10:00am • SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) ��� The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week, with the main 30-year rate inching back up over 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year benchmark home loan jumped to a still-low 3.1% from 2.98% last week. A year ago a Amazon HQ2 update in Arlington includes rising floors, growing community partnerships 11/17/2021 11:10pm • High-rise towers in Arlington, Virginia, for Amazon���s HQ2 are taking shape, while community engagement and ground-level work also advance at the Metropolitan Park site. ���Earlier this week, we began excavation of the park space,��� said Jeff King, of Clark Construction. King gave the up Biden's nominee for bank regulator faces hostile opposition 11/17/2021 02:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A fierce battle is being waged in Washington over President Biden's choice to lead a typically low-profile agency that oversees the banking industry. Saule Omarova, 55, was nominated in September to be the nation���s next comptroller of the currency. If confirmed, she would be the The catch with buy now, pay later could be your credit 11/17/2021 07:00am • Buy now, pay later, or BNPL, is a payment plan that lets you break up your total purchase at checkout into a series of smaller installments. Though these plans aren���t new, they���ve recently catapulted into the mainstream, with major U.S. retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target now offering them