American employers added a robust 292,000 jobs in December, suggesting that the U.S. economy is so far defying global weakness and growing solidly.

There are 191.1 million people in the U.S. that owned smartphones (77.1 percent mobile market penetration) during the three months ending in August.

Declining prices for imports, even beyond oil, appears likely to exert downward pressure on inflation in the U.S. well into this year. Import prices fell 1.2% in December from the prior month.

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