Some of Monday’s top business stories:
New York Times
U.S. sells remaining stake in General Motors, by Annie Lowrey
Sysco to buy US Foods for $3.5 billion, by Michael J. de la Merced
Reuters
McDonald’s November sales miss as U.S. weakness persists, by Lisa Baertlein
Bloomberg
S&P 500 rises to record on Fed bets amid budget talks, by Nick Taborek
Businessweek
Harvard study finds: The rent is way too high, by Peter Coy
CNNMoney
Record number of U.S. firms offering same-sex benefits, by Blake Ellis
The myth of the American Dream, by Steve Hargreaves
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