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Investors also responded to worrying export data from China.

Shares tumbled Friday in Asia, led by sharp declines in Shanghai and Hong Kong, after China reported its exports plunged more than 20 percent in February from a year earlier.

It is more evidence of a further slowdown in the economy.

U.S. stocks moved lower in morning trading, led by banks and technology companies, putting the market on track for its first losing week since January.

___ A hot US job market is coaxing people in from the sidelines WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprisingly strong burst of job growth over the past year has led many economists to wonder: Where are all the workers coming from?

Stocks fell again on Wall Street Thursday, marking the fourth straight loss for the S&P 500 and placing the benchmark index on track for its first weekly drop since January.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 11:45 a.m.

The decline was the fourth in a row for the major averages.

Scrutiny of the common corporate practice is increasing.

All three major equity averages posted their third straight down day.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

U.S. stocks are edging mostly lower in early trading on Wall Street Tuesday as losses for banks and big technology companies offset gains elsewhere in the market.

Newly-minted CEO Larry Culp is in the midst of trying to turnaround the struggling conglomerate.

The new "firm wide flexible dress code" was announced in an internal memo.

Shares in the company that owns Victoria Secret and Bath & Body Works are surging after a hedge fund began pushing for a sale or the lingerie company, or the creation of a separate, publicly traded company for the latter.

A GOP lawmaker called the bill, which aims at all securities trades, a “direct punishment of capital formation."

Oil companies are trying to win back investors after years of underperforming other industrial sectors and the S&P 500.

Target started a busy week for retailers' earnings with a better-than-expected fourth-quarter report.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday after an overnight sell-off on Wall Street.

Ghosn was arrested on Nov. 19 and charged under-reporting his compensation for nearly a decade.