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Stock market today: World shares mixed after Wall …

A person rides a bicycle in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares declined on Friday even after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Stock market today: Asian shares slip after Wall Street …

People walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, Dec. 1, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian shares declined on Friday even after Wall Street closed out its best month of the year with big gains in November. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Montana miner backs off expansion plans, lays off 100 …

FILE - The Stillwater Mining Company, the only platinum and palladium mine in the United States, stands near Nye, Mont., on May 2, 2013. The owner of two precious metals mines in south-central Montana is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year, mine representatives said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Sibanye-Stillwater announced the layoffs Wednesday at the mine near Nye, Mont., and other Sibanye-owned facilities in Montana, including a recycling operation. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Haslam family refutes allegation from Warren Buffett’s …

FILE - In this March 27, 2013, file photo, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam answers a question during a news conference after speaking to a joint session of the Legislature in Nashville, Tenn. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway says the billionaire Haslam family tried to bribe at least 15 executives at the Pilot truck stop chain with millions of dollars to inflate the company’s profits this year because that would force Berkshire to pay more for the Haslams’ remaining 20% stake in the company. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

Applications for jobless benefits up modestly, but continuing …

A hiring sign is displayed at a school in Palatine, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Casino workers seethe as smoking ban bill is delayed yet …

A gambler smokes while playing a slot machine at the Ocean Casino Resort on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023, in Atlantic City, N.J. On Thursday, Nov. 30, a bill to ban smoking in Atlantic City's nine casinos was not acted upon following a hearing that was widely expected to start the measure on its way to approval after nearly three years of inaction. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Tesla delivers about a dozen stainless steel Cybertruck …

File - The Tesla Cybertruck is unveiled at Tesla's design studio on Nov. 21, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is expected to give an update on manufacturing problems with long-awaited Cybertruck at an event Thursday marking the first deliveries of the futuristic, angular pickup truck. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu, File)

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Cockpit voice recordings get erased after some close …

FILE - Passenger jets on the tarmac at Logan International Airport, Jan. 11, 2023, in Boston. The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, they will propose requiring that new planes be capable of recording 25 hours of sounds in the cockpit, up from the current two hours, to prevent valuable information from being lost after close calls. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

A new study says about half of Nicaragua’s population …

FILE - Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega poses for a photo during the ALBA Summit at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A new study released Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 says that about half of Nicaragua's population of 6.2 million want to leave their homeland because of a mix of economic decline and repression from President Daniel Ortega's government. The study said that 23% considered themselves “very prepared” to emigrate. (Adalberto Roque, Pool Photo via AP, file)

Drivers would pay $15 to enter busiest part of NYC …

Autoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles …

FILE - United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, Ford said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.22%, …

A for sale sign stands outside a single-family residence on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023, in Denver. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reports on this week's average U.S. mortgage rates. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Drugmaker AbbVie to spend over $10B on ImmunoGen …

FILE - This Jan. 24, 2015, file photo, shows the exterior of AbbVie, in Lake Bluff, Ill. AbbVie is buying ImmunoGen in a deal valued at about $10.1 billion with the goal of speeding the pharmaceutical's entry into the market for ovarian cancer treatments. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge shows …

An Amazon Prime delivery person struggles with packages while making a stop at a high-rise apartment building on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)