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US stocks pared losses but the S&P 500 and Dow still closed in the red on Thursday. Spending at US retailers and restaurants handedly beat economist expectations and soared in August Keith Gill's former employer was reportedly fined for not properly monitoring the meme-stock trader's activity. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before the Opening Bell.

US stocks fluctuated into the close, with the S&P 500 and Dow ending slightly in the red...

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