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The Loop Monday Morning Briefing
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  • Downtown riverfront project clears final City Council vote — $12M in state capital grants confirmed
  • UNCW engineering ranked #2 in NC for graduate job placement for the second consecutive year
  • New Hanover County school board approves $340M bond referendum for the November ballot
  • Port of Wilmington cargo volume up 18% year-over-year as import demand rebounds sharply
Markets
Last Wk Change YTD
S&P 500 5,821 +1.24% +14.8%
Nasdaq 18,432 −0.38% +8.2%
Dow 43,210 +0.71% +11.5%
10-Year 4.42% +0.08 −0.12
Bitcoin $104,200 −2.14% +38.4%

Markets opened mixed this week as investors weighed a stronger-than-expected jobs print against renewed tariff pressure on technology imports. Treasury yields ticked up on the employment data; Bitcoin pulled back after a brief run past $107k.


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