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Top Stories : 2018January18Thursday

Currencies: Dollar slips after rally, as pound retakes $1.39

What poker sharks have in common with Wall Street traders

MarketWatch First Take: Amazon releases its HQ2 shortlist, and this is what we’ve learned from it

Don’t be fooled: Stock picking is still a loser’s game

You’re so vain — I bet you think investing’s about you

Market Extra: The unsinkable S&P 500 is about to make stock-market history

Travel: America, ‘the best country in the world to visit,’ is losing its appeal to tourists

In One Chart: In one chart, here’s why you should buy the ‘unloved’ parts of the equity market

Harry Boxer’s four breakout stocks to watch include Universal Display

Morgan Stanley stock edges higher as earnings prove what one analyst calls the ‘bull case’

Real-time headlines : 2018January18Thursday

Dow off 140 points, or 0.5, at 25,972

Stock selling intensifies somewhat in afternoon trade: Dow loses grip on 26,000 level

Feb. WTI crude trades at $63.72/bbl on Nymex, up from $63.52 before supply data

U.S. distillate stockpiles down 3.9 million barrels: EIA

U.S. gasoline supplies up 3.6 million barrels: EIA

U.S. crude-oil inventories down 6.9 million barrels last week: EIA

Netflix stock price target raised to $255 from $235 at Morgan Stanley

Feb. natural gas at $3.15/mln Btus, down from $3.19 before supply data

EIA reports weekly fall of 183 bln cubic feet in U.S. natural-gas supplies

Splunk stock price target raised to $102 from $80 at UBS

Market Pulse : 2018January18Thursday

Facebook introduces WhatsApp app for businesses in push to expand messaging

Boeing's stock drop exacts 70-point toll on Dow industrials in late-morning trade

Oil prices pare losses as EIA reports a 6.9 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies

Nike names Dirk-Jan van Hameren CMO, succeeding Greg Hoffman

Mulvaney says consumer protection agency needs zero dollars

EIA reports smaller-than-expected decline in U.S. natural-gas supply

Amazon's stock falls toward 3rd-straight loss

Icahn urges Xerox board to act on Fuji joint venture

Boeing stock falls to be the biggest reason for Dow's decline

Stock indexes open flat as Dow holds above 26,000

Breaking News: 2018January18Thursday

Benchmark U.S. mortgage rates spike to eight-month high

Dow industrials down 90 points, with bulk of blame falling on Boeing

Mulvaney says Consumer Financial Protection Bureau needs zero dollars

Most Americans support DACA, poll finds

FBI reportedly probing whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump

U.S. stocks open lower, but Dow industrials hold 26,000 level

Philadelphia Fed's manufacturing index drops to five-month low

Amazon names 20 finalists for second headquarters

Trump administration shuts Haiti out of seasonal-worker program

U.S. first-time unemployment claims crash to 45-year low in early 2018

Internet Stories: 2018January18Thursday

How trading bitcoin could actually ruin your mental health

American women have reached a milestone for the first time since 2006

Market Snapshot: Dow holds on to 26,000, but stock market pressured as energy sector slips

Apple, Oracle and Microsoft are expected to issue less debt in 2018

Deep Dive: Four stock picks from a money manager focused on dividend growth for over two decades

The Sniff Test: Apple didn’t say it was hiring 20,000 new workers, nor bringing back all of its overseas cash

Why Google’s selfie app works better for white people

Earnings Outlook: IBM earnings: End of five-plus years of revenue declines is in sight

This year’s flu season could be the most deadly in years — and the most expensive

Financial Services: 2018January18Thursday