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Top Stories : 2015December26Saturday

Why more Americans are considering ‘green’ funerals

The Wall Street Journal: GM’s next-generation hybrid Volt plugs away

The New York Post: The ‘DNA diet’ could change how you lose weight

NewsWatch: 5 ways to protect your estate from capital gains taxes

3 ways you’re sabotaging your retirement without realizing it

Robert Powell's Retirement Portfolio: 5 biggest financial mistakes Gen X and Gen Y make

What kids need to know about money — at every age

Will you be able to work into your 70s?

Slide Show: You might call Fiat’s new Spider a ‘Fiata’

Slide Show: Nine things you can stop doing in 2016

Real-time headlines : 2015December26Saturday

Pep Boys gets increased bid from Bridgestone, prefers it to Icahn

Nymex February oil closes 1.6% higher at $38.10 a barrel

Dow industrials end around 51 points lower

S&P 500 ends 0.2% lower; Nasdaq Composite up 0.1%

Stocks end mostly lower in abbreviated Christmas Eve session

February gold settles $7.60, or 0.7%, higher at $1,075.90/oz

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond slip 1.4% to lead S&P 500 laggards

Range Resources gains 3.2% to lead S&P 500

Shares of Merck off 0.6% to lead Dow decliners

Cisco Systems shares rise 0.3% to lead Dow advancers in early Christmas-eve trade

Market Pulse : 2015December26Saturday

Pep Boys: New Bridgestone offer beats Icahn

Oil futures end higher, post strong gains in holiday-shortened week

U.S. stocks book solid gains in holiday-shortened week

Gold ends higher, posts first weekly gain in 2 weeks

U.S. stocks open slightly lower, eye solid weekly gains

Apparel retailers saw online sales spike on 'Manic Monday'

SunEdison's stock surges after disclosure of talks on new credit facility

Bed Bath & Beyond's stock falls after an analyst downgrade

8 dead, many injured as tornadoes sweep across South

Salesforce adds tools with $360M SteelBrick acquisition

Breaking News: 2015December26Saturday

Stocks end mostly lower in abbreviated Christmas Eve session, but climb for week

Nike’s stock split gives every other Dow component a little more weight

U.S. stocks open slightly lower; Merck leads Dow decliners

Jobless claims fall again, down 5,000

SunEdison's stock surges after disclosure of talks on new credit facility

Dow ends up 185 points in 9th straight day of triple-digit moves

Crude-oil futures settle sharply higher

U.S. new-home sales in November surge 14%

Oil futures jump as U.S. crude inventories decline

Celgene leads S&P gainers as index advances; Micron leads decliners

Internet Stories: 2015December26Saturday

Currencies: Dollar retreats against euro, yen

Tech may prey on other industries in 2016

Slide Show: Sell, fail or go public: The fates of 10 highly valued startups in 2016

Why millions are broadcasting their lives for fun and profit on Periscope

Unicorns may become an endangered species in 2016

The Wall Street Journal: Palantir raises another $200 million in funding

Why Yahoo and Facebook are warning some users about foreign hackers

The Margin: Twitter thanks Donald Trump for the introduction to the ‘not vulgar’ term ‘schlonged’

Tim Cook oversimplifies U.S. ‘skill’ problem

The Tell: PdvWireless and 6 other tech, media and telecom stock picks for 2016

Financial Services: 2015December26Saturday

Robert Powell's Retirement Portfolio: 5 biggest financial mistakes Gen X and Gen Y make

Outside the Box: If you get rich, don’t forget to switch this one overlooked thing

This is the biggest challenge facing first-year college students...

Asia Markets: China, Japan markets rise as energy rebounds

Mutual Funds Weekly: Stocking-stuffer ideas for your stock and bond funds and ETFs

Bond Report: Short-term Treasury yields rise to 1-week high

Dow ‘divisor’ change gives its stocks a little more influence

Currencies: Dollar retreats against euro, yen

When do markets around the world close on New Year’s Eve?

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks end lower, but book solid gains in holiday-shortened week