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___ US unemployment falls nearly to 1969 levels; hiring is solid WASHINGTON (AP) — Another month of strong hiring has driven U.S. unemployment down to 3.8 percent — just a tick away from the level last seen in 1969, when Detroit still dominated the auto industry and the Vietnam War was raging.

Populists take power in Italy, with euro-skeptic agenda

Milan's stock index has opened higher after Italy's populists put an end to three months of political gridlock and formed a government, staving off the threat of new elections that could have become a referendum on the euro.

In lawsuit, former Heartland CEO accused of insider trading

Heartland Payment Systems CEO Robert Carr has been accused in a lawsuit of providing inside information —along with about $1 million — to his girlfriend to illegally profit from Heartland's $4.3 billion acquisition in 2016.