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Nov 2024
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Jobless Claims Lowest In Over Six Months

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Plus: China releases three Americans in U.S.-China prisoner swap. And, a Chinese commercial vessel is suspected of sabotaging data cables in the Baltic Sea. Charlotte Gartenberg reports.


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