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Nov. 29, 2016, 8:58 p.m. EST

President-elect Donald Trump plans to pick fellow billionaire and economic advisor Wilbur Ross, Jr. to run the Commerce Department, where he would wield influence over America's trade deals. WSJ's Shelby Holliday has the story. Full Story

Donald Trump and Mike Pence will travel to Indiana on Thursday to announce they have reached a deal with air-conditioner maker Carrier to keep roughly 1,000 jobs at a factory in Indianapolis, according to a report in the New York Times Tuesday evening. Carrier, whose... Full Story

Nov. 29, 2016, 7:44 p.m. EST

The divides of the 2016 election season run deeper than political beliefs—they also extend to the lifestyle choices of each party’s voters, according to data from Simmons Research. Photo: Joel Marklund/Bildbryan/Zuma Press; Carlo Allegri/Reuters Full Story

By Ciara Linnane Called to Account Nov. 29, 2016, 7:04 p.m. EST

Earlier this month, MarketWatch sent this PSA to investors: If you see something fishy in a company’s earnings release, say something, because the Securities and Exchange Commission is listening. Full Story

By Claudia Assis Nov. 29, 2016, 7:02 p.m. EST

If this one color expert is correct, we may all be getting the blues soon — at least on cars. Full Story

By Anupreeta Das The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2016, 6:47 p.m. EST

President-elect Donald Trump will name longtime banker and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary, turning to a campaign loyalist and fundraiser for the incoming administration’s top economic cabinet post, a transition official says. Full Story

By John W. Miller The Wall Street Journal Nov. 29, 2016, 6:29 p.m. EST

Donald Trump will name Wilbur Ross as commerce secretary, a transition official said Tuesday, selecting a fellow businessman whose name rings out in the Rust Belt. Full Story

By Shawn Langlois The Tell Nov. 29, 2016, 6:26 p.m. EST

A youngster with some money in his pocket, time on his side and designs on scoring big in the stock market took to Reddit this week in search of the kind of advice that would help him on his way. Full Story

Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc. and AmSurg Corp. will join the S&P 500 index , according to S&P Dow Jones Indices late Tuesday. The adds to the index will occur after the close of trading on Thursday, S&P said. On the large-cap index, Mid-America will replace... Full Story

By Shawn Langlois In One Chart Nov. 29, 2016, 6:12 p.m. EST

The U.S. Census Bureau illustrates how lifespans are increasing at an unprecedented rate by using the growth rate of the number of centenarians as the basis for this chart. Full Story

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to pick former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary, according to reports late Tuesday. Mnuchin, 53, whose father was a partner at Goldman Sachs, worked at the firm for 17 years before founding the hedge... Full Story

Some confused commentators have worried that optimism about faster growth could sow the seeds of its own destruction, writes Caroline Baum. Full Story

By Trey Williams Nov. 29, 2016, 5:51 p.m. EST

Walt Disney Co.’s next big thing, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” hits theaters Dec. 16, and people have already begun queuing up in large numbers for tickets. Full Story

By David Trainer Outside the Box Nov. 29, 2016, 5:44 p.m. EST

Investors’ expectations for the fiduciary standard are here to stay no matter — and those investors will increasingly demand their advisers apply to their non-retirement accounts too. Full Story

Nov. 29, 2016, 5:34 p.m. EST

The much-hyped Snapchat video-camera glasses record 10-second clips with the tap of a button. WSJ's Joanna Stern has some rules for people who plan to wear camcorders on their faces. Photo/video: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal. Full Story

Nov. 29, 2016, 5:31 p.m. EST

Andrew Morley, a snake catcher in Sydney, Australia, caught a 'monster' brown snake last week at a construction site. He described it as the largest he'd ever seen. Full Story

By Emma Court Nov. 29, 2016, 5:26 p.m. EST

According to the White House press secretary, any replacement plan will have to grapple with the uninsured rate’s having reached an all-time low. Full Story

By Myra P. Saefong Market Extra Nov. 29, 2016, 5:26 p.m. EST

Here’s a breakdown of OPEC’s meeting on Wednesday in Vienna. Full Story

By Barbara Kollmeyer Need to Know Nov. 29, 2016, 5:26 p.m. EST

Are investors taking this oil meeting seriously enough? One analyst says brace for the S&P 500 to drop below 2,100 if OPEC can’t toss the market at least a bone. Plus, the struggle for gold is real. Full Story

By Myra P. Saefong Commodities Corner Nov. 29, 2016, 5:25 p.m. EST

OPEC members have a lot to discuss as they gather for Wednesday’s much-anticipated meeting, but there are really less than a handful of plausible outcomes. Full Story

By Ryan Vlastelica Market Extra Nov. 29, 2016, 5:25 p.m. EST

Of the 563 nonleveraged funds that have traded over the bull market, the S&P ETF comes in 180th place Full Story

By Chuck Jaffe Chuck Jaffe Nov. 29, 2016, 5:24 p.m. EST

Stick to simplicity in an era when complexity is the norm, veteran money manager Charley Ellis tells Chuck Jaffe. Full Story

By Emma Court Nov. 29, 2016, 5:19 p.m. EST

Many of his ideas made it to Paul Ryan’s health plan. Full Story

By Tonya Garcia Nov. 29, 2016, 5:08 p.m. EST

Thanksgiving weekend doorbusters are moving beyond traditional retailers and into areas like vacations, cars and beauty. Full Story

OPEC members have a lot to discuss as they gather for Wednesday’s much-anticipated meeting, but there are really less than a handful of plausible outcomes. Full Story

Nutanix Inc. [s:ntnx], which enjoyed the largest first-day gains of any 2016 initial public offering when it joined Wall Street in September, lurched lower in late trading Tuesday after its first earnings report as a public company. The enterprise-tech company, which... Full Story

Splunk Inc. again boosted its outlook for the year as the big-data software company continued to generate strong top-line growth in the latest quarter, though its loss also widened amid higher operating expenses. Full Story

Autodesk Inc. said its loss widened in the latest quarter as revenue continued to decline amid the design software company's transition to a subscription-based business. Excluding certain items, the adjusted per-share loss was bigger than feared and the company's guidance... Full Story

The American Petroleum Institute late Tuesday reported a fall of 717,000 barrels in U.S. crude supplies for the week ended Nov. 25, according to sources. Analysts polled by S&P Global Platts expected stockpiles to decline by 250,000 barrels. Supply data from the Energy... Full Story

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Corp. shares plummeted in the extended session Tuesday after the drug developer said it was discontinuing the development of some drug candidates and refocusing resources. Arrowhead shares dropped 60% to $1.77 after hours. The company said it... Full Story

By Sue Chang Market Snapshot Nov. 29, 2016, 4:41 p.m. EST

U.S. stocks on Tuesday shrug off early losses to close marginally higher, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite touching a record high. Full Story

Shares of Microchip Technology Inc. fell in Tuesday's extended session after the chip maker narrowed its earnings-per-share outlook. Microship said it now expects third-quarter adjusted EPS in a range of 87 cents to 94 cents from 85 cents to 95 cents previously. Analysts... Full Story

Shares of Autodesk Inc. fell in the extended session Tuesday after the software company's fourth-quarter outlook fell below Wall Street expectations. Autodesk shares declined 3.6% to $72.50 after hours. The company forecast an adjusted fourth-quarter loss of 32 cents to... Full Story

Shares of Splunk Inc. rose more than 6% late Tuesday after the San Francisco-based software company reported adjusted fiscal 2017 third-quarter per-share earnings above Wall Street expectations. Splunk said it lost a net $93 million, or 69 cents a share, in the quarter... Full Story

Tesla Motors got the memos, but the Securities and Exchange Commission told the company more than once that it was not getting the message. Full Story

Tuesday’s top personal finance stories Full Story

By Tomi Kilgore The Ratings Game Nov. 29, 2016, 4:14 p.m. EST

Bank of America’s stock has already rallied 21% since the election, but one analyst thinks it could still run up another 20% or more, and another analyst upgraded it to a bullish outperform ratings. Full Story

U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday but below record highs as better-than-expected economic reports were tempered by a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 23.70 points, or 0.1%, to close at 19,121.60, led by gains in UnitedHealth Group Inc. and Boeing... Full Story

By Chuck Jaffe Chuck Jaffe Nov. 29, 2016, 4:05 p.m. EST

The solution to anxiety and uncertainty about your investments is always the same -- emotional discipline, writes Chuck Jaffe. Full Story

The Zohar investment funds that once formed the financial base of Lynn Tilton’s $2.5 billion distressed investing empire have moved to oust her from control of some of the... Full Story

President-elect Donald Trump will name longtime banker and former Goldman Sachs executive Steven Mnuchin as his Treasury secretary nominee, a transition official said. Full Story

Two brothers take a 1917 Maxwell Model 25 on a trek across the country in tribute to their grandfather. Full Story

Carrier Corp. has agreed to keep in Indiana roughly 1,000 jobs it had planned to shift to Mexico, after a lobbying effort from the incoming Trump administration. Full Story

Home prices set a record in September, bringing to a close the worst period for the housing market since the Great Depression and stoking optimism for a more sustainable... Full Story

While critics have pointed to Goldman Sachs’s extensive ties to government as a sign of Wall Street’s outsize influence, the firm’s partners have long viewed public... Full Story

Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary, built his career sniffing out undervalued assets and converting them into massive profits. But... Full Story

Corporate profits continued to rebound in the third quarter alongside solid growth in the broader U.S. economy. Full Story

RXR Realty is set to begin construction Wednesday in New Rochelle on a $120 million apartment building that will serve as a cornerstone for a 10-year plan to add more... Full Story

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio often relies on the counsel of outside advisers, recently released email show. Some of the advisers represent clients with business... Full Story

The election of Jovenel Moïse as Haiti’s next president sparked tumultuous demonstrations in Port-au-Prince, as losing candidates in the runoff election questioned the... Full Story

After largely opposing his 2016 presidential campaign, financial-services executives are making fast friends with President-elect Donald Trump. Full Story

In the new ‘Lego Worlds,’ players manipulate virtual bricks as they encounter friend and foe—just like in the wildly popular game franchise from Microsoft-owned Mojang. Full Story

Novo Nordisk said its new insulin Tresiba carries about the same risk of serious heart problems as Sanofi’s Lantus but offers significantly lower risk of dangerously low... Full Story

Pyongyang could misjudge scandal in Seoul and transition in the U.S. Full Story

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau turned down a proposed Enbridge Inc. pipeline to the West Coast that had become a flashpoint for protesters, while approving a less... Full Story

Scott Walker’s union reform has yielded huge political benefits. Full Story

Republicans won three million more House votes than Democrats. Full Story

Trump’s pick for attorney general spent a decade trying to fix disparities in drug sentencing. Full Story

Betsy DeVos favors school choice and helped pass Michigan’s first charter-school bill. Full Story