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Heidi Heitkamp looks well-positioned to help her fellow Democrats or even run for office again, as the soon-to-be former senator’s campaign has reported $6.8 million in leftover funds.

Like a complicated House of Cards episode, there have been so many twists and turns it may be difficult to keep track of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

Friday's top personal finance stories

Thanks to credit card usage, consumer credit grew at the fastest rate in 11 months, the Federal Reserve said Friday.

St. Louis Fed President James Bullard says the committee should wait to January to get a better understanding of economic trends.

Consumer credit grew at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 7.7% in October, the Federal Reserve said Friday. That's the biggest jump in 11 months. Revolving credit grew at a 10.7% rate, while nonrevolving credit, like student and auto loans, rose at a 6.7% rate.

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Oil prices rally Friday as members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and nonmember allies reach an agreement to curb production for six months, starting in January.

Selling on the Nasdaq reached panic-like proportions Friday afternoon with less than an hour left in regular trade, as the exchange's Arms index rose. The Arms is a volume weighted breadth measure, that tends to rise when the broader market falls, as the intensity of the selling in declining stocks is usually greater than the intensity of buying in rising stocks. Levels above 2.000 are considered panic-like activity. The Nasdaq Composite Index was off 3% at 6,969. The number of advancing stocks... Читать дальше...

Trump blasts Tillerson as 'dumb,' 'lazy' after ex–secretary of state's criticism

U.S. stocks deepen their losses Friday as new jitters on trade relations overshadow the November employment report.

President Donald Trump on Friday blasted former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, who made critical comments about him in an interview Thursday night. On Twitter, Trump called the former Exxon chief executive "dumb as a rock" and "lazy as hell," while praising current Secretary Mike Pompeo. Tillerson said in an appearance in Houston Thursday that he had to explain to Trump certain things couldn't be done the way he wanted because "it violates the law."

Study finds expanded Medicaid coverage helped people work, find better jobs.

As the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbles 659 points, or 2.6%, in afternoon trade, all 30 of its components are losing ground. Of the biggest decliners, shares of Microsoft Corp. dropped 4.4%, Caterpillar Inc. shed 4.3% and Intel Corp. declined 4.3%. The most active Dow stock was Apple Inc. , which shed 3.5% toward the lowest close since April 30. Elsewhere, the Dow Jones Transportation Average lost 4.2%, with all 20 components falling. Meanwhile, the defensive Dow Jones Utility Average rose 0.5%... Читать дальше...

Selling pressure again intensifies: Dow down 650 points; Nasdaq, 240

The Dow Jones Industrial Friday afternoon was on track to registered its worst weekly decline in about 8 months, according to FactSet data. The Dow was down about 622 points, or 2.5%, at 24,323, with that drop contributing to a 1,219 points loss over the course of the abbreviated week(the stock and bond markets were closed on Wednesday to mark a day of mourning for George H.W. Bush on Wednesday). If it holds, it would represent the steepest weekly slump since the week ended March 23. The blue-chip... Читать дальше...

A fresh tumble for the Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday was putting the blue-chip benchmark on the verge of shedding 10% from its recent peak in October, which would place it back in correction. The Dow was most recently off about 600 points, or 2.4%, at 24,354, with that decline placing it about 9.3% short of a dropping 10% from its Oct. 3 all-time high at 26,828.49, according to FactSet data. The decline comes amid fresh worries about trade relations between China and the U.S., with the... Читать дальше...

Shares of Johnson Outdoors Inc. tumbled 13% in afternoon trade Friday, after the seller of outdoor recreation equipment swung fiscal fourth-quarter loss, on a surprise decline in sales. The net loss for the quarter to Sept. 28 was $4.96 million, or 49 cents a share, after a profit of $589,000, or 6 cents a share, in the same period a year ago. The range of per-share estimates of the two analysts surveyed by FactSet was a loss of 5 cents to earnings of 6 cents. Sales declined to $91.13 million from $91.76 million... Читать дальше...

Oil futures settled higher on Friday, tallying a gain of 3.3% for the week--their second weekly climb in a row. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said Friday that it reached an agreement among its members to cut production by 800,000 barrels a day from October's levels. It didn't mention the level of cooperation expected from nonmember producers, including Russia, but news reports said nonmembers would cut by 400,000 barrels to lift the total output cuts to 1.2 million barrels a day. Читать дальше...

Shares of Vail Resorts Inc. plummeted toward the biggest one-day selloff since they went public nearly 22 years ago, after the ski resort operator reported a wider-than-expected loss and a sales miss. The stock plummeted 19.6%, on track for a 9-month low. The previous biggest one-day loss during the financial crisis, when it plunged 17.3% on Nov. 14, 2008. The company went public in February 1997. The stock has now lost 26% year to date, while the S&P 500 has lost 1.3%.

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Gold futures settle at highest level since July

Fed's Bullard says central bank should not raise interest rates in December