Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word lost. 6 news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. closed lower on Monday but notched gains for 2007, led by the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the last day of trading down 101 points, or 0.8%, at 13,264.82, the S&P 500 Index fell 10 points, or 0.7%, to 1,468.33, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 22 points, or 0.8%, to end at 2,652.28. For the year, the Nasdaq climbed 9.8%, the blue-chip index rose 6.4%, and the broader index gained 3.5%.

A former sheriff's deputy who suffered a career-ending back injury when shocked by a Taser stun gun during training has lost an attempt to revive his product liability lawsuit.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell for the first time in six days on Monday, as the dollar, which tends to move in the opposite direction of gold, rose for the first day in six against a basket of major currencies. Gold futures for February delivery lost $3.7, or 0.4%, to $839 an ounce on the New York Mercantile Exchange. It fell to an intraday lower of $836.1 earlier. The dollar index, which tracks the value of the greenback against a basket of major currencies, moved up for the first time in six days. The dollar also gained against the euro.

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened with losses Monday on the final trading day of 2007, with existing-home sales data for November due for release. The Dow Jones Industiral Average fell 52 points to 13,313.52, led lower by Home Depot and Citigroup . The S&P 500 fell 5.8 points to 1,472.63 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 13 points to 2,661.03.

If Congress OKs such a law, it'd mean savings for patients and lost profits for drugmakers.