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Dow holds above 20,000 as investors focus on earnings
The Dow Jones Industrial Average stayed firmly above 20,000 on Thursday, after breaching the milestone a day earlier, while losses in tech stocks weighed on the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite indexes.The S&P technology index's .SPLRCT 0.47 fall led the decliners, weighed down by Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and Alphabet (GOOGL.O).Qualcomm
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J&J, Actelion approach Swiss takeover board over deal structure: paper
ZURICH Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) and Actelion (ATLN.S) have asked Switzerland's takeover board about the viability of a complicated takeover deal the U.S. healthcare company is discussing with the Swiss biotech firm, newspaper Tages-Anzeiger reported on Friday, without saying how
Payrolls rise solidly; jobless rate at nine-year low
By Lucia Mutikani | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON U.S. employers boosted hiring in November and the unemployment rate dropped to a more than
GM expands testing, production of self-driving cars in Michigan
DETROIT General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday the automaker will expand testing of self-driving vehicles to Michigan, and will build its next generation of self-driving cars in the Michigan plant that builds the Chevrolet Bolt
