Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stock Rally Stalls in Sleepy Wall Street Session: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold advances in thin trade as investors mull Fed rate outlook

[Yahoo Finance] Mortgage rates rise again, finishing the year at 6.85% — just about the way they started

[FT] Russia accused of shooting down Azerbaijan passenger plane

[FT] Finland seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker after cable-cutting incident

[FT] The reshaping of the Middle East