U.S. stock futures were sliding on Wednesday early morning after the consumer-price-index report showed headline inflation rose 0.5% in January, putting the annual inflation rate at 3%. The Dow Jones ...

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U.S. stocks finished mostly higher on Tuesday, as investors digested remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggesting little urgency for further interest-rate cuts and awaited the January ...