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Wall Street ended the day mixed amid a drop in oil prices. However, the major indices recorded their best weekly performance for 2016. Shartia Brantley reports.

Wall Street ended the day mixed amid a drop in oil prices. However, the major indices recorded their best weekly performance for 2016. Shartia Brantley reports.

Wall Street ended the day mixed amid a drop in oil prices. However, the major indices recorded their best weekly performance for 2016. Shartia Brantley reports.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday said it was proposing an increase of 1.35 percent on average in payments to health insurers who offer Medicare Advantage, which provides health benefits to more than 17 million elderly or disabled people.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Friday said it was proposing an increase of 1.35 percent on average in payments to health insurers who offer Medicare Advantage, which provides health benefits to more than 17 million elderly or disabled people.

PACIFIC PALISADES, California, Feb 19 (Reuters) - A year after losing a playoff for the Northern Trust Open, long-hitting American Dustin Johnson was back in contention for the title as he moved into a share of the early second-round lead on Friday.

BRUSSELS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Following are key details from a new EU deal with Britain on Friday, seen by Reuters:

CARACAS, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, Russia, Qatar and Venezuela will monitor the oil market through to June following this week's agreement to freeze production and potentially take additional measures to rescue prices, the South American country's oil minister said on Friday afternoon. (Reporting by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

LONDON (Reuters) - Athletics must make "an example" of countries that do not follow doping rules, said Britain's double world and Olympic champion Mo Farah on Friday.

Feb 19 (Reuters) - - The legal showdown over U.S. demands that Apple Inc AAPL.O unlock an iPhone used by San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook might have been avoided if his employer, which owns the device, had equipped it with special mobile phone software it issues to many workers.

(Reuters Health) – Having sleep apnea may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Taiwan.

(Reuters Health) – Having sleep apnea may increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, according to a report from Taiwan.

Feb 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Aviva Premiership matches on Friday RESULTS Harlequins 25 Leicester Tigers 19 STANDINGS P W D L F A B Pts 1. Saracens 12 10 0 2 311 198 5 45 2. Exeter Chiefs 12 8 0 4 295 178 9 41 3. Harlequins 13 7 1 5 327 300 7 37 4. Leicester Tigers 13 8 0 5 243 243 3 35 5. Wasps 12 7 0 5 290 223 5 33 6. Northampton 12 6 0 6 232 187 7 31 7.

Feb 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Guinness PRO12 matches on Friday RESULTS Benetton Treviso 19 Newport Gwent Dragons 17 Ospreys 27 Edinburgh Rugby 13 Glasgow Warriors 27 Munster 24 STANDINGS P W D L F A B Pts 1. Ulster 14 9 0 5 265 177 9 45 2. Connacht 14 9 0 5 311 260 9 45 3. Leinster 13 10 0 3 284 147 4 44 4. Scarlets 14 10 0

BOSTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned on Friday it may cut the credit rating of billionaire investor Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises to junk status after the portfolio absorbed heavy commodity sector losses in the last few months.

BOSTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. ratings agency Standard & Poor's warned on Friday it may cut the credit rating of billionaire investor Carl Icahn's Icahn Enterprises to junk status after the portfolio absorbed heavy commodity sector losses in the last few months.

BOGOTA, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Colombia's central bank raised its benchmark lending rate on Friday to 6.25 percent, the sixth consecutive monthly increase, amid calls for the board to take measures to control the current account deficit and counteract inflationary pressures.

NEW YORK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc , which launched its pay TV plan "FiOS Custom TV" last year to let viewers choose bundles of channels they want to watch, has redesigned the offering.

RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has decided not host the 2016 Arab League meeting, saying on Friday it wanted to avoid giving a false impression of unity in the Arab world.

Feb 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Line-ups for the second and final Test between New Zealand and Australia on Saturday in Christchurch, New Zealand Australia won toss and decided to bowl New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Henry Nicholls, Brendon McCullum (capt), Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Neil Wagner, Matt Henry, Tim Southee, Trent Boult Australia: Joe Burns, David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Steven Smith (capt), Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, James Pattinson, Josh

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls for Apple boycott over San Bernardino killer phone encryption. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump calls for Apple boycott over San Bernardino killer phone encryption. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

PACIFIC PALISADES, California, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Jordan Spieth was focusing on the positives despite a week to forget at Riviera Country Club after he paid the price for some poor iron play with a missed cut at the Northern Trust Open on Friday.

(Reuters) - Jordan Spieth was focusing on the positives despite a week to forget at Riviera Country Club after he paid the price for some poor iron play with a missed cut at the Northern Trust Open on Friday.

SAO PAULO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - BM&FBovespa SA, Latin America's largest bourse, on Friday sweetened a bid for rival clearinghouse Cetip SA Mercados Organizados.