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Bond traders began the week by continuing to sell U.S. government debt as Friday’s outsized job gains for September continued to sink in and a brighter outlook pushed the benchmark 10-year yield slightly above the level synonymous with a healthy economy.

The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield finished at its highest level in more than two months on Monday, as traders continued to sell off U.S. government debt following last week’s stronger-than-forecast jobs data.

Consumer credit rose $8.9 billion in August, after surging a revised $26.6 billion in July, the Federal Reserve said Monday.

Two analysts took a stronger stance on Netflix shares Monday — with one adopting a bullish view and another making a bearish call.

Middle East tensions, the port strike and the Fed’s interest-rate outlook puts inflation front and center again for the U.S. stock market this week.

“His son and his wife are not good to us. We rarely see them and they never offer to help us with anything.”

Some workers at the country’s busiest ports make upward of $200,000. Here are similar jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree.

Aerospace and defense ETFs have surged in the past year — and are up so far this week even as the U.S. stock market has broadly stumbled.

Shares of ultra-discount carrier Spirit Airlines Inc. sank after hours on Thursday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the airline is talking over the conditions of a possible bankruptcy filing.

Jobs data still holds sway when it comes to the Fed and interest rates, making it crucial to a jittery market

Consumer advocate group says the merger between Mars and Kellanova would create yet another massive player in the food industry, restricting competition and giving the combined company more leeway to charge consumers more at the grocery checkout.

The health insurer has lost 24% in the week to date after it said the government is set to cut the rating on a large Medicare Advantage plan.

OpenAI just became one of the highest-valued privately held companies with its latest funding round, but it has a lot to live up to, amid ever- increasing competition.