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Top Stories : 2017December18Monday

Market Extra: IPO activity surged in 2017, thanks to pickup among tech stocks

Amtrak train derails, with fatalities, near Tacoma in Washington state

Market Extra: Wall Street expects bull market to make history in 2018

Capitol Report: The Trump tax calculator — will you pay more or less?

Futures Movers: Oil loses grip on early gains

Key Words: Al Franken shouldn’t quit, says Sen. Joe Manchin

In One Chart: The Dow is about to set a record for setting records

Key Words: Rising soccer superstar Antoine Griezmann blasted for ‘tribute’ to Harlem Globetrotters in blackface

CryptoWatch: We’d introduce the newest member of the world’s top 50 richest billionaires — but we have no idea who he or she is

Paul Brandus: Rural areas in a ‘destructive downward spiral,’ no matter what Trump says

Real-time headlines : 2017December18Monday

February gold advances $8, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,265.50/oz

Nasdaq Composite trades above 7,000 for the first time

Pfizer raises quarterly dividend by 6.3%

Costco stock price target raised to $215 from $160 at BMO Capital

Costco upgraded to outperform from market perform at BMO Capital

TopBuild stock price target raised to $78 from $69 at Instinet

TopBuild upgraded to buy from neutral at Instinet

Spirit Airlines to transfer listing of stock to NYSE from Nasdaq

Strongbridge shares rise after report highlights price hikes on $109,500-a-year drug

Home-builder confidence jumps 5 points to 74 in December, highest in 18 years - NAHB

Market Pulse : 2017December18Monday

Trump judicial nominee drops out after failing to answer questions: report

Gold gains for fourth session as tax bill fuels inflation expectations

Nasdaq breaks above 7,000 for the first time

Pfizer sets new $10 billion stock buyback program, bumps up dividend by 6.3%

Amtrak train derails near Tacoma in Washington state

Costco's stock rallies toward another record after analyst upgrade

ESPN President John Skipper resigns to deal with substance addiction

AMD stock jumps after Macquarie upgrade

Campbell's credit downgraded to 2 notches above junk at S&P Global

HBO head of documentary films, Sheila Nevins, leaving network in early 2018

Breaking News: 2017December18Monday

Nasdaq Composite Index clears 7,000 mark for first time ever

Amtrak train derails near Tacoma, Wash.; multiple injuries, fatalities reported

ESPN President John Skipper resigns

U.S. home-builder confidence hits 18-year high

Intel and Amex lead way as 200-point gain puts Dow within 150 points of 25,000

Benchmark U.S. stock indexes open Monday at record levels

Twitter's stock jumps as J.P. Morgan praises product upgrade, profit trajectory

Snyder's-Lance stock surges after Campbell Soup's $4.9 billion buyout deal

Skinny Pop parent Amplify Snack Brands stock soars 70% premarket on Hershey deal

Penn National Gaming to buy Pinnacle Entertainment in $2.8 billion deal

Internet Stories: 2017December18Monday

Key Words: Rising soccer superstar Antoine Griezmann blasted for ‘tribute’ to Harlem Globetrotters in blackface

Market Extra: Stock-market analysts scored a bull's-eye with their most adamant 2017 buys

Concerned about radiation exposure? No more smartphone pillow talk

Deep Dive: These 55 stocks have at least doubled since Trump was elected

The New York Post: ‘Luke Skywalker’ battles with Ted Cruz over net neutrality

Deep Dive: Analysts expect these large-cap U.S. stocks to rise at least 25% in 2018

Credit.com: Naughty, not nice: These are the 12 scams of Christmas

Financial Services: 2017December18Monday

Market Extra: IPO activity surged in 2017, thanks to pickup among tech stocks

‘I started from the bottom’ — Bitcoin investor went from poverty to launching a hedge fund

CryptoWatch: Ride the bitcoin wave with these 11 cryptocurrency-related stocks

London Markets: FTSE 100 closes higher after revival of U.S. tax-cut hopes

Europe Markets: European stocks rally on U.S. tax-reform optimism with banks in charge

What the insane circumstances under which Dickens wrote ‘A Christmas Carol’ reveal about money, debt, and success

How low might U.S. stocks fall in January?

Market Snapshot: Stock market hits records on tax-cut optimism; Nasdaq tops 7,000 for first time