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• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active• Democrats sweep the midterms and take both chambers of Congress• Bomb threats divert at least 19 passenger flights across Europe• Wall Street reverses as AI chip stocks sink the Nasdaq• Vance blames the Iran war for the Republican wipeout• OpenAI rolls out faster image model that also makes GIFs• Pungent gas over Mars fissures hints the planet is still volcanically active

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U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in October, beating forecasts

Hiring was much stronger than expected, unemployment slipped to 4.1%, and hourly pay rose 3.1% over the year.

  • ■Nonfarm payrolls rose by 165,000, far above the 59,000 forecast.
  • ■The unemployment rate edged down to 4.1%.
  • ■Average hourly earnings rose 0.4% in October and 3.1% over the year.

3h ago · 1 min brief