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Federal Bureau of Investigation chief: No charges against Clinton after new email review
Comey gave no clue what was behind probe number two. Clinton spokesman Brian Fallon said her campaign is validated in its belief that nothing would change. "We were always confident nothing would cause the July decision to be revisited". The National Jewish Democratic Council said the ad's use of anti-Semitic stereotypes is "shocking and risky".
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Germany expands diesel probe to include VW board chairman
Poetsch was VW's chief financial officer when the company's efforts to rig cars to cheat on USA diesel emissions tests became public in September 2015. Separately, Bild am Sonntag reported that a USA regulator had found software in some Audi vehicles that lowered their carbon dioxide emissions if it detected they were being used under test conditions.
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Fed holds off on rate hike ahead of election
The Fed said that the case for rate hike has "continued to strengthen" but that it had chose to wait for further evidence of progress toward its objectives. The group in lieu of a rate hike released a statement acknowledging economic improvements that aren't yet enough to generate a policy tightening.
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Iraqi troops begin assault deeper into Mosul neighborhoods
Iraq's Ministry of Displacement and Migration said Saturday that it had received 9,000 displaced Iraqis over the previous two days, while more than 29,000 have been displaced since the operation began. "They're criminals, let the dogs eat them", another officer said. The push began as dawn broke with artillery and mortar strikes on the Aden, Tahrir, and Quds districts, west of the special forces' footholds in the Gogjali and Karama neighborhoods, al-Timimi said.
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S&P 500 falls for ninth straight session
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 42.39 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 17,888.28; the S&P 500 lost 3.48 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 2,085.18; and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 12.04 points, or 0.24 per cent, to 5,046.37. Still-low prices at the pump, low interest rates, steady overall job and wage gains, and sturdy home values are supportive, although the stock market's mixed performance over the past three months and election uncertainty may dampen consumer spending.
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Markets Right Now: S&P 500 extends losing streak to 8 days
On Thursday, the index fell 9.27 points, or 0.4%, to 2,088.66. Heating oil fell 1 cent to $1.45 a gallon, wholesale gasoline fell 2 cents to $1.43 a gallon and natural gas fell 2 cents to $2.769 per 1,000 cubic feet. It is unusual for traders or investors to interfere in or display political affiliations, but such is the interest around next week's White House race that one fund manager, Charles Schwab, has published its findings among its own investors.