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Fox Business Briefs: National Park Service will begin using entrance fees to pay for staffing at its highly visited parks; Tesla breaks ground on the company's first Gigafactory outside the U.S.

Fox Business Briefs: Marriott says hackers stole more than 25 million passport numbers in the 2018 data breach; more first-time homebuyers are getting help from a relative to make the down payment.

Fox Business Briefs: Fake Alexa start-up app shoots to the top of Apple's app store charts; Epic Games, the creator' Fortnite,' says the game made $3 billion in profit in 2018.

Fox Business Briefs: AMC says it’s ‘Stubs A-List’ service has more than 600,000 subscribers as of the end of the year. Blue Apron partners with WW giving the company access to millions of people committed to healthy eating.

Fox Business Briefs: Wall Street Journal reports former Walt Disney Chief Operating Officer Tom Staggs is a top candidate to become CBS' new chief executive; UPS expected to begin returning 1 million packages each day in December.

Fox Business Briefs: Wall Street Journal reports company Gymboree would close most of its 900 stores as part of bankruptcy filing. Popular children’s drink Pedialyte now targeting adults with flavored fizzy drink named ‘Sparkling Rush.’

Fox Business Briefs: Global athletic apparel company lives up to its slogan with strong quarterly earnings, 10 percent sales hike from 2017; Facebook developing a cryptocurrency for its messaging app WhatsApp.

Fox Business Briefs: Former Disney CFO Tom Staggs top contender to replace ousted CBS CEO Les Moonves. Retailers see largest spike ever in holiday gifts returned before Christmas.

Fox Business Briefs: US real estate developers focused more on building apartments than homes in November. Chipotle offers the perfect wrapping paper for the burrito lover in your life. Ford developing new noise-canceling dog kennel for pooches scare

Fox Business Briefs: The tech giant plan to create a new campus in Manhattans West Village. Today is the one year anniversary of Bitcoins peak price. Merriam-Webster unveals 2018 Word of the Year Winner.

Sears says their sales increased 4.3 percent in the recently completed quarter; Alaska Airlines will allow customers wearing ugly Christmas sweaters to board their flights early on December 21st.

Fox Business Briefs: Apple plans to invest $1 billion in a new campus in Austin, Texas; Toyota announces massive recall to replace defective Takata airbags on vehicles that already got new airbags.

Fox Business Briefs: Whole Foods reportedly ranks last of five major U.S. grocery chains for chemicals it uses in packaging at its popular hot-food bar; Google reveals list of top searches for 2018.

Fox Business Briefs: Delta is banning all emotional support animals on flights longer than eight hours; Instagram is rolling out voice messaging that work in one-on-one and group chats.

Amazon cracks down on scams by reportedly firing several workers suspected of supplying independent merchants with inside information; Uber and Lyft are taking their rivalry to Wall Street.