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Ford and Volkswagen announce plans for a global alliance to development of commercial vans and pickups; Facebook says it will invest $300 million in local news over the next three years.

Fox Business Briefs: Gymboree expected to file for a second bankruptcy in two years with plans to close all 900 of its stores; Taco Bell announces it will test a dedicated vegetarian menu.

Some Starbucks stores will soon include needle-disposal boxes in their bathrooms; Better Business Bureau gives the company behind the popular 'Fortnite' video game an 'F' rating in customer service.

Fox Business Briefs: Google Assistant will now help you converse in nearly 30 different languages with new interpreter mode; Yelp names its top 100 places to eat in the United States.

Fox Business Briefs: Hyundai unveils a new car that can walk at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas; U.S. News & World Report is out with its list of the best jobs of 2019.

Fox Business Briefs: National Park Service will begin using entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks; Tesla breaks ground on the company's first Gigafactory outside the U.S.

Fox Business Briefs: Marriott says hackers stole more than 25 million passport numbers in the 2018 data breach; more first-time homebuyers are getting help from a relative to make the down payment.

Fox Business Briefs: Fake Alexa start-up app shoots to the top of Apple's app store charts; Epic Games, the creator' Fortnite,' says the game made $3 billion in profit in 2018.

Fox Business Briefs: AMC says it’s ‘Stubs A-List’ service has more than 600,000 subscribers as of the end of the year. Blue Apron partners with WW giving the company access to millions of people committed to healthy eating.

Fox Business Briefs: Wall Street Journal reports former Walt Disney Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs is a top candidate to become CBS' new chief executive; UPS expected to begin returning 1 million packages each day in December.

Fox Business Briefs: Wall Street Journal reports company Gymboree would close most of its 900 stores as part of bankruptcy filing. Popular children’s drink Pedialyte now targeting adults with flavored fizzy drink named ‘Sparkling Rush.’

Fox Business Briefs: Global athletic apparel company lives up to its slogan with strong quarterly earnings, 10 percent sales hike from 2017; Facebook developing a cryptocurrency for its messaging app WhatsApp.