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Top Stories : 2016February19Friday

Earnings Outlook: What to expect when Fitbit reports earnings

Harper Lee, author of ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ dies

The New York Post: Mom whose son died in San Bernardino attack sides with Apple

Market Extra: Some say China is behind the dollar’s weakness

You may be paying into this $20 billion market and not even know it

Metals Stocks: Gold edges higher, but eyes first weekly loss in a month

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks drop as oil rout resumes

Medicare reform a back-burner issue for most 2016 presidential candidates

These maps show the Americans hit hardest by student-loan crunch

Currencies: Dollar strengthens vs. euro on signs inflation is rising

Real-time headlines : 2016February19Friday

Wal-Mart stock price target raised to $65 from $63 at MKM Partners

Alphabet stock price target raised to $950 from $940 at MKM Partners

Nasdaq up 0.1% to 4,492

Dow industrials down 0.4% to 16,351

S&P down 0.3% to 1,912

Nasdaq turns positive; S&P, Dow trim losses

S&P downgrades Nordstrom rating to BBB-plus from A-minus

Mentor Graphics' stock swings higher, gains 0.9% after being down as much as 1.7% earlier

Chipotle initiated at Nomura with neutral rating, $420 price target

Starbucks initiated at Nomura with buy rating, $70 price target

Market Pulse : 2016February19Friday

Lagarde wins second term as IMF managing director

S&P downgrades Nordstrom rating by one notch to BBB-plus

Chipotle initiated at Nomura at neutral on uncertain sales recovery

Starbucks inititated at Nomura with buy rating on tech initiatives, potential market share gain

Perrigo to relocate more corporate positions to low-tax Ireland

Mentor Graphics' stock falls after Carl Icahn sells back half his stake

U.S. stocks open lower, but still on track for weekly gains

Yahoo's stock climbs after company forms committee to explore alternatives

Choice Hotels upgraded at J.P. Morgan on potential room growth

Bebe cuts 15% of corporate workforce, brings back former CEO

Breaking News: 2016February19Friday

Christine Lagarde wins second term as IMF head

Author Harper Lee has died

Dow industrials down as much as 125 points early Friday

Fed's Mester says economy will 'work through' market turbulence and weak data

U.S. CPI holds steady, but core rate posts biggest gain since August 2011

VF's shares sink as sales, profit fall short of estimates

Yahoo forms committee to explore strategic alternatives; stock climbs

Applied Materials jumps 7% in after-hours trades

Nordstrom shares skid 6% following earnings report

U.S. stock-market winning streak is snapped; Dow falls 41 points; Nasdaq, 1%

Internet Stories: 2016February19Friday

Earnings Outlook: What to expect when Fitbit reports earnings

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks drop as oil rout resumes

Need to Know: Why investors may see better returns this year by sticking to U.S. stocks

The Wall Street Journal: Yahoo forms committee to explore options

Deep Dive: 5 dividend stocks that have only gotten more attractive

Brett Arends's ROI: Here’s why you have to start taking bitcoin seriously

The Wall Street Journal: Senator backs off proposal to criminalize tech firms’ refusal to decrypt

The Wall Street Journal: Amazon buys Woody Allen’s next film, for release this summer

The Wall Street Journal: Yahoo hurt by wrongly focusing on users instead of ads, exec says

Financial Services: 2016February19Friday

These maps show the Americans hit hardest by student-loan crunch

Need to Know: Why investors may see better returns this year by sticking to U.S. stocks

The Fed: Fed’s Mester: Economy will work through market turmoil

The Wall Street Journal: China’s top securities regulator to step down

The Wall Street Journal: Yahoo forms committee to explore options

Outside the Box: Watch this global market for clues about inflation and interest rates

Outside the Box: Chilling ways the global economy echoes 1930s Great Depression era

Outside the Box: This one-two-three punch could drop stocks 30% in 2016