Wall Street reverses gains; America’s raw deal for Ukraine, and more

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  Our Top Stories Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday,

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  reversing earlier market gains that followed Nvidia's strong third quarter earnings and seemingly reignited fears of an AI bubble.

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  Shares in the AI chipmaker, which opened 5% higher in the morning,

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  were down by over 3% when markets closed.

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  The S&P 500 and the tech-heavy NASDAQ ended the day roughly 1.5% and 2% lower, respectively.

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  Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine's president,

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  is expected to speak with Donald Trump in the next few days after America presented him with a peace plan.

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  The proposal, which America drew up with Russia without Ukrainian involvement,

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  appears to demand that Ukraine capitulates to Russia.

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  Kaya Kalis, the European Union's top diplomat,

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  said that peace efforts should instead, quote, put the pressure on the aggressor.

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  America's economy added 119,000 jobs in September,

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  according to a delayed report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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