Daily U.S. Stock Market Highlights (Friday, January 3)

< br > < b > Stock News < br > < span class = "section-news" > 1. Apple (AAPL. O) agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging that Siri, Apple's voice assistant, violated user privacy. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 2. Meta (META. O) announced the appointment of Republican veteran Joel Kaplan as president of global affairs, succeeding Nick Clegg. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 3. U.S. President Joe Biden blocked a proposed takeover of U.S. Steel (X. N) by Nippon Steel. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 4. According to the State Food and Drug Administration, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK. N) mapolizumab injection has been approved for a new indication in China, and the approval date is December 25, 2024. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 5. AstraZeneca (AZN. O) PD-1/TIGIT dual antibody starts Phase III clinical trial. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 6. For Amazon (AMZN. O), Lyft (LYFT. O) could be an attractive acquisition target that could help the e-commerce giant expand its robo-taxi business, according to people involved in The Information. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 7. Cerence AI expands its partnership with NVIDIA (NVDA. O) to advance its family of CALLM language models. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 8. Constellation Energy (CEG. O) announced Thursday that it has been awarded a $1 billion contract to supply nuclear power to the U.S. government over the next decade. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 9. Hindenburg Research disclosed a short bet on Carvana (CVNA. N), saying the online used-car retailer's recent turnround was a "mirage" propped up by erratic lending and accounting manipulation. < br > < span class = "section-news" > 10. Stellantis (STLA. N) and Volkswagen have been dropped from the list of U.S. subsidies for some electric vehicles.