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* Airlines, cruise operators jump on easing U.S. travel curbs. * Retail sales up 0.7% in September despite shortages. * Goldman Sachs (GS) rises on strong third-quarter earnings. * Indexes up: Dow 0.57%, S&P 0.42%, Nasdaq 0.24% By Devik Jain and Federica Urso.

* Retail sales up 0.7% in Sept. despite shortages. * Goldman Sachs (GS) rises on strong Q3 earnings. * Futures: Dow 0.63%, S&P 0.46%, Nasdaq 0.34% By Devik Jain and Federica Urso. Oct 15 - U.S. stock indexes were set for gains on Friday after Goldman Sachs (GS) rounded out a strong earnings season for big banks, while a surprise rise in retail sales strengthened views about economic recovery.

* Futures: Dow 0.42%, S&P 0.34%, Nasdaq 0.27% By Devik Jain. U.S. stock futures edged higher on Friday and pointed to weekly gains for major indexes, ahead of results from Goldman Sachs, which is expected to round out a strong third-quarter earnings season for big banks. Shares of Wall Street's most prolific dealmaker were up 0.7% in premarket trading.

Apple Inc (AAPL) was on a collision course with South Korea on Friday over new requirements that it stop forcing app developers to use its payment systems, with a government official warning of a possible investigation into the iPhone maker's compliance.

Apple Inc (AAPL) was on a collision course with South Korea on Friday over new requirements that it stop forcing app developers to use its payment systems, with a government official warning of a possible investigation into the iPhone maker's compliance.

Republican U.S. senators led by Marco Rubio on Thursday called on the Biden administration to blacklist Honor, a former unit of embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, describing the firm as a threat to national security.

* LinkedIn to replace China platform with jobs site. * Says facing greater compliance requirements in China. * Move comes as Beijing tightens controls on internet sector.

The attorneys general of 14 U.S. states sent a letter to Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asking if the top disseminators of vaccine disinformation on the platform received special treatment from the company.

The attorneys general of 14 U.S. states sent a letter to Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg asking if the top disseminators of vaccine disinformation on the platform received special treatment from the company.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet's Google, from favoring their products and services. Amazon (AMZN), for example, has been accused of using data from third-party sellers to determine what products it would create.

* Technology stocks rally. * Big banks rise as profits beat forecasts. * UnitedHealth (UNH) jumps on strong results. * Indexes up: Dow 1.6%, S&P 500 1.7%, Nasdaq 1.8% By Caroline Valetkevitch.

* Technology stocks rally, led by Apple (AAPL). * Big banks rise on better-than-expected quarterly profit. * UnitedHealth (UNH) jumps on strong results. * Indexes up: Dow 1.45%, S&P 1.55%, Nasdaq 1.63% By Devik Jain.

* Technology stocks rally, led by Apple (AAPL). * UnitedHealth (UNH) jumps on strong results. * Indexes up: Dow 1%, S&P 1.2%, Nasdaq 1.4% By Devik Jain. Oct 14 - Wall Street's main indexes rallied on Thursday as a surge in technology stocks and strong quarterly results helped investors to look away from inflation concerns.

* Big banks report upbeat quarterly earnings. * UnitedHealth (UNH), Walgreens gain on strong results. * TSMC rises on beat-and-raise quarter. * Futures up: Dow 0.87%, S&P 0.95%, Nasdaq 1.09% By Devik Jain. Oct 14 - Wall Street's main indexes were set for a strong open on Thursday after big banks reported better-than-expected quarterly results, helping investors to look away from inflation concerns.

The S&P 500 jumped on Thursday, its biggest daily percentage advance since early March, as companies including Morgan Stanley and UnitedHealth (UNH) climbed following strong results, while data on the labor market and inflation soothed fears over the outlook for higher rates. The technology sector jumped 2.3%, giving the S&P 500 its biggest boost, with shares of Microsoft Corp (MSFT) and Apple Inc (AAPL) rising.

* Treasury yield curve flattens; dollar rally pauses. * Fed speakers, U.S. bank earnings and PPI in focus. * China manufacturing sector inflation hits record high. * Oil and gas prices rising again. * World stock markets climb. By Marc Jones.

* Futures up: Dow 0.61%, S&P 0.69%, Nasdaq 0.81% U.S. stock index futures climbed on Thursday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares, while investors awaited earnings updates from big banks and a fresh reading on inflation data.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet's Google, from favoring their products and services. Amazon (AMZN), for example, has been accused of using data from third-party sellers to determine what products it would create.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers, headed by Senators Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat, and Republican Chuck Grassley, plan to introduce a bill that would bar Big Tech platforms, like Amazon (AMZN) and Alphabet's Google, from favoring their products and services. The bill is one of a slew introduced in this Congress aimed at reining in tech firms, including industry leaders Facebook (FB) and Apple.

It was an email offering a discount on an electric toothbrush that began the sequence of events that ruined Anna's life. Within minutes of entering her card details, she got a call from her bank telling her fraudulent transactions were being made. There was no toothbrush, though.