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>>Stocks Close Mixed

(New York, NY) -- Wall Street closed Wednesday with stocks mixed. This, as investors await the release of Nvidia's latest earnings report. Some expect the report to set the tone for the markets for the rest of the week. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 139 points to 43-408. The S&P gained less than a point to 59-17. The Nasdaq fell by 21 points to 18-966.

 

>>Feds Want Google To Sell Off Chrome

(Undated) -- The Justice Department wants a federal court to force Google to sell off its popular Chrome web browser as part of an antitrust case. The request made Wednesday comes after a court ruled in August that the company holds a monopoly in the online search market. Department lawyers say that spinning off Chrome, used on billions of devices around the world, would help prevent an illegal monopoly from happening again. The request also asks that Google end exclusive contracts with third parties like Apple and Samsung that makes Google the default search engine on devices.

 

>>FL Man Arrested For Plotting To Bomb NYSE

(Coral Springs, FL) -- A Florida man is under arrest for allegedly plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange. Court documents say Harun Abdul-Malik Yener of Coral Springs wanted to "reset" the U.S. government. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with attempting to use an explosive device to damage or destroy a building used in interstate commerce. Yener got on the FBI's radar in February after agents received a tip he was storing bomb-making schematics in a storage unit. The complaint says he targeted the week of November 18th as the date to carry out the bombing.

 

>>Bitcoin Breaks $97K

(Undated) -- Bitcoin breached 97-thousand dollars for the first time Wednesday. The cryptocurrency first broke a record going over 95-thousand-dollars. Investors look to a second Donald Trump administration and potentially supportive regulations.

 

>>Indian Billionaire Indicted In NY In Solar Energy Scheme

(Brooklyn, NY) -- One of the world's richest men has been indicted in Brooklyn for allegedly defrauding investors in a sprawling solar energy project in India. Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire and the Adani Group CEO, is charged along with seven other people of agreeing to pay more than 250-million-dollars in bribes to Indian government officials. The dirty money was supposed to grease the wheels for solar energy supply contracts worth billions of dollars. Adani and crew are also accused of conspiring to commit wire and securities fraud by obtaining funds from U.S. investors on the basis of "false and misleading statements."

 

>>Nvidia Nearly Doubles Revenue

(Santa Clara, CA) -- Nvidia is fresh off another record quarter. The computer manufacturing corporation generated sales two-billion dollars over estimates, with an almost 20-billion dollar net income in the three-month period ending last month. Despite the improved outlook, shares slipped as much as three-percent in afternoon trading.

 

>>Comcast Expected To Spinoff Cable Networks

(New York, NY) -- Comcast will be spinning off its cable networks. The media giant announced Wednesday that it's separating from CNBC, MSNBC and other Comcast networks. The new entity will reportedly be led by the current chair of NBCUniversal's media group. The spinoff is expected to take about a year.

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