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Sprint jumped 83 Wall Street cents, or 8 percent, to $10.79 following news reports that Japan's Softbank, which owns Sprint, may use the company as a vehicle to purchase wireless competitor T-Mobile. Most of Wall Street remains on vacation. Trading volume has been very low this week. Only 2 billion shares changed hands on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, about 40 percent below the recent average. There were no major economic reports or corporate earnings Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed down 1.47 points, or 0.01 percent, to 16,478.41. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 0.62 point, or 0.03 percent, to 1,841.40 and the Nasdaq composite was down 10.59 points, or 0.3 percent, at 4,156.59. Even with Friday's pause, the stock market has been in rally mode heading into the end of the year. The Dow and S&P 500 are up 2.4 percent and 2 percent respectively so far in December, with only two trading days left in the year. For 2013, the S&P 500 is up roughly 29 percent, its best year since 1997, and the Dow is up 25.8 percent, its best year since 1996. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 3 percent from 2.99 percent Thursday. Bond yields have steadily climbed since Dec. 18, when the Federal Reserve announced it was paring back its bondbuying program. The purchases were aimed at keeping long-term interest rates low to encourage borrowing and hiring. ''Interest rates are on a road back to normalcy after being artificially suppressed by the Fed,'' said Karyn Cavanaugh, market strategist with ING U.S. Investment Management. Cavanaugh said she expects the yield on the 10-year note to rise to about 3.5 percent by the end of 2014. In corporate news: General Motors was also among the bigger movers Friday, falling 58 cents, or 1 percent, to $40.94. The automotive giant said it would have to recall 1.5 million cars in China to replace a bracket that secures a fuel pump. Twitter fell $9.56, or 13 percent, to $63.75. Twitter has soared in recent days, prompting one Wall Street analyst to downgrade the company's stock to the equivalent of ''sell,'' saying the rally was overdone. Even with Friday's sell-off, the social media company's stock is still up 53 percent this month. Gambler rewards man who returned $300K left in cab LAS VEGAS (AP) — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash. Yellow Checker Star Cab Company CEO Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player. The cab company also honored the driver's good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000 and giving him a gift certificate TEHAMA CROSS TRAINING is coming to Tehama Family Fitness Center! 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I just wanted to do the right thing, and I appreciate what the company did for me' — Gerardo Gamboa, cab driver to a Las Vegas steakhouse. It's unclear how Gamboa plans to spend the belated Christmas gift. He did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Friday. The tale, first reported by the Las Vegas ReviewJournal, started Monday when Gamboa made a pickup at the Bellagio casino. A hotel doorman noticed a brown paper bag on the back seat and handed it to him; Gamboa thought it was candy. 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''I told my passenger, 'You are my witness on this,''' the 13-year taxi driver told the Las Vegas Sun, ''and then I immediately called my dispatcher.'' Gamboa took the six Now Carrying! Green Mountain Grills & Accessories Serving Butte, Glenn & Tehama Counties Tues-Sat 9am-5pm • Closed Sun & Mon 22825 Antelope Blvd., Red Bluff 530-528-2221 • Fax 530-528-2229 www.thestovejunction.com bundles of $100 bills to the company's main office, where Las Vegas police and casino officials linked it to the poker player. It took several hours to verify the identity of the owner and return the cash. Authorities aren't identifying the poker player. Before he learned about the anonymous gambler's gift, Gamboa said he wasn't in it for the money. ''If he doesn't give me anything, that's OK,'' Gamboa told the Sun earlier this week. ''I'm not waiting for any kind of return. I just wanted to do the right thing, and I appreciate what the company did for me.'' 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