UNITED STATES
- Futures are pointing to a sharply lower opening this morning
- The Santa rally showed up in a big way with Dow Jones climbing over 1,000 points -- its highest single-day gain
- Google has launched a service to help veterans find civilian jobs based on their military experience (if you're a veteran interested in the service (https://grow.google/programs/veterans-commitment)
- Hundreds of thousands of workers will stay home today as the government shutdown enters day 6 and the publication of much economic data will be on hold during the shutdown
OTHER
- Thailand has approved plans to legalize medical marijuana, it should become law this year
- Israel approved a law to allow the export of medical marijuana
- After a 30 year hiatus, Japan will resume commercial whaling in 2019
CHINA
- For the first time since 2015 industrial profits have fallen
- Chinese e-commerce site JD.com announced a $1bn share buyback program
Submitted December 27, 2018 at 07:29AM by ogordained http://bit.ly/2ETCJga
