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Sep 2024
13m 32s

Making Sense of Nvidia’s Record Drop

The Wall Street Journal
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A.M. Edition for Sep. 4. WSJ finance editor Alex Frangos tells us where investors are looking for clues on where the U.S. economy is headed and discusses Nvidia’s outsize influence on markets after yesterday’s selloff. Plus, the killing of an American-Israeli hostage in Gaza brings a new sense of urgency to U.S. efforts to end the fighting. And, the number of workers employed by startups is sharply lower than before the pandemic. The WSJ’s Ruth Simon tells us what’s changed in the way people start new businesses. Luke Vargas hosts.


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