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Top Stories : 2017May04Thursday

MarketWatch First Take: Elon Musk: Robot software will make Tesla worth as much as Apple

Market Extra: How unloved is active management? Even outperformance is being snubbed

NewsWatch: Blame Brooklyn, blame hipsters: Avocado prices are out of control

FA Center: These bond funds thrive even when interest rates go up

How the NCAA is helping student athletes get jobs with Fortune 500 companies

Blame Brooklyn, blame hipsters: Avocado prices are out of control

Why you should learn a musical instrument as an adult

Thinking of driving Uber or Lyft in retirement? Read this first

Outside the Box: Your retirement will be different from your parents’ retirement. Now you have to figure out how to pay for it

The cost of your life insurance can be determined by how you take a selfie

Real-time headlines : 2017May04Thursday

Fitbit upgraded to buy from hold at CFRA

Viacom shares down more than 5% midday

General Mills shares up 6.8% in Thursday trading

June natural gas at $3.195/mln Btus, X from $3.223 before supply data

EIA reports rise of 67 billion cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies

U.K.'s FTSE 100 dips lower as pound strengthens, oil sells off

June WTI oil drops $1.23, or 2.6%, to $46.59/bbl on Nymex

WTI oil futures trade at lowest levels since November

U.S. stocks hold modest weakness after factory orders data

Greenback off marginally at 112.76 yen

Market Pulse : 2017May04Thursday

UPDATE: General Mills shares surge on takeover chatter

The Dow industrials have gone 48 straight sessions without a three-day win streak

Natural-gas prices extend declines on bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. supplies

Martha Stewart parent Sequential Brands shares soar after earnings beat

Oil prices sink to lowest levels since November

Tablet shipments plagued by 10th-straight quarterly decline

Starbucks expands loyalty rewards to grocery stores

U.S. stocks open slightly higher as earnings trickle in

McDonald's introduces Signature Crafted Recipes sandwiches in Florida, hiring 5,000 workers

Breaking News: 2017May04Thursday

Dow industrials have gone 48 sessions without a 3-day winning streak

General Mills up 5.5% early Thursday

U.S. stocks open slightly higher

House Republicans ready vote on health bill not yet scored by CBO

Dunkin' Brands shares sink after sales miss Wall Street forecast

Weekly first-time jobless claims sink to 238,000

Capital Bank's stock slumps after buyout values regional bank at a discount

Retail sector loses the most jobs among all industries in April: Challenger

Tesla's earnings show solid start to 2017, say mostly bullish analysts

Chesapeake Energy's stock up 2% premarket amid bullish production outlook

Internet Stories: 2017May04Thursday

Thinking of driving Uber or Lyft in retirement? Read this first

The cost of your life insurance can be determined by how you take a selfie

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks flat as Facebook, crude oil slump offset Fed optimism

MarketWatch First Take: Facebook follows Google in recognizing earnings reality

Need to Know: How ugly will the gold selloff get? Here’s what Goldman Sachs thinks

This online startup wants to put the ‘mortgage guy in a suit’ out of business

The Moneyologist: This is one person you should never unfriend on Facebook...

The Ratings Game: Facebook is the greatest social network and can do no wrong, analysts say

The boards of America’s most powerful foundations are filled with wealthy, privately-educated white men

The Moneyologist: The Moneyologist: My husband is spending our life savings on a secretive church

Financial Services: 2017May04Thursday

Market Extra: How unloved is active management? Even outperformance is being snubbed

FA Center: These bond funds thrive even when interest rates go up

Outside the Box: Your retirement will be different from your parents’ retirement. Now you have to figure out how to pay for it

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks flat as Facebook, crude oil slump offset Fed optimism

Metals Stocks: Gold tumbles 1% as demand slows, Fed signals confidence in U.S. economy

The ultimate buy-and-hold strategy

Market Extra: Eastspring’s Andrew Cormie on investing in the time of Trump: ‘Have the courage to step into the market’

Need to Know: How ugly will the gold selloff get? Here’s what Goldman Sachs thinks

The Tell: This company profitability measure is showing signs of retreat