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Top Stories : 2016December24Saturday

The New York Post: ‘Star Wars’: Carrie Fisher said to be ‘out of emergency’ after heart attack

Key Words: Putin: Russians alone predicted Donald Trump’s victory in November

5 places deal-savvy travelers should visit in 2017

Bricks-and-mortar retailers have the edge over Amazon in final pre-holiday shopping days

The Ratings Game: This is how one analyst tries to cheer up the worst performing sector since the election

NewsWatch: S&P 500 expected to rise only 4% by end of 2017

Outside the Box: Millennials need to put on gloves and fight now for their retirement

The Wall Street Journal: Man arrested in Phoenix had pledged support to Islamic State

Key Words: Kellyanne Conway’s tips on time management: no golf, no mistresses

The Margin: ‘Post-truth’ beats out likes of ‘Brexiteer’ and ‘alt-right’ as Oxford Dictionaries word of the year

Real-time headlines : 2016December24Saturday

Nasdaq Composite gains 0.3% to close at 5,462

Dow closes up less than 0.1% at 19,934; S&P 500 index ends 0.1% higher at 2,263

Dow trades at narrowest range in 3 years

Dow books longest period of weekly gains--7 in a row--in two years

Stock market finishes near break-even levels in preholiday trade

February oil ends up 7 cents, or 0.1%, at $53.02/bbl.

Oil settles slightly higher in shortened preholiday trade

Gold settles up $2.90, or 0.3%, at $1,133.60 an ounce

February gold up $3.70, or 0.3%, at $1,134.40/oz.

Gold holds modest gains after consumer-sentiment, home-sales data

Market Pulse : 2016December24Saturday

Halliburton to settle investor class-action lawsuit for $100 million

Halliburton consults Russian regulators on Novomet bid

Dow notches 7th straight weekly gain, longest streak in 2 years

Board member of audit regulator PCAOB resigns

Gold settles higher, but logs 7th weekly loss

FBI probing FDIC computer hack linked to Chinese military: report

Oil prices trade slightly lower as Baker Hughes rig-count data show weekly climb

Trump's tweet hurts Lockheed's stock but doesn't help Boeing's

Dow opens lower but remains on track for 7th straight weekly gain

Suspected hijackers start to release passengers in Malta

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Breaking News: 2016December24Saturday

Dow notches longest streak of weekly gains in two years

U.S. stocks finish near break-even levels as Dow fails to hit 20,000

U.N. Security Council adopts resolution demanding end to Israeli settlements

U.S. consumer sentiment hits 12-year high in December: Univ. of Mich.

U.S. new-home sales are second highest of the housing-market recovery

Dow industrials shake off early decline to put 20,000 mark back on table

2016's surprising top-performing commodity

Martin Feldstein says Argentina shows destructive power of inflation

U.S. stock-market futures point to declines at opening bell

Dozens of passengers have been released from Libyan plane: Maltese premier

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Internet Stories: 2016December24Saturday

Bricks-and-mortar retailers have the edge over Amazon in final pre-holiday shopping days

Key Words: What Obama thinks when he hears he’s less popular than Putin among Trump voters

Slide Show: 10 things you should NOT buy in 2017

This is the U.S. state having the toughest time paying credit-card debt…

Market Extra: And 2016’s best-performing commodity is ... bitcoin?

The Wall Street Journal: Putin says Democrats lost U.S. election on their own, asserts desire for positive relations with Trump

The Ratings Game: Bed Bath & Beyond is beyond hope in the near-term

Defeated in San Francisco, Uber sends self-driving cars to Arizona on self-driving truck

The New York Post: Ex–CIA and NSA contractor Snowden has links with Russian spy agencies: House intelligence report

Need to Know: Why January will be the end of any Dow 20,000 hopes

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Financial Services: 2016December24Saturday

Outside the Box: Millennials need to put on gloves and fight now for their retirement

Robert Powell: About to retire? How to figure out whether to take a lump sum, an annuity, or a mix of both

Why millennials are smart (not entitled) for living with their parents

Market Extra: Is the stock market ignoring one of the most important risks of 2017?

Jeff Reeves's Strength in Numbers: Sell these three 60% winners before the stocks come back to Earth

Jeff Reeves's Strength in Numbers: 17 unpopular investing predictions for 2017

Market Snapshot: Dow books 7th straight weekly gain in muted preholiday trade

Market Extra: Why Dow 20,000 isn’t a foregone conclusion in 2016

The Moneyologist: Moneyologist revisited: Did this mother refuse her abusive ex-husband’s inheritance or accept it for her two daughters?

BookWatch: James Rickards says Donald Trump can’t stop the next financial crisis