Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
The New York Times
Emails from hacking reveal studio’s dirty laundry, by Michael Cieply and Brooks Barnes
Appeals court deals a setback to U.S. crackdown on insider trading, by Ben Protess and Matthew Goldstein
Many feels the American dream is out of reach, poll shows, by Andrew Ross Sorkin and Megan Thee-Brenan
The Wall Street Journal
Starboard Value takes roughly 6% stake in Staples, by David Benoit
Oil’s fall puts a chill on U.S. drilling, by Lynn Cook and Erin Ailworth
Bloomberg
Retail sales in U.S. climbed in November by most in eight months, by Shobhana Chandra
Fed bubble bursts in $550 billion of energy debt: Credit markets, by Christine Idzelis and Craig Torres
Jobless claims in U.S. decreased 3,000 last week to 294,000, by Victoria Stilwell
Reuters
Burger King to save millions in U.S. taxes in “inversion”: study, by Kevin Drawbaugh
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