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$80 million in NIL approved by newly launched College Sports Commission

The new College Sports Commission has cleared more than 8,300 name, image and likeness deals worth nearly $80 million, it said Thursday in its first full update on how the new system is working.... Read More

U.S. job openings slip in July, adding to evidence that labor market is cooling

The Labor Department reported Wednesday that job openings fell from 7.4 million in June and came in modestly below what economists had forecast. Health care and social assistance companies cut openings by 181,000 and retailers by 110,000.... Read More

Key U.S. inflation gauge holds mostly steady though core inflation ticks higher

Prices rose 2.6% in July compared with a year ago, the Commerce Department said Friday, the same annual increase as in June. ... Read More

Indiana legislative leaders met privately with Trump to discuss redistricting

Several Indiana legislators came out in support of a mid-cycle map change following the meetings, which were held as pressure mounts nationwide now that California Democrats enabled voters to decide whether to counter Republicans in Texas, whose redrawn map now awaits the governor's signature.... Read More

Tariff exemption for small orders set to end in big deal for some shoppers, businesses

Low-value imports are losing their duty-free status in the United States this week as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda for making the nation less dependent on foreign goods and resetting global trade with tariffs.... Read More

August consumer confidence dips with jobs, tariffs and high prices driving most unease

Americans’ view of the U.S. economy declined modestly in August as anxiety over a weakening job market grew for the eighth straight month. The small decline in confidence was in line with the forecasts of most of the economists who were surveyed.... Read More