Equities ended mixed as the market seemed to be caught between a Santa Claus rally and bear claws regression. Coal stocks were hot producers up 3.4% to their highest level since September of ‘08 with the fossil fuel seen as an increasingly competitive cold-weather alternative to natural gas. Alas across the Atlantic frigid temperatures and tight finances are compelling armies of elderly to view book burning as an even more cost effective approach to keeping warm. Southwest Airlines’ (LUV) stock soared 5.28% putting an extra spring in the step of employees who already work for the best company in ...