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The National Security Agency will follow through on a plan to cease collecting bulk telephone records on Sunday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Friday, despite the urging of some Republicans that the program be extended in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.
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SocGen says US dollar almost 10% overvalued
According to estimates of fundamental equilibrium exchange rates
(FEER), the US dollar is almost 10% overvalued and its rise over the
past year will knock 0.5% off GDP growth annually for the next five years, notes
SocGen.

In IBD’s Nov. 20 issue, this column focused on several Sector Leaders names that were flashing a positive chart trend: multiple up weeks in a row. Such action often precedes a bullish breakout out of a well-formed base. When a stock gains ground three, four or five weeks in a row, it implies that the institutional crowd cannot be patient in accumulating a large wad of shares.

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These stocks posted gains on a short, quiet post-Thanksgiving trading session. Find out why.

Retailers report Apple products are among top sellers on Black Friday, despite a lack of manufacturer discounts.

Mattress startups are taking the tact of tech companies trying to disrupt a staid industry, but Casper has even bigger aspirations as it moves into pillows and sheets.

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LONDON/NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Investment bank Lazard is working with Sanofi’s management to prepare a sale or listing of its Merial animal health unit, aiming to land the leading advisory job for the deal, which could value the business at up 12 billion euros ($12.7 billion), sources familiar with the matter said. Lazard is expected to win the role for the so-called dual-track process having helped Sanofi’s management in the ongoing review, the sources said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Sanofi and Lazard declined to comment.