>>Wall Street Welcomes Fresh Trading Week
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed mixed to end the week. The S&P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq hit record highs after the release of better-than-expected jobs data. The November jobs report showed payrolls increased by 227-thousand last month while the unemployment rate edged up slightly. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 123 points to 44-642. The S&P 500 added 15 points to 60-90. The Nasdaq rose 159 points to 19-859.
>>Appeals Court: TikTok Must Sell
(Washington, DC) -- TikTok's future in America is up in the air. A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld a law mandating the sale or ban of the Chinese-owned social media platform. In a bipartisan effort, Congress passed the legislation to, in its words, protect U.S. interests. President Biden signed off on the bill in April. TikTok argues the forced sale is a violation of a First Amendment right, and may appeal to the Supreme Court.
>>Apple Update Gets Rid Of Green Bubbles
(Cupertino, CA) -- Apple's latest iOS update, out this week, will end the green message bubbles on iPhones. The green bubbles indicate messages sent via SMS, which lacks the end-to-end encryption of Apple's iMessage service. Those messages are shown in blue bubbles. More secure message options are taking hold in the update after an FBI warning about the vulnerabilities of SMS communication.
>>Trump: No Plans To Replace Fed Chair
(Undated) -- President-elect Trump says he has no plans to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, whose term runs until May 2026. Speaking with NBC News in an interview that aired on "Meet the Press," Trump said Powell would probably leave if he told him to, but he isn't planning to right now. Trump first appointed Powell in 2018 but soon thought about removing him over a dispute about interest rates. President Biden reappointed Powell in 2022. Powell has said he won't leave the job early and doesn't believe Trump has the legal authority to fire him.
>>Juan Soto Signs Record-Breaking Deal To Join Mets
(New York, NY) -- Juan Soto is joining the New York Mets in a deal sending shockwaves through all of baseball. Multiple reports say the star outfielder and now former Yankee has agreed to a record-breaking 15-year, 765-million-dollar contract. The deal reportedly includes a player option after five years for the 26-year-old slugger, where the annual value of the contract could exceed 55 million dollars a year. ESPN reports the Yankees maxed out at 15 years and 760 million, allowing the Mets to outbid them. The contract makes Soto the highest paid athlete in the history of professional sports.
>>Apple Top Of "Best Run" Companies List
(New York, NY) -- Apple is the best-run company in the U.S., according to the Wall Street Journal. More than 800 companies were evaluated using five categories: customer satisfaction, innovation, social responsibility, employee engagement and development and financial strength. Apple, which knocked off Microsoft for the top spot this year, was the only all-star firm on the list. Second place went to Nvidia, followed by Microsoft and Intel.
