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President Joe Biden talks up the encouraging August jobs report while also attacking Donald Trump as the 2024 White House race ramps up.

The Federal Reserve can look to end its inflation fight now that the labor market is cooling after gaining a historic 26 million jobs in the past three years, says BlackRock.

The summer of media-industry disruptions continues with a carriage dispute between ESPN-owner Disney and Spectrum-operator Charter.

Sports fans were unable to watch college football or the U.S. Open on Thursday night on Spectrum’s cable service.

The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to an 18-month high of 3.8% in August. Does that mean the economy is tottering and layoffs are rising? Ah, no. Here’s why.

Robinhood’s stock rallied Friday after the trading app disclosed that it bought back the 55.3 million shares that had been seized by the U.S. government.

Also: The housing market adjusts, a potential bitcoin pop and some difficult family money problems to solve.