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Top Stories : 2016April14Thursday

Market Snapshot: Stocks fight for gains after earnings disappoint, jobless claims drop

The Ratings Game: Pier 1’s ‘tale of two halves’ leaves some analysts cautious

Caroline Baum: Say hello to Nina, your taxpayer advocate at the IRS

Project Syndicate: Why we all need to take sides in the war within Islam

The Margin: This one may not be a racist jerk, but Microsoft’s latest AI bot still needs work

The Wall Street Journal: New York City public pension pulls hedge fund investments

This nasty oil rivalry is why a genuine output freeze is a long shot

A big test for Brazil’s stock market, currency looms this weekend

Economic Report: Rent is eating up the typical American pay raise

Capitol Report: Here’s who Ted Cruz could pick as a running mate

Real-time headlines : 2016April14Thursday

June gold drops $21.80, or 1.8%, to settle at $1,226.50.30/oz.

U.S. stocks add to modest gains; S&P 500 up 0.1% at 2,084

Lennox International downgraded to sector weight from overweight at KeyBanc Capital

Adesto Technologies downgraded to perform from outperform at Oppenheimer

Ingersoll-Rand stock price target raised to $71 from $60 at Buckingham Research

Ingersoll-Rand upgraded to buy from neutral at Buckingham Research

IBM stock price target raised to $165 from $155 at Stifel Nicolaus

Polaris Industries downgraded to hold from buy at Stifel Nicolaus

U.S. natural-gas supplies down 3 bln cubic feet last week: EIA

Baxter International upgraded to overweight from neutral at Piper Jaffray

Market Pulse : 2016April14Thursday

Gold futures slide for second session on firm U.S. dollar

Seagate's stock plunges toward worst day in seven years, on heavy volume

McDonald's pulls wraps from most menus

Natural-gas futures pare some losses as U.S. supplies edge lower

Bats Global Markets ups IPO terms to raise $239.4 million

U.S. stocks open unchanged after two-day rally

SunEdison shares surge as review of financials finds no evidence of fraud

Delta Air Lines' stock jumps after profit beat

Bank of England leaves policy on hold amid 'Brexit' uncertainty

Carnival Corporation increases dividend by 17%

Breaking News: 2016April14Thursday

No charges for Trump campaign manager Lewandowski

U.S. equity indexes gather steam at midday; Dow up 30 points

BP shareholders reject CEO Bob Dudley’s 20% pay raise

Dow industrials cling to single-digit gain early Thursday; S&P, Nasdaq dip

SunEdison shares rocket 70% early Thursday after completion of internal probe

U.S. consumer-level inflation ticked up in March

SunEdison internal investigation finds accounting issues but no fraud

Food illnesses cost Chipotle three years' worth of earnings: J.P. Morgan

U.S. unemployment claims match post-recession low

Wells Fargo shares dip in premarket after oil skid undermines earnings

Internet Stories: 2016April14Thursday

The Margin: This one may not be a racist jerk, but Microsoft’s latest AI bot still needs work

The Wall Street Journal: Microsoft sues U.S. government over secret customer data searches

Watch out for this tax scam

In One Chart: Are Americans over data breaches?

4 things to know about Bats Global Markets before it goes public

The Wall Street Journal: SunEdison internal investigation finds accounting issues but no fraud

The Wall Street Journal: Uber brings motorcycle hailing service to Indonesia

The Wall Street Journal: Draft legislation would force tech companies to decrypt, if ordered to

The Wall Street Journal: Alibaba makes $1 billion investment in Singapore startup Lazada

The Wall Street Journal: Facebook hires Google exec to lead new research lab

Financial Services: 2016April14Thursday

Market Snapshot: Stocks fight for gains after earnings disappoint, jobless claims drop

The Wall Street Journal: New York City public pension pulls hedge fund investments

Capitol Report: Treasury, Fed officials tell senators liquidity is fine in bond markets

Why Americans are some of the world’s worst savers

Deep Dive: These 12 U.S. companies have increased sales for at least 60 straight quarters

Deep Dive: Boring no more — these banks have found ways to make money

IMF’s Lagarde says she’s watching trading in Japan’s yen ‘carefully’

10 homeowner tax breaks you should be taking advantage of

When you should hire a tax pro

White Mountains Insurance explorse Tranzact sale