Sara Eisen and Brian Sullivan broke down the key stocks to watch across multiple sectors this hour: with renewables, software, and cannabis stocks a key focus. Plus: IMAX CEO Rich Gelfond breaks down the bull case for 2025, and one former Fed President's take on the path ahead for rates.

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Sara Eisen and Scott Wapner began the show with breaking news, as a group of banks and business groups sued the Federal Reserve over the annual bank stress tests, saying the current process falls short of its goals. The anchors also discussed American Airlines grounding all flights earlier in the day, due to a technical glitch. Later in the hour: former Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn joined the program to discuss why Nissan would be a “victim of carnage” if its merger deal with Honda goes through.

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Sara Eisen and Scott Wapner led off the show with a Christmas Eve travel nightmare for American Airlines and holiday travelers. The carrier halted its flights for more than an hour due to a technical outage before resuming them. Sara broke news about big banks suing the Federal Reserve over stress tests. Also in focus: A deadlocked government panel leaves the fate of the Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel deal in President Biden's hands, Apple's march toward a $4 trillion valuation, the Santa Claus rally, Netflix's NFL Christmas.

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Sara Eisen and Scott Wapner started the hour with former Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan, who said the Fed’s uncertainty on the rate path is a good thing. Later in the hour, the anchors also discussed Qualcomm’s legal victory over Arm Holdings, involving a chip licensing dispute. Also in the mix; former IIF CEO Charles Dallara joined the show to discuss how Trump’s potential trade tariffs could rattle the global markets.

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Carl Quintanilla, Courtney Reagan and David Faber spoke with CNBC’s Steve Liesman and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee about this morning’s PCE print and the Fed’s revised rate outlook. Goolsbee’s comments sparked a market rebound, saying he expects Fed rates to go down by a “judicious amount” in 2025. The desk also hit two key earnings movers: FedEx and Nike. FedEx topped earnings expectations and shares initially rallied after announcing a spinoff of its freight business. Nike shares tried to rebound after its initial drop, following the company’s first quarter under new CEO Elliott Hill.

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With the broader market on track for its worst week in months, Carl Quintanilla, Jim Cramer and David Faber discussed market reaction to PCE -- the Fed's preferred inflation gauge.

A midnight deadline looms for Congress to pass a stop-gap funding bill and avoid a federal government shutdown. Also in focus: The Trump-Musk effect on lawmakers,

FedEx plans to spin off its freight business, Nike's earnings beat and turnaround strategy, Novo Nordisk shares plunge on obesity drug trial results, bitcoin's rough week.

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