STOCKS GO UP: Here's what you need to know

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STOCKS GO UP: Here's what you need to know

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AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Rebecca Hollis of New Zealand drags her suitcases in a snowstorm through Times Square on her way to a hotel, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, in New York

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Stocks finished the first trading week of 2018 in the green after the latest jobs report showed the unemployment rate held at a 17-year-low.

Here's the scoreboard as of Friday's close:

What happened:

  1. The US economy created 148,000 jobs in December, fewer than economists forecast.
  2. The iced tea company that pivoted to blockchain is selling $8.4 million of shares to buy bitcoin mining machines.
  3. Deutsche Bank falls after announcing a $1.8 billion tax hit.
  4. Intel is rising after saying it fixed the 'Spectre' CPU flaw

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