Spencer Platt / Getty Images Private jobs reports have indicated that the job market may be a little shaky. Key Takeaways The job market showed signs of weakness, according to a pair of reports from private companies, with one indicating that hiring is on track to be its lowest for any year since the Great Recession. The data from ADP and Challenger, Gray & Christmas typically plays second fiddle to official government data, but that's not being produced during the government shutdown that began on Wed ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose to more records on Wednesday, as Wall Street still doesn’t care much about the shutdown of the U.S. government, but yields sank in the bond market following the latest discouraging signals on the economy. The S&P 500 climbed 0.3% to top its prior all-time high, which was set last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 43 points, or 0.1%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%. The action was stronger in the bond market, where Treasury ...