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Twitter shares tumbled Monday after a news report quantified its purge of fake and malicious accounts, noting that the aggressive action could harm its user growth.

Investors are concerned that an increase in suspended accounts will hurt the social media company’s user activity.

Trump’s tweet came days after reports said Pfizer had raised prices on dozens of prescription drugs.

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

Global shares were mostly higher Monday after a weekend of relative quiet in the escalating trade standoff between the U.S. and China.

The bank hopes to reach depositors through a new app.

Asian markets also rose despite trade tensions.

Tencent, China's most valuable tech company, says it plans to spin off its streaming music service on a U.S. stock exchange.

Strategists say that midterms could clear the way for a renewed rally.

Twitter is trying to reduce the flow of misinformation on the platform.

___ US-China trade war elevates the risks to the global economy WASHINGTON (AP) — The trade war that has erupted between the U.S. and China carries a major risk of escalation that could weaken investment, depress spending, unsettle financial markets and slow the global economy.

The major U.S. stock indexes were mostly higher in early trading Friday following a solid jobs report, keeping the market on track for a weekly gain after two weeks of losses.

The wireless speaker company’s annual sales are approaching $1 billion.

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

President Donald Trump says tariffs will go into effect against China.

Asian markets erased early losses, bouncing back Friday back as investors responded with calm to increased U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports that took effect midnight Washington time.

The U.S. economy added 213,000 jobs in June.

Employers in the United States are thought to have kept up their brisk pace of hiring in June, reflecting the durability of the second-longest U.S. economic expansion on record even in the face of a trade war with China.

Ford has no plans to raise prices in China.

U.S. stocks are up broadly in early trading Thursday, turning major indexes higher for the week as markets reopen following the Independence Day holiday.