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UPDATED with closing numbers An escalation of the U.S.-China trade war Friday, with new tariffs eliciting harsh rhetoric from President Donald Trump, sent U.S. stocks tumbling as the media business kept a wary eye on the situation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average entered the final minutes of trading at 25,628.90…

The stock market finished a volatile week on the upswing Friday as virtually all media and tech issues managed to reverse their recent slides. The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its second straight day of gains, rising 309 points to finish at 25,889.33, after an alarming 800-point dive Wednesday, the worst drop…

Media and tech stocks staged a comeback in late trading Thursday, after swooning along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average as Wall Street nears the end of a particularly volatile December. The blue-chip index swung 850 points on the day, dropping as much as 600 points in trading before putting on a late burst to…