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    US employers added 115,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.3%, a surprisingly robust gain to the labor market as the US-Israel war with Iran continued to drive up economic uncertainty. Economists projected about 55,000 new jobs and a 4.3% unemployment rate. A day earlier, the labor department announced 200,000 people filed for weekly unemployment benefits, a slight increase from the week before. Jobs gains were concentrated in healthcare, transportation and warehousing, retail and social assistance. Altogether, 106,000 new jobs were added to those four industries. Meanwhile, job losses ... (full story)

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XRP
May 8, 2026 9:17am
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“BREAKING: A retired CIA official says a well-connected UAE government source told him that U.S. intelligence indicates the U.S. will attack Iran on May 7.” (Posted on 6th of May under story: Trump Makes Claim About Iran’s Leadership and Says “We Have Won”)

"BREAKING: A retired CIA official’s earlier warning appears to have aligned with today’s events in Bandar Abbas, where reports indicate a U.S.-linked strike targeted Iranian naval assets on May 7. According to the developing narrative, the operation focused on weakening Iran’s war navy as part of a broader strategy to secure full control of regional sea lanes ahead of potential ground-force preparations." (Posted on 7th of May under story: Iran forces exchanged fire with enemy near Bandar Abbas: Fars)

“BREAKING: A retired CIA official claims Barak Ravid, an Axios reporter and former veteran of Israel’s Unit 8200 intelligence division, is allegedly under DOJ investigation in a scenario involving claims that U.S. government officials coordinated oil-market short positions before Ravid published reports suggesting the U.S. and Iran were nearing an agreement — reports that later proved false according to the narrative. A retired CIA official adds that at least five prior market-moving reports attributed to Ravid were later proven false." (Posted on 7th of May, recently removed by FF)
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Trader#5939
May 8, 2026 8:54am
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and dolar is going down every fundament is now nothing this shit is just waiting on war news nothing else fuck trump
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Trader#E3FA
May 8, 2026 9:17am
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in da bum bum
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May 8, 2026 12:06pm
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