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NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street opened sharply higher, erasing its losses for the week, after the government reported a cooldown in hiring last month. For markets that was a welcome sign that the Federal Reserve’s efforts to fight inflation by slowing the economy with high interest rates might be making some progress. The S&P 500 rose 1% in early trading Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 445 points, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 1.7%. U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs last month, dow