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The Biden administration extended for two years a temporary measure to suspend Trump-era tariffs on steel and aluminum from Europe, a stop-gap that fails to resolve trade frictions with the bloc. https://ift.tt/2jiEC8F

Maine’s top election official barred Trump from appearing on the state’s primary ballot, marking the second state to knock the Republican former president off its ballot and escalating a national legal effort to disqualify him from office. https://ift.tt/RinPEf5

Colorado Republicans asked the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision by the state’s high court that Trump is ineligible for re-election in the state for having incited an insurrection. https://ift.tt/yamsfXJ

The low prices seen this year for metals used in batteries, including lithium, cobalt and nickel, appear likely to persist in 2024. https://ift.tt/rHb5yx9

Apple is slipping behind Chinese rivals in the development of high-tech cars. https://ift.tt/Va1Aw9u

Apple’s widening effort to turn its nine-year-old watch from a luxury timepiece into the ultimate all-in-one medical device is taking it into territory that is legally treacherous as well as potentially profitable. https://ift.tt/VtOYNoT

Investors are hoping to cap 2023 and welcome 2024 with a Santa Claus rally, the gains that stocks often make during the last five trading days of one year and the first two of the next. https://ift.tt/OKdYpco

The S&P 500 again closed just shy of a record, rising 0.04%, while the Dow industrials advanced 0.1% and the Nasdaq fell 0.03%. https://ift.tt/tCZzvME

Aspen Skiing sued ski-wear maker Perfect Moment for allegedly appropriating its Colorado resorts’ reputation by falsely associating itself with the company. https://ift.tt/a3SkKWJ

Chilean lithium company SQM reached an agreement with state-run mining company Codelco to jointly produce the metal. https://ift.tt/2P53NwS