>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after a mixed start to the final full trading week of the year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rose to a new record as shares of Apple, Alphabet and Tesla surged to fresh all-time highs. As things wrapped up with yesterday's closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 110 points to 43-717. The S&P 500 rose 22 points to 60-74 and the Nasdaq climbed 247 points to 20-173. In focus today, the Federal Reserve is set to begin a two-day policy meeting with a decision on interest rates on Wednesday. Ahead of that, we'll get word this morning on retail sales as well as the home builder confidence index.
>>TikTok Asks Supreme Court For Help
(Washington, DC) -- TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to block a law that could ban the video app. The law, which requires the Chinese-owned platform to be sold or shut down, goes into effect January 19th. TikTok on Monday petitioned the high court to stop the law, arguing it violates the company's First Amendment free speech rights. The app has around 170 million users in the U.S.
>>Softbank CEO, Trump Announce $100 Billion US Investment
(Palm Beach, FL) -- President-elect Trump says the U.S. economy will only get bigger under his administration. Speaking from his Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach today, Trump said he will start rolling back burdensome business regulations on day one. He added that he's going to force all federal employees to return to the office, instead of working from home. He was joined by the CEO of Japanese tech investing firm Softbank, who pledged a 100-billion-dollar tech investment in the U.S.
>>Senate Investigation: Amazon Warehouses Less Safe
(Washington, DC) -- A Senate investigation is accusing Amazon of tweaking workplace injury data to make its warehouses seem safer than they are. The report, released Sunday by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, comes after an 18-month probe into seven years of Amazon workplace injury data. Among the findings were that Amazon warehouses are less safe than the industry average and that Amazon workers are twice as likely to be injured compared to employees at other warehouses. Amazon rejected the findings, arguing it has made significant safety improvements and accusing the committee of twisting information to support a false narrative.
>>Verdict Reached In Trial Of Man Accused Of Killing Cash App Founder
(San Francisco, CA) -- Jurors in the high-profile murder trial of a former tech consultant charged in the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee have reached a verdict. Just what they've decided is not yet known as the verdict won't be announced until this morning. Prosecutors argued suspect Nima Momeni targeted Lee on a San Francisco street last year because he believed his sister had been drugged and sexually assaulted by a man she met through Lee. The defense claimed self defense and said Lee had pulled a knife on Momeni.
