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Wall Street erases a big early loss as Nvidia and bitcoin swing

NEW YORK (AP) — An early swoon for the U.S. stock market on Friday is calming down, as Nvidia, bitcoin, gold and other high flyers on Wall Street swing. After starting the day with a sharp drop of 1.3%, the S&P 500 quickly erased all of it and was up by 0.3%, as of 12:50 p.m. Eastern ...

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85B rail merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Roughly 99% of both railroads’ shareholders voted to support the largest rail merger in history Friday, ...

Some Korean workers detained in Georgia immigration raid have returned to their jobs at Hyundai site

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Two months after 300 South Korean nationals were detained and left the U.S. following in an immigration raid at Hyundai’s electric vehicle manufacturing site in Georgia, some of those workers have returned to America to resume those jobs, their employer said Thursday. The September raid shut down work on a battery plant under construction at the sprawling site near Savannah where Hyundai Motor Group began producing electric vehicles last year. Most of the 475 workers detained were South Korean nationals. U.S. immigration officials said they entered the U.S. ...

The impacts local businesses have on the community

The theme of November’s First Friday, put on by Marietta Main Street, was “Cheers to Charity” which encouraged local businesses to partner with a charity and provide the community with an opportunity to help out those in need simply by shopping. Multiple businesses donated a ...

Wall Street extends decline and heads for 1st weekly loss in a month

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell on Wall Street Friday and are on track for their first weekly loss in the last four. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 234 points, or 0.5%, as of 1:50 p.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite fell 1.4%. The ...