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This year’s Halloween candy sales suggest that Americans are feeling divided, strapped and in need of a (mild) surprise or two. Source link

In a first, Colorado will cap the price of Enbrel, an arthritis drug. Using patent tactics, the drugmaker Amgen has aggressively blocked competition for it. Source link

An estimated 3,000 employees seem to be affected. The federal agency said the return to work would occur Monday, with the costs paid by user fees collected from researchers. Source link

Some banks are offering a pause on payments on certain loans, waiving late fees and providing no-interest loans. Source link

India plans to send its vast work force abroad to countries with labor shortages, like Germany and Japan. Source link

The president said his move, which again throws relations with one of the United States’ closest trading partners into turmoil, was motivated by an advertisement he deemed fraudulent. Source link

Ford said a fire at an aluminum factory will lower profits in the last three months of the year. The company also said it has stopped making an electric version of its popular F-150 pickup. Source link

A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. Source link

The retail chain’s incoming chief executive, who will take over in February, cited “too many layers and overlapping work” in a memo. Source link

The billionaire’s swipes at Sean Duffy are the latest example of his tangling with members of the Trump administration. Source link