To view this email as a web page, go to the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser's address window. https://view.response.cnbc.com/?qs=deb62b259e09688637d15d0ba5a8d025be08ca76641b184e6d215dabf4d0da9da4376a99417a7a44aca6a65f8bbef562002c446c2d8fdace7efbc6e52bccb077CNBC | Morning Squawk To view this email as a web page, click https://view.response.cnbc.com/?qs=deb62b259e09688637d15d0ba5a8d025be08ca76641b184e6d215dabf4d0da9da4376a99417a7a44aca6a65f8bbef562002c446c2d8fdace7efbc6e52bccb077 here. https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22c39b77647c330311751c585323139a7aeeb11f7850bcd0be59bfcebc9e9716c9 https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22bd8583f67716d00c75c2d8b49a9004c12b46359648a50ab1d0f3e81a23aba0ca MARKETS & THE FED U.S. stock futures https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d224308edf6f101a287788f6701ea6663eaa5dd756f88ff06c0fbe9a9fea3464055 were higher this morning, after the Dow broke a seven session winning streak on Wednesday's Fed interest rate hike. The Dow now stands more than 200 points away from the 20,000 level. (CNBC)The Fed's second rate increase in a year (and the second in a decade, for that matter) https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22c2cf2dadae0fc10d00033bdae97d19958f5e2c639258e0b428217fb7bba70fd4 sent the dollar index to a 14-year high and https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22cfb47740e7b1871cda229856bdabed78058741593b3e65fe77ecb9daeef1f6df knocked gold to more than 10 month lows. The 10-year Treasury yield https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22fa53eee2a0019e1e56b72476199da52d7eb287959ab942858425c0100cc5f849 was topping 2.6 percent . (Reuters & CNBC) https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22a9e6ad8bda09e6b192fa78c0cb07b48fe7947093baf3c3ed4a8df3013c3411d2 Oil was stable , after the Fed move sent investors out of commodities Wednesday, pushing U.S. crude down more than 3.6 percent. Stability this morning comes as a tighter market looms in 2017. 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(CNBC)Trump declined to invite Twitter, a platform Trump himself uses with impunity, to the tech summit because of the social network's refusal to approve a https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22d0bcd130b4ac1bc0816423704cc6d67edf852afb2384f7772444ce45d34f6b3b "Crooked Hillary" emoji during the campaign. (Politico) https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d2241da18f69c1794a95a8943a4d6d25aa2f931d266196a8858723acffae539d86b Elon Musk is joining Trump's policy advisory council, despite his comments before the election that Trump "doesn't seem to have the sort of character that reflects well on the United States." (Recode)With Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson picked as Trump's secretary of State, the U.S. oil giant said company president Darren Woods https://click.response.cnbc.com/?qs=0faea25a13fe6d22f7efe03f49af4faaee507d1538edde6660c9c3a98a4244bc6c1468f8d821b2c0 would take over in both roles. 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Dow component United Technologies (UTX) warned on 2017 earnings and revenue, as the company struggles with a new jet engine. The stock was up nearly 14 percent for the year. General Electric (GE), another Dow stock, is putting its $3 billion industrial solutions business with 30 plants and 13,000 workers up for sale. The sale is part of GE's broader effort to focus on its core businesses. Toyota expects to sell more than 10.2 million cars and trucks worldwide next year, a 1 percent increase from 2016. The automaker also plans a separate unit to develop compact cars for emerging markets. Network infrastructure provider Nokia (NOK) has agreed to buy U.S.-based big data analytics firm Deepfield, for an undisclosed sum, looking to help customers gain better insight into their networks and apps. 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