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Delta variant and worker shortage keep a lid on job growth 10/08/2021 06:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� U.S. employers added just 194,000 jobs in September, a second straight tepid gain and evidence that the pandemic has kept its grip on the economy, with many companies struggling to fill millions of open jobs. Friday���s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unem White House proposes tech 'bill of rights' to limit AI harms 10/08/2021 05:48pm • Top science advisers to President Joe Biden are calling for a new ���bill of rights" to guard against powerful new artificial intelligence technology. The White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to look at facial recognition and other biometri Trump hotel lost $70M despite millions in foreign business 10/08/2021 04:26pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump's company lost more than $70 million on his Washington, D.C., hotel during his four years in office despite taking in millions from foreign governments, according to documents released Friday by a congressional committee investigating his business. The Occidental Petroleum, Chubb rise; Allogene, Oshkosh fall 10/08/2021 04:17pm • Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Quidel Corp., up $1.83 to $138.04. The medical diagnostics company gave investors a surprisingly good revenue update as demand for COVID-19 tests remains strong. Allogene Therapeutics Inc., down $11.25 to $13.13. The cancer treatme Reston Station lands $350M refinancing as work begins on next phase 10/08/2021 01:15pm • A lot of real estate transactions cross our desks at the Washington Business Journal. We can���t devote full stories to them all, but some deserve to be on the record. Welcome to Deal Dash. Comstock Holding Companies Inc. (NASDAQ: CHCI) has landed a more than $350 million refinancing on the fir Barcelona to play away from Camp Nou during stadium overhaul 10/08/2021 09:57am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Barcelona will play at another stadium for up to a year when the club starts its planned modernization of Camp Nou stadium, president Joan Laporta said Friday. Laporta said that he wants to begin the long-delayed overhaul of Camp Nou in the summer of 2022. He added that the EXPLAINER: What's behind changes in student loan forgiveness 10/08/2021 12:17am • A student debt forgiveness program with notoriously complex eligibility rules is getting an overhaul from the Biden administration, with the intent of extending debt relief to thousands of public workers. The Education Department announced Wednesday that it will lift some rules for Public Service Lo US average mortgage rates decline; 30-year at 2.99% 10/07/2021 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Average long-term mortgage rates declined this week, with the benchmark 30-year loan slipping back below 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the average rate for a 30-year mortgage eased to 2.99% from 3.01% last week. The rate stood at 2.87% this time last year. Can Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey replicate the 2020 wins? 10/07/2021 12:58pm • This year's gubernatorial races in Virginia and New Jersey could both serve as barometers for both parties heading into the 2022 midterm elections, when control of the House and Senate are up for grabs as well as 36 governors seats. The races have focused on some similar issues: handling the CO 10 Best Cheap Dividend Stocks to Buy Under $10 10/07/2021 12:00am • Cheap dividend stocks can offer big income.With the stock market seemingly stuck in a rut over the past month and inflation threatening to eat at returns, many investors are looking to go "risk off" with dividend stocks. That's because a company that can support a regular payout to shareholders natu Hovnanian, Moderna fall; Acuity Brands, Colfax rise 10/06/2021 04:17pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Boston Scientific Corp., up 42 cents to $42.86. The medical device maker is buying Baylis Medical Company for $1.75 billion. Southwest Gas Holdings Inc., down $2.42 to $68. The natural gas company is buying Qu Wisdom of Maldini, Ibra rubbing off on England's Tomori 10/06/2021 12:36pm • From getting lessons in the art of defending from Paolo Maldini to winning games of footgolf alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Fikayo Tomori has always felt the weight of history and a pressure to deliver at AC Milan. ���It brings out the best in me,��� the 23-year-old Tomori said Wednesday about how he North Macedonia: Overheated cable caused fatal hospital fire 10/06/2021 09:46am • SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) ��� A fire in a COVID-19 hospital in North Macedonia that killed 14 people last month was caused by the short-circuit of a cable connected to a defibrillator and spread fast due to the presence of stored oxygen for the patients, authorities said. The public prosecutor's Barcelona says audit shows club was technically bankrupt 10/06/2021 09:09am • MADRID (AP) ��� Barcelona was technically bankrupt when president Joan Laporta took over earlier this year, the club said Wednesday. Barcelona CEO Ferr��n Reverter presented a grim picture of the club���s financial situation while releasing the results from a Deloitte audit that started after Laport Troubled student loan forgiveness program gets an overhaul 10/06/2021 07:53am • The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements ��� a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants. The Educ