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747 jets
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Trump will not divest himself of his business holdings but not so for Treasury Secretary nominee Mnuchin, Twitter is shutting down its business app and United Airlines is retiring its iconic 747 Jumbo jet a year ahead of schedule.
Ellen Pao, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Coty is buying a majority stake in Younique for about $600 million, Trump tells the GOP to repeal Obamacare "quickly," and two years after losing her gender-discrimination lawsuit against former boss Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Ellen Pao is returning to venture capital: She's going to become a partner at Kapor Capital.
Trump, Kushner and Ivanka
In Second Opinion, Mars will be acquiring VCA for $7.7 billion, Salesforce’s Marc Benioff joins backs Gaza’s first ever coding academy and Trump names his son-in-law as senior White House adviser.
Fort Lauderdale airport
Second Opinion ends the day with news that multiple people are dead following a shooting at an airport in Fort Lauderdale, Theranos cuts another 41 percent of its staff and the Dow almost but not quite hits the 20,000 milestone.
Time Inc
In Second Opinion, Meredith Corp has reportedly contacted Time Inc about a possible merger, IT research firm Gartner is planning on buying CEB in a $2.6 billion deal and following in Macy's footsteps, Sears says it will be shutting down 150 more stores.
BMW electric car
In Second Opinion, Apple invests $1 billion in SoftBank's new tech fund, Trump picks Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to lead the SEC and BMW, Mobileye and Intel will test 40 self-driving cars on U.S. and European roads this year.
Megyn Kelly
In Second Opinion, Ford scraps a $1.6 billion plant in Mexico after Trump's criticism, Intel takes minority stake in mapping business Here and Megyn Kelly is leaving Fox News for NBC News.
New Year's Eve
Second Opinion wraps up the day with news that Run-DMC is suing Amazon and Walmart for $50 million, Putin isn't expelling Russian diplomats from the U.S. and Apple is reportedly cutting its iPhone production for the first quarter of 2017. Have a Happy New Year!
Obama and Putin
In Second Opinion, the U.S. expels 35 Russian diplomats in retaliation for alleged cyberattacks, Honda is recalling about 650,000 Odyssey minivans and the new Microsoft under Satya Nadella is still looking good on Wall Street.
GNC store
Second Opinion closes out the day with news that Facebook acquires eye tracking company The Eye Tribe, nutrition store chain GNC closes more than 4,000 stores to reset strategy and HBO's "Game of Thrones" was the most pirated show of the year--again.
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