Traders were hoping to wrap up the year in a nice bow, watching for the so-called Santa Claus rally or the tendency of the market to rise in the last five trading days of the year through the ...

ON BOARD THE SANTA TRAIN (AP) — Since 1943, the people of Appalachian Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee have looked forward to Santa's arrival. Not in a sleigh on their rooftops, but on a train.