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Stock Market Today: A Huge Food Merger and a New Box Office King

Keep an Eye on Gilead Sciences, Johnson & Johnson, Pharmacyclics, and AbbVie Today

Fox Announces Another X-Men Movie. Here's What It Means for Disney.

Pratt & Whitney Machinists Approve New Contract

Post Holdings Buying Golden Boy Foods, Dymatize Enterprises

Abercrombie & Fitch Ties CEO Compensation More to Company Performance

Southwest Airlines Abandons Small Markets

German Company Tests Delivery Drone

Verizon Confirms EdgeCast Acquisition

Abraxas Picks Up $73 Million From Eagle Ford Asset Sale

McDonald's Same-Store Sales Fall in U.S., Grow Slightly Overall

EADS to Cut 5,800 Jobs as Part of Major Overhaul

5 Trends Played Out in November Jobs Report

Weekend Box Office: 'Frozen' Handily Beats 'Catching Fire' for Top Spot

New American Airlines CEO Talks About the Change

QEP Resources Buying Permian Basin Assets for $950 Million

Southwest November Traffic Drops by 82 Million Revenue Passenger Miles

Digging Into Why U.S. Buys Helicopters From Russia for Afghan Forces

Tech Giants Raise Their Voices Against Government Data Collection

Natural Gas Soars on Cold Weather; Oil Falls Slightly

Why Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.'s Shares Popped

Why NII Holdings, Inc. Shares Plunged

United Therapeutics Gets Whammed by a Subpoena