BUSINESS
ECONOMY
- New Trump bump? Consumer confidence hasn't been this high since ... Clinton impeachment
- US retail sales rose less than expected 0.2% in November
- US import prices rebound, but the underlying trend remains weak
- US weekly jobless claims race to a more than 2-year high
- US producer prices were unchanged in November; underlying inflation soft
YOUR MONEY
- YOUR MONEY: Year-end money moves for your ETFs
- U.S. banking regulators unveil proposal to update low-income lending standards
- DoubleLine's Gundlach sees risk for U.S. credit when dollar weakens
- BlackRock Investment Institute 'modestly positive' on risk assets for 2020
- Ackman's Pershing Square makes new bet on Agilent Technologies
Measures of sales, new orders and employment all rebounded from the previous month.
WORLD
- Qatar says there has been 'small progress' in resolving Gulf dispute
- Thai opposition leader calls for peaceful protest
- Malaysia PM suggests he could stay in office beyond 2020
- Samoa extends measles state of emergency, NZ to fund Pacific vaccination campaign
- U.S. sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir
