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1. Fed chair candidate Hassett says U.S. is way behind the curve on lowering interest rates

2. Citadel to return $5 billion in profit to investors, source says

3. Trump administration to start seizing pay of defaulted student loan borrowers in January

4. Epstein files: Latest batch from DOJ includes a personal letter, emails and heavily redacted documents

5. Asia markets mixed in Christmas Eve trading; gold crosses $4,500 for the first time

6. Asia’s year in review: Who had it best — and who had it worst — in 2025

7. China’s mineral dominance gives Western magnet makers a moment in the sun

8. This ex-doctor faced ‘incredible burnout’ and left medicine to build an AI tool – Now, it’s worth over $460 million

9. Greenland PM rebukes Trump special envoy overture

10. Supreme Court rejects Trump's bid to send National Guard to Chicago

11. Southwest's profits are down 42% this year but it's the top U.S. airline stock

12. Tanger CEO says retailers are 'discounting to meet the consumer' this holiday season

13. ACA subsidies are expiring. Here’s who the lapse will hit hardest

14. U.S. pushes additional tariffs on Chinese chips to June 2027

15. Gold and silver reach fresh highs for second day running — and could keep climbing

16. The next AI pivot will be toward efficiency and lowering costs, ex-Facebook privacy chief says

17. Trump's 'no tax on tips' deduction won't benefit some tipped workers. Here's why

18. Prediction markets are booming. How to tax winnings is anyone's guess

19. Consumers are taking on more debt this holiday, even as they grow less confident in the economy

20. ServiceNow's deal blitz gives it an 'AI control tower,' CEO McDermott tells CNBC