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Stock market today: S&P 500, Nasdaq slip as sluggish start to September continues

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US stocks were seesawing the day after a steep sell-off fueled by worries about economic growth.

Nvidia shares fell by more than 1.5% Wednesday after US regulators reportedly stepped up an antitrust probe.

Job openings fell to 7.67 million in July , the lowest level since January 2021 .

Verizon in "advanced talks" to buy Frontier Communications , Wall Street Journal reports.

Job openings fell more than expected in July , a decrease from the 7.91 million seen in June .

Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic says the central bank can't wait for inflation to get to 2% to cut rates.

Atlanta Fed president says he's giving equal attention to job market as inflation.

Job openings fall to lowest level since January 2021 .

Investors ramp up bets Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by 50 basis points in September .

July 's jobs report came in weaker than expected and stirred fears in markets of a recession.