Stocks hold steady…Deficit is much higher… NH lottery winner gets to keep her privacy

NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes are little changed after an early gain evaporated. Boeing and other industrial companies gave back some of the ground they won on Friday. Banks are also lower, while technology companies continue to rise. Stocks are coming off their biggest gain in a month following a monthly jobs report that showed strong hiring and moderate growth in wages.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government recorded a budget deficit of $215.2 billion in February, up significantly from a year ago as the impact of the GOP tax cuts passed in December begin to surface. The Treasury Department reports that the February deficit was 12.1 percent higher than a year ago, reflecting in part a drop of $5 billion in individual withholding taxes paid last month compared to a year ago.

MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) — The longtime chief executive of Dow Chemical, who led the company through the financial crisis, a merger with rival DuPont and then the planned disassembly of the entire enterprise, is stepping down. Andrew Liveris announced two years ago he’d retire by mid-2017, but that was delayed until the company named a successor. DowDupont Inc. says that Liveris will give up his executive chairmanship in April, and his role as director in July, when he officially retires.

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A judge has ruled that a New Hampshire woman who won a Powerball jackpot worth nearly $560 million can keep her identity private. The judge ruled today that disclosing the woman’s name would be an invasion of privacy, but he says that the woman’s hometown can be released publicly. The woman signed her ticket after the Jan. 6 drawing, but later learned from a lawyer that she could have shielded her identity by writing the name of a trust.

CLEVELAND (AP) — The president of a California fertility clinic where thousands of frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged says the problem was “immediately rectified” by a worker who refilled a low nitrogen tank. Dr. Carl Herbert tells ABC News that a senior embryologist noticed the nitrogen level was very low during a routine check. He says the clinic is sending letters to about 500 patients. The failure came the same day as one at a Cleveland-area clinic where officials estimate about 2,000 frozen eggs and embryos may have been damaged by a similar storage malfunction.

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