The Business News Headlines 16 December 2025

The Jobs Report that was out this morning held some surprises and we'll start with that story. This is the Business News Headlines for Tuesday the 16th day of December, thanks for being with us.  In other news, we’ve got the latest when it comes to retail sales.  16 states and the District of Columbia sue the Trump Administration and we’ll share why. Hyundai and Kia are ordered to fix millions of vehicles at their expense. Public transit in Chicago will get a boost of dollars to fix and upgrade scores of busses and trains. Howard Stern is coming back to the radio.  We’ll check the numbers in The Wall Street Report and if you have the right stuff you can now watch short Instagram Videos on your TV.  Let’s go…

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