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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.

Fox Business Briefs: Former Disney CFO Tom Staggs top contender to replace ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves. Retailers see largest spike ever in holiday gifts returned before Christmas.

Fox Business Briefs: US real estate developers focused more on building apartments than homes in November. Chipotle offers the perfect wrapping paper for the burrito lover in your life. Ford developing new noise-canceling dog kennel for pooches scare

Fox Business Briefs: The tech giant plan to create a new campus in Manhattans West Village. Today is the one year anniversary of Bitcoins peak price. Merriam-Webster unveals 2018 Word of the Year Winner.

Sears says their sales increased 4.3 percent in the recently completed quarter; Alaska Airlines will allow customers wearing ugly Christmas sweaters to board their flights early on December 21st.

Fox Business Briefs: Apple plans to invest $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, Texas; Toyota announces massive recall to replace defective Takata airbags on vehicles that already got new airbags.

Fox Business Briefs: Whole Foods reportedly ranks last of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar; Google reveals list of top searches for 2018.

Fox Business Briefs: Delta is banning all emotional support animals on flights longer than eight hours; Instagram is rolling out voice messaging that work in one-on-one and group chats.

Amazon cracks down on scams by reportedly firing several workers suspected of supplying independent merchants with inside information; Uber and Lyft are taking their rivalry to Wall Street.

Fox Business Briefs: Generic drugmaker SANDOZ plans to start selling a slightly cheaper version of the EpiPen; The Ohio State University now has a vending machine that sells only bacon.

Lyft files a confidential draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission to go public; Walgreens announces a partnership with FedEx for prescription delivery.

Task force led by the Treasury Department publishes a report that suggests the post office charge more for certain package deliveries; Glassdoor releases its annual list of top companies to work for.

Fox Business Briefs: Marriott is offering help to customers impacted by massive data breach; question and answer website Quora says data of 100 million users was stolen.

Fox Business Briefs: Apple reportedly plans to delay the launch of a 5G iPhone until at least 2020; Richard Branson says he expects to send astronauts to space by Christmas.

Fox Business Briefs: The information of potentially 500 million people may have been exposed in a massive data breach within the hotel chain Marriott.

Fox Business Briefs: After declining sales of hunting supplies in certain stores, Dick's Sporting Goods is considering no longer selling hunting supplies in select stores.

Fox Business Briefs: ApartmentGuide.com ranks the top American cities for pet owners; Krispy Kreme's holiday donuts are back.

Fox Business Briefs: Industrial conglomerate United Technologies is splitting up into three separate companies; major lettuce producers are preparing to change how they label romaine lettuce.

Fox Business Briefs: Ikea plans to cut 7,500 jobs as part of restructuring at the company; Honda recalls over 120,000 minivans worldwide due to sliding doors that can open unexpectedly.