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5 things to watch for in Friday’s monthly US jobs report

The U.S. economy is humming, unemployment is skating near a half-century low and businesses are eager — desperate, in some cases — to hire. And when the government issues its September employment report Friday, expectations are high for another sunny picture of the job market.

Two apartment complexes near Nellis sell for over $60M

Long Beach, California-based Westland, led by President Yanki Greenspan, started buying multifamily properties in the Las Vegas area in 2010 and now owns nearly 10,000 units in the region, Northcap said.

Amazon’s $15 an hour a win? Not so, some veteran workers say

Amazon’s announcement that it would raise its hourly minimum wage to $15 has been seen as a win for workers. But some longtime employees say they are losing out.

Rising interest rates send stocks skidding; tech plunges

Stocks tumbled Thursday as this week’s spike in U.S. interest rates rippled through global markets. Investors sold high-flying technology and internet stocks and the Nasdaq composite took its biggest loss in three months.

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