The Business News Headlines 2 October 2026

Only one word describes the September Jobs Report and that is...disappointing and that is where we start this evening. This is the Business News Headlines for Friday the 2nd day of October, thank you for being with us. In other news, pushback against data centers has Amazon committing to spend a billion dollars and we’ll share for what. The terrorist attack on a FlyDubai passenger jet carrying 174 passengers is unsettling the flight industry and we’ll offer some details. Citizens of Porto Rico are hit with expensive electric rate increases and why. Nike is about to become a smaller company. We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and United Airlines is poaching Delta passengers and we’ll share with…what.

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