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Fear & Greed 62/100
Wall Street Journal
- Fired Thinking Machines Co-Founder Had Undisclosed Relationship With Colleague
- What’s next for the $71.5B Union Pacific–Norfolk merger?P
- Florida’s Insurance Reform Lesson for New York
- Fox Went All In on Live Programming. It’s Paying Off
- Trump the Climate Nonentity
- Small Stocks Finish Week at Records
- Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
- Rail Regulator Sends $71.5 Billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Deal Back for Redo
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Financial Times
- Nvidia suppliers halt H200 output after China blocks chip shipments
- Trump names Tony Blair, Jared Kushner and Marc Rowan to Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
- How will China’s block affect Nvidia H200 shipments?P
- Japan’s rally doesn’t reflect the economy, but might reshape it
- Car glass repair group Belron in early talks for €24bn IPO
- AI voice start-up ElevenLabs in funding talks at $11bn valuation
- US floats expanding Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ to other global hotspots
- The threat to the global economy from Trump’s war on the Fed
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Benzinga
- Here's How Much You Would Have Made Owning Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF Stock In The Last 15 Years
- What’s driving Bitcoin to about $95,000 now?P
- If You Invested $100 In Lam Research Stock 10 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today
- Here's How Much $100 Invested In Kratos Defense & Security 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
- Bitcoin At $95,000 As Ethereum, XRP, Dogecoin Trend Lower After Crypto Bill Delay
- Here's How Much $100 Invested In Home Depot 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
- Here's How Much $100 Invested In Vertex Pharmaceuticals 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth Today
- If You Invested $1000 In Costco Wholesale Stock 20 Years Ago, You Would Have This Much Today
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Movers
Bloomberg
- DOJ Probes Minnesota Governor Walz Over Immigration Enforcement
- Iran Tensions Turn Singapore’s Oil Traders Into Amateur Intelligence Analysts
- Minneapolis Protesters Win Ruling Curbing ICE Use of Force
- Could the White House cap credit card interest rates?P
- Takaichi to Mull Suspension of Food Sales Tax, Mainichi Reports
- Saravanaa Bhavan Returns to Hong Kong With Its Famous Dosas
- US Housing Market Isn’t Out of the Woods Yet
- ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Producer in Merger Talks With France’s Mediawan
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Yahoo Finance
- Ocular Therapeutix Launches On Rumors Sanofi Is Preparing A Bigger Bid
- Cogeco Q1 Earnings Call Highlights
- If Your Social Security Check Is On Track to Be Less Than $5,251 in 2026, Consider These Changes
- Joby Aviation's Stock Outperfomed in 2025 and Ready for Takeoff in 2026
- Coinbase Stock Falls After Dramatic Crypto Bill Intervention. Why It’s a Good Thing
- Your Spotify Plan Just Got More Expensive. It May Be Exactly What the Stock Needs
- CoreWeave Is Down Around 30% in 6 Months. Has It Become a Steal of a Deal?
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Marketwatch
- From Iran to Venezuela, why the oil market is on edge this weekend
- Trump wants to let you take money from your 401(k) to buy a house. Should you?
- Chip maker Micron’s stunning stock gains are encapsulated by this milestone
- Should you tap your 401(k) to buy a house?P
- DOE pauses plan to seize wages, tax refunds of defaulted student-loan borrowers
- Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq all close lower, book weekly losses
- Micron’s stunning stock gains are encapsulated by this milestone
- Education Department pauses plan to seize wages, tax refunds of defaulted student-loan borrowers
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Google Business
- Republicans vouch for Fed chair, creating a rare schism with Trump
- Thinking Machines Cofounder’s Office Relationship Preceded His Termination
- Stock Investors’ Strategy for 2026: ‘Don’t Fight the White House’
- Last-minute lawsuit aims to block Micron chip fabs on environmental grounds
- Supreme Court to Decide if the Pesticide Roundup Is Shielded From Lawsuits
- Amtrak, NJ Transit facing major service cuts for Portal Bridge work
- America’s $38 trillion national debt is so big the nearly $1 trillion interest payment will be larger than Medicare soon
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Tipranks
- Why Yum! Brands is a World-Class Franchise With Limited Upside
- Will Trump's tariff plans trigger a market sell-off?P
- NFLX vs. META: Which Growth Stock Can Impress Wall Street in Q4?
- a Buy Ahead of Q4 Earnings?
- Here’s What Could Push ARM Stock Higher or Lower in 2026
- AMD’s AI Phase 1 Surge Is Real—But the Easy Valuation Upside May Be Over
- Why the Market is Bullish on Netflix (NFLX) Ahead of Q4 Earnings
- Forecast: Bear Case vs. Bull Case Scenario for 2026
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ZeroHedge
- How Expanded Obamacare Made Premiums Spiral, Americans Dependent
- Time To DOGE Baltimore: Top City Leaders Admit They Can't Track Tax Dollars Flowing To Nonprofits
- "They've Totally Lost Control"; Trump Threatens 'Agitators' As Civil Unrest Soars In Minnesota
- Rashida Tlaib Melts Down Over America
- US Foreclosures Up 14% In 2025; Florida Tops States
- Biden-Appointed Federal Judge Blocks Trump Admin's Move To Withhold Minnesota Food Stamp Funds
- To Combat Academic Fraud, Scholars Confront Hallowed Tradition
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Seeking Alpha
- How I'd Build A Covered Call Portfolio To Hit $85,000 Per Year
- Non-Cuttable Expenses: A Hidden Opportunity For Financial Growth
- Is AMD's OpenAI signal about to boost demand?P
- I Couldn't Imagine Retiring Without These 3 Dividend Stocks
- The Line Between Trading And Gambling May Be Getting Blurred
- Buy The Dip: Quality Dividend Growth Stocks Getting Way Too Cheap
- Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Power Producers Spark Higher
- AMD Conviction Report
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Barrons
- Affirm Will Take Share From Revolving Credit, Analyst Says. Plus, Palo Alto, SharkNinja, and More Stocks
- Staar Surgical, Alumis, and More Stocks See Action From Activist Investors
- How a Rate Cap Would Shrink Credit-Card Rewards
- Walmart and Costco Are Worth Every Penny
- Review & Preview: The Smaller the Better
- Why the Treasury Market Dropped on Trump’s Signal to Keep Hassett in the White House
- Tech Still Matters. But It’s a Good Thing More Stocks Are Rallying
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Reuters
- Netflix, Warner Bros bonds among $100 million purchased by Trump
- US weighs executive action to cap credit card rates, Bloomberg News reports
- Paracetamol/Tylenol in pregnancy is safe, says research prompted by Trump autism claims
- US rail regulator says Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern merger filing incomplete
- Jersey Mike’s Subs holds 'bake-off' to hire banks for possible IPO, sources say
- US moving fast to expand Chevron's Venezuela license, Energy Secretary Wright tells Reuters
- US, Slovakia sign civil nuclear power agreement
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Tipp Insights
- The Biggest Questions About Venezuelan Oil
- Russian War Machine Takes A Hit As Oil Income Tumbles
- The Nation's Pulse: Americans' Top Priorities And The Direction Of The Country
- California Shows How To Lose $1 Trillion Without Even Trying
- RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Edges Lower To Open The New Year
- How Illegal Immigration and Government Failure Fuel Identity Theft
- The CIA/Mossad Operation To Spark A Color Revolution In Iran Has Failed
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Investing.com
- Wall Street banks face test with Trump’s call for credit card rate cap
- Fed’s Jefferson says he considers Powell to be ’of the highest integrity’
- At Fed in 2020, division, independence were concerns in the face of pandemic
- Fed’s Jefferson says current policy stance ’well positioned’
- India’s budget likely to stick with fiscal discipline
- Venezuelan banks to receive $300 million in oil revenue from Qatar
- Trump backs Carney on Canada-China trade deal
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Morning Brew
Western US ski resorts are having one of their worst years without snow
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The vibes are slightly off in the bank vaults
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China reports record trade surplus despite US tariff battle
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You can’t spell Sienna Rose without AI
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Saks Global files for bankruptcy
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Microsoft will pay for its data centers’ energy costs
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Koepka’s return to PGA Tour puts LIV in the rough
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Anthropic debuts AI intern for noncoders
CNBC
- Elon Musk's xAI faces tougher road building out data centers after EPA rule update
- Cramer's week ahead: Earnings from Netflix, Intel, Capital One, McCormick
- Google files to appeal search monopoly case
- More employers worry about their workers' financial wellbeing, research shows. Here's what they're doing about it
- Labor Dept. accused of echoing Nazi slogan in social media post
- Republicans want to end the ‘marriage penalty’ for this childcare tax credit
- Education Department to delay collections on defaulted student loans
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CBS
- Venezuelan oil is coming to the U.S. What will it mean for gas prices?
- OpenAI to start testing ads on ChatGPT in the coming weeks
- Weight loss drugs could save airlines money on fuel as Americans shed pounds
- Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in break with the U.S
- Recall of Frigidaire minifridges sold at major retailers nears 1 million
- AI videos of child sexual abuse hit record highs in 2025, report finds
- What to know about price hikes for your favorite streaming services
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NYT Business
- F.A.A. Urges ‘Caution’ Over Oceans in Latin America, Warning of Military Activity
- Edison Files Claims Against Los Angeles County and Others on Eaton Fire
- WestJet Backpedals on Economy Seats That Don’t Recline
- Is AI still driving the market?A
- Trump and States Aim to Stop A.I. From Inflating Energy Bills
- Trump Praises Hassett, but Casts Doubt on Making Him Fed Chair
- Trump Praises Hassett, but Casts Doubt on Making Him Fed Chair
- Powell, an Unlikely Foil, Takes on Trump
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EurActiv
MSC withdraws invitations to Iranian regime officials
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New residential energy efficiency study reveals blueprint option for 2050 targets [Advocacy Lab]
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Trump threatens tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover
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Iran protest movement subsides in face of ‘brutal’ crackdown
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: See you in Munich, Europe better be ready
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MEPs ask European Commission for promise they’ll get a say on Mercosur
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Ireland expands HPV catch-up vaccination drive as EU pushes for higher immunisation rates [Advocacy Lab]
New residential energy efficiency study reveals blueprint option for 2050 targets [Advocacy Lab]
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Trump threatens tariffs on countries opposed to Greenland takeover
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Iran protest movement subsides in face of ‘brutal’ crackdown
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: See you in Munich, Europe better be ready
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MEPs ask European Commission for promise they’ll get a say on Mercosur
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Ireland expands HPV catch-up vaccination drive as EU pushes for higher immunisation rates [Advocacy Lab]
MS NOW
- Friday’s Mini-Report, 1.16.26
- Has Trump pushed Canada closer to China?P
- Democrats condemn ICE lawyer’s return to work after report links him to racist account
- Chris Hayes blasts White House’s ‘content-first’ approach
- E. Jean Carroll fights against Supreme Court review of Trump’s appeal
- Trump manages to push a top U.S. ally to team up with China
- Machado praises Trump, condemns Delcy Rodríguez
- Why Machado’s Nobel medal gambit probably won’t work on Trump
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NBC
- Ads are coming to ChatGPT
- Here’s What to Expect From the Real Estate Market in 2026
- Canada turns to China as Trump's tariffs and threats bring old foes together
- Trump, AOC and Bernie: Capping credit card rates unites right and left as banks issue warnings
- Why Saks collapsed while the rest of luxury retail is growing
- Verizon to issue $20 credits to customers impacted by cell service outage
- Bounce Back From Holiday Spending With These Budgeting Tips
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investors.com
- Advanced Energy Leads 9 Hot Newcomers Onto Best Stock Lists
- OpenAI To Test ChatGPT Ads. Why The Threat To Google Could Be Overblown
- Chipmaker TSMC Adds Fuel To AI Megatrend Hype With Q4 Report
- Trump Jolts Odds For Next Fed Chair; Gold, Silver, Bitcoin Fall
- Trump To Propose Tech Giants Fund Power Grid Buildouts, Energy Stocks Swing
- Small Caps, Chips Lead Stock Market; JPMorgan, Goldman Delta, Taiwan Semiconductor In Focus: Weekly Review
- AI Data Center Buildout In Focus With Major Industry Conference On Tap
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ABC News
- Brazil’s Lula hails historic EU-Mercosur deal ahead of no-show at its signing
- Supreme Court will hear appeal by maker of popular Roundup weedkiller to block thousands of lawsuits
- Trump says he wants to keep Hassett in White House, clouding Fed chair selection
- Ralph Lauren front row draws celebrities to Milan show
- Tesla granted more time in US investigation into its self-driving tech
- Why Thailand's deadly construction accidents are sparking outrage and scrutiny
- Taiwan hails its ‘best’ trade deal with US, as China protests
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Fox Business
- Trump takes aim at prescription drug 'middlemen' with new healthcare plan
- New tax deduction could put more money back in seniors’ pockets this year
- US CEOs fear economic uncertainty more than their global peers as they head into 2026
- Rick Rieder discusses Fed profitability, monetary policy stability during interview for chair role
- Rick Rieder discusses Fed profitability, monetary policy stability in interview for Fed chair role
- Recall expands to nearly 1M Frigidaire minifridges sold at Target over fire hazards
- 45 sickened with salmonella in connection with recall of Super Greens diet supplement powder
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CNN
- Ads are coming to ChatGPT conversations
- Dos Equis revives ‘Most Interesting Man’ ads as beer sales struggle
- Trump and northeastern governors push for massive electricity auction to make tech giants defray costs
- When a credit report can hurt your chances of being hired
- Americans are paying more than ever for cars. Cheap models are disappearing
- Mother of Elon Musk’s son sues his xAI over AI-deepfake images
- Trump’s affordability pledge strikes directly at the heart of Wall Street’s profit engine
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AP News
- Senators worry that US Postal Service changes could disenfranchise voters who cast ballots by mail
- Federal judge denies injunction for college football players seeking to play a 5th year
- Judge allows a third offshore wind project to resume construction as the industry challenges Trump
- Chinese EVs are making inroads in North America. That worries industry experts
- Taiwan hails its ‘best’ trade deal with US, as China protests
- ICE says Cuban immigrant died while attempting suicide. A witness says guards pinned and choked him
- ChatGPT's free ride is ending: Here's what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot
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The Economist
- Cheap shots: the political fight over rising prices
- The most useful indicator of your overall health
- Is Davos losing its edge as a networking event?P
- Davos 2026: The ultimate networking event is feeling the strain
- Cover Story newsletter: The return of gunboat capitalism
- What to watch this weekend
- Clutching at shahs: Iran’s would-be revolutionary
- The US in brief: Walz fiddles with the thermostat
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The Hill
- Biggest US grid operator appears to stop short of reforms pushed by Trump and bipartisan governors
- Tax changes coming for seniors this year
- Mortgage rates hit lowest level in more than 3 years
- 38K gallons of water recalled over black 'substance'
- Trump says Canada should do trade deals with China
- White House, bipartisan governors call on biggest US grid operator to lower prices
- Trump casts doubt on Kevin Hassett Fed nomination: 'We don't want to lose him'
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The Guardian
- ChatGPT to start showing ads in the US
- Trumps threatens to impose tariffs on countries opposing Greenland plan – video
- Amazon workers at Coventry warehouse being tested for tuberculosis after possible outbreak
- Trump threatens tariffs against those who oppose him taking Greenland
- ‘The dollar is losing credibility’: why central banks are scrambling for gold
- Sacked TikTok workers in UK launch legal action over ‘union busting’
- Starring role for ‘Kardashian jetty’ as Venice visitors seek peeks of Bezos wedding sites
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BBC
- ChatGPT to carry adverts for some users
- Trump to unveil home buying plan involving retirement funds
- Mother of Elon Musk's child sues xAI over Grok deepfakes
- China and Canada announce tariffs relief after a high-stakes meeting between Carney and Xi
- Martin Lewis on why you should check your tax code now
- Venezuela's interim president proposes oil reform
- 'We're in survival mode': The cost of milk price crisis to family dairy farms
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Baha Breaking News
- Several arrested at Iranian Embassy protest in UK
- US worried about Syria's crackdown on Kurdish forces
- DoJ said to investigate Minnesota Governor Walz
- White House unveils Gaza Executive Board
- Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal could be delayed
- Bessent: Trump is down to four candidates for Fed
- Duffy: Canada will regret Chinese EVs
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YouGov
Most Americans remain opposed to seizing Greenland with military force
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Half of Americans say Donald Trump is too old to be president; 36% say he is not
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After the shooting in Minneapolis, majorities of Americans view ICE unfavorably and support major changes to the agency
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Two-thirds of Americans think the average person is susceptible to cult recruitment
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The ICE shooting, Venezuela, Greenland, Trump approval, and the economy: January 9-12, 2026 Economist/YouGov Poll
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Republican sentiment about the economy has become more positive since the fall
The Street
- Fed rate cut odds shift as FOMC blackout begins
- Could Consumer Spending Become a Headwind for Markets?
- Maria Bartiromo’s 5 best financial insights for casual investors
- Stock Market Today, Jan. 16: Tech and Industrials Rise; Broader Market Struggles to Start Off Friday
- Popular vodka brand files Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate
- Customers empty iconic 132-year-old clothing store before closure
- United Airlines to launch first flight to unexpected European beach destination
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Insider
- OpenAI is turning to the court of public opinion in its battle with Elon Musk
- An OpenAI researcher turned venture capitalist says investors are 3 to 5 years behind the latest AI studies
- Oprah has endured as a weight-loss icon. Not even GLP-1s can change that
- California sends xAI cease-and-desist letter, saying it must stop allowing sexualized deepfake images of minors
- Figma CEO Dylan Field says he has a 'bias' for hiring young workers because they're likely AI natives
- Gavin Newsom is heading to Davos with plans to call out Trump
- Danny Boyle confirms Jack O'Connell's cult leader in '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' was inspired by British TV presenter…
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PBS Newshour
- Justice Department investigates Minnesota Gov. Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Frey
- Defendant in Charlie Kirk's killing asks judge to disqualify prosecution team
- Machado urges U.S. leaders to push for a democratic government in Venezuela
- News Wrap: Trump threatens tariffs for countries not supporting his Greenland takeover
- Musk's Grok AI faces more scrutiny after generating sexual deepfake images
- As U.S. pledge for help goes unfulfilled, Iran's uprising meets brutal crackdown
- Brooks and Capehart on Trump's threats against Minnesota and Greenland
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Podcasts
24/7 Wall Street
- An AI Smart Pen from OpenAI Sounds Weird—Until You Consider These Use Cases
- The 484% Winner Nobody’s Talking About: Hawkins’ Quiet Dominance
- Vanguard’s $10.8B ETF Made 19% Betting on AI Infrastructure
- 2026’s Biggest AI Trends: The Memory Explosion | MU Stock, SNDK Stock, SK Hynix, CAMT Stock
- vs. Microsoft (MSFT) vs. Nvidia (NVDA): Which AI Stock Do Investors Want For 2026
- Delaying Social Security to 70 Could Add $115,000 to A Widow’s Lifetime Income
- What a 4% Withdrawal Rate Really Means When Social Security Falls Short
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LA Times
- Edison sues L.A. County and other agencies, saying they share blame for Eaton fire deaths, destruction
- Supreme Court may block thousands of lawsuits over Monsanto's weed killer
- Wildfire victims decry state law protecting utilities from cost of disasters they cause
- Why is Sweetgreen's business wilting?
- Hiltzik: Uber's trying to snow voters with a supposedly pro-consumer ballot initiative. Don't buy it
- GameStop shutters stores across California
- Ted Chen, longtime NBC4 News reporter, trades journalism for a future as a Christian pastor
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Washington Post
- Trump bought $1M in Netflix, Warner Bros. bonds after merger announcement
- White House and governors confront electricity’s rising costs as data centers expand
- Trump signals Hassett may stay at White House, reshaping Fed chair race
- Mixed signals and suspicions fueled clash between Fed and prosecutors
- Here’s who is likely to profit from Trump’s Venezuela takeover
- A healthy meal for $3? Agriculture secretary says it’s easy
- Medical examiner likely to classify death of ICE detainee as homicide, recorded call says
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Chicago Tribune
- Mother of Elon Musk’s child sues his AI company over sexual deepfake images created by Grok
- Tesla granted more time in US investigation into its self-driving tech
- Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the US controlling Greenland
- River Forest seeks feedback on plan for long-vacant Madison Street site
- Woldhuis Farms Sunrise Greenhouse open after fire, though food court and 1 greenhouse destroyed
- Advocate Lutheran hospital in Park Ridge aims to build new $99 million cancer center
- Chicago Bears’ playoff run means big postseason business for Soldier Field food service
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Boston Herald
- Chinese EVs are making inroads in North America. That worries industry experts
- Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children
- YouTube relaxes monetization policy on videos with controversial content
- Patriots playoff run a game-changer for Massachusetts economy: ‘Christmas in January’
- Ticker: Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs; NYC nurses restart contract talks
- Home Smart: Harvard Square 3-bedrom co-op costs $1.49M
- ChatGPT’s free ride is ending: Here’s what OpenAI plans for advertising on the chatbot
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Financial Post
- Canadian economy expected to recover in Q1 after turbulent 2025, report says
- RBC warns fresh CPI report will show food inflation grew more than 5%
- TD’s co-head of securitized products Patrick Niro leaves bank
- OpenAI, Microsoft lose last chance to avoid trial with Musk
- U.S. Supreme Court sets Tuesday for next opinions with tariff ruling pending
- Musk slams Ryanair boss in escalating fight of two abrasive CEOs
- EU Parliament explores tying U.S. trade deal approval to Greenland
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Digiday
- ‘JG believed that even in a demanding industry, it was possible to lead with both rigor and humanity’
- The EC further pushes to rein-in Google’s ad tech monopoly
- Forrester’s principal media report: It’s here to stay, so wise up on how to use it
- Mythbuster: What AI is not about to do in advertising
- Future of Marketing Briefing: X claims an ad comeback, reality proves out a different thesis
- Beverage brands update Dry January marketing based on changing consumer habits
- How The North Face, Vans and Timberland are trying to transform their businesses in 2026
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The Trade
- Nomura names new global head of electronic FX
- Fireside Friday with… JP Morgan’s Jason Mirsky
- CME Group expands digital asset derivatives suite with new futures
- LMAX and Ripple enter multi-year partnership to drive institutional digital asset adoption
- Invesco promotes head trader to lead EMEA equity trading
- Cboe shuts doors on its European derivatives exchange service
- Bernstein to cut up to 28 roles in France as part of future growth plans
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Observer
- What Doctors Really Think of ChatGPT Health and A.I. Medical Advice
- 2026: The Year Retail Stops Searching and Starts Thinking
- KYC’s Insider Problem and the Case for Confidential A.I
- Sam Altman’s Latest Startup Takes On Elon Musk’s Neuralink
- Automation Fatigue: How A.I. Contact Centers Are Burning Out the Humans Behind Them
- The Case for Distributed A.I. Governance in an Era of Enterprise A.I
- Gates Foundation Plans to Boost Giving and Cut Staff Ahead of Its 2045 Sunset
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Semafor
- New AI seeks to make water safer
- Behind Perplexity’s bid for Chrome
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jabs Anthropic over safety policies
- Director Spike Lee helps drive diaspora migration to Benin
- Caledonia Mining Corp bets on Zimbabwean gold
- Uganda’s President Museveni takes early lead in election results
- US immigrant visa pause hits 26 African countries
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Reason
- ICE vs. Wine Moms, Rogan on Fauci's Crimes, and the Star Wars Prequels
- ICE Agents Flouted DHS Policies That Could Have Prevented Renee Good's Death
- Video Shows Feds Shooting ICE Protester With Nonlethal Round at Point-Blank Range, Blinding Him in One Eye
- Arkansas Case on Zoning Laws Being Used to Exclude Gun Shops
- Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal
- Do Cellphones Cause Cancer? RFK Jr.'s HHS Is Suppressing FDA Data Confirming Cellphone Safety
- She Let Her 6-Year-Old Ride to the Park Alone. Georgia Called It Neglect
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Nikkei Asia
- BTS comeback to fuel a K-pop concert-led boom in 2026
- From ekiden to mottainai: OED adds 11 Japanese words
- Japan's new centrist party stresses contrast with Takaichi
- New AIIB chief Zou Jiayi to boost China-led development bank lending by 70%
- Sony Pictures changes course with exclusive Netflix streaming deal
- BOJ set to hold policy rate steady at January meeting
- Japan's Mitsubishi to acquire US shale gas assets in $7.5bn deal
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Financial News London
- Norton Rose Fulbright defends network structure
- McDermott’s UK boss says a private equity deal is still a long way away
- Trading Places: Citi’s new Nordic head, Deutsche poaches from UBS, Flint heads to Prudential
- How will AI transform Wall Street? If they know, the bosses aren’t saying
- Wall Street banks look to growth, hiring after mixed dealmaking performance
- Wall Street traders ride market chaos to $134bn yearly haul
- LSEG staffer turned MP backs exchange’s leadership team
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PYMNTS
- PNC Says Automation Added 30 Points of Operating Leverage Since 2022
- Department of Education Delays Involuntary Collections on Federal Student Loans
- Global Crypto Card Payment Volume Reaches $1.5 Billion Per Month
- Pay.com Adds Paysafe as a Recommended Acquirer for Card Transactions
- Electric Rate Shock Triggers White House Crackdown on Data Centers
- ClickHouse Raises $400 Million to Expand AI-Focused Data Infrastructure Platform
- Earnings Show Banks Turning Transaction Banking Into a Platform Business
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Forbes
- Healthcare’s AI Lesson: Autocomplete Isn’t Understanding
- Meet The Snake That Refused To Lose Its Legs — A Herpetologist Explains
- Samsung Confirms Re-Newed Galaxy S25 Ultra Offers
- 2 Habits To Start Trusting Yourself More, By A Psychologist
- 2 Things Not To Do When Someone Expresses Vulnerability, By A Psychologist
- Investors Put More Than $55 Billion Behind Space Startups Last Year
- Google’s Next Pixel Update Safely Leaves Android Phones Behind
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Fortune
- Elon Musk’s Boring Co. is studying a tunnel project to Tesla Gigafactory near Reno
- Trumps threatens to impose tariffs on countries ‘if they don’t go along’ with his Greenland takeover plans
- Republican lawmakers close ranks around Powell, who spent years building ties in Congress. ‘He gets in there, pets the dog,…
- Bond yields jump after Trump hints Hassett won’t be named Fed chair as Wall Street sees hawkish Warsh having easier path to…
- Trump doesn’t think there’s any reason ‘right now’ to use Insurrection Act in Minn., while Native Americans urged to carry ID…
- ChatGPT tests ads as a new era of AI begins
- As Trump throws a bone to Gen Z on student debt, watchdog calls it an ‘incoherent political giveaway,’ straight out of Biden’s…
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Inc.
- Hershey’s Just Announced a Surprising Marketing Move. It’s the Biggest Change in Almost a Decade
- Watch Florida’s ‘Death Train’ Take Out a Delivery Robot
- Verizon Is Giving Customers a $20 Credit for the Jan. 14 Outage—but Only If They Claim It. Here’s How
- One Chief Economist Says the Job Market Is Tighter Than You Think
- If You Could Sell Your Business Today, Should You?
- The Quiet Truth About Leading Through Uncertainty
- Want Your Staff to Come Back to the Office? Feed Them
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Axios
- Federal judge bars ICE from retaliating against protesters in Minnesota
- Trump DOJ investigating Tim Walz, Minneapolis mayor
- MAGA targets Brian Mast over AI chips regulation
- Trump makes a political power play on data centers
- Energy secretary discusses plans for oil, minerals
- Trump, governors push tech companies to pay for rising power costs
- ChatGPT ads are coming, and they'll be influenced by your conversations
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Vox
- Trump is waffling on Iran strikes. Here are four possible reasons why
- A non-coder’s guide to Claude Code
- Are movie theaters cool again?
- Can Trump send soldiers to Minneapolis?
- Is America turning on birth control?
- What 3,000 federal agents are doing in Minnesota
- We have to stop freaking out about every new microplastics study
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FastCompany
- FDA commissioner’s drug review plan sparks alarm across the agency
- Trump threatens tariffs for countries if they oppose U.S. control of Greenland
- Do you use ChatGPT’s free version? It now has a major catch
- Wall Street holds near records amid rising geopolitical tensions
- The northern lights could be visible in more than a dozen U.S. states this weekend
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Entrepreneur
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Politico
- Denmark presses Hill to avoid narrow Greenland vote
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Newsweek
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- DOJ Investigating Minnesota Officials Over Alleged ICE Interference-Reports
- Dick Durbin Blasts Kristi Noem on Proof of Citizenship Threat
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NPR
- Are we in an AI bubble? Economists share the clues to look for
- It took 75 governors to elect a woman. Spanberger will soon be at Virginia's helm
- December board game update
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Globe And Mail
- Carney’s EV deal with Beijing is high-wire diplomacy with risks on both sides
- Food producers greet Chinese tariff reductions with a cautious welcome
- Flair to revamp brand to attract more business travellers
- Carney’s tariff deal with China could risk auto-sector competitiveness, industry leaders say
- Shell and Mitsubishi exploring sale options for stakes in LNG Canada
- OpenAI will show ads in ChatGPT to fund development costs
- Pitching in: How a Vancouver woman brought free sports camps to children in need
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CBC
- WestJet reversing move to install tight seating layout
- Are you overpaying for a lab-grown diamond?
- Canada reaches tariff-quota deal with China on EVs, canola
- B.C. and feds enter lumber understanding with China during Carney visit
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- Saks Global files for bankruptcy after Neiman Marcus takeover leads to financial collapse
- Some Canadians are ready to work in Venezuela‘s oilpatch — if they're allowed in
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Techmeme
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- FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson says the agency is examining Big Tech's acqui-hires to make sure “they are not an attempt to get…
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Silicon Valley
- Hello Kitty Cafe Truck rolling into the Bay Area this month
- Oakland historic building owner facing foreclosure scouts for a buyer
- Canada, breaking with US, agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
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Techcrunch
- AI cloud startup Runpod hits $120M in ARR — and it started with a Reddit post
- California AG sends Musk’s xAI a cease-and-desist order over sexual deepfakes
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- TikTok quietly launches a micro drama app called ‘PineDrama’
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The Register
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Tech Co/EU
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Business Journals
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InvestorPlace
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Wolf Street
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- Bad-Joke Housing CPIs, Absurd Health Insurance CPI Still Marr Today’s CPI Report, Repress Year-over-Year CPI Inflation
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The Week
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Naked Capitalism
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Euronews
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SCMP
Chinese banks lure investors with gold-linked deposits amid soaring prices
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GBA companies step up ASEAN plans as expansion becomes a calculated move
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RawDiary
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Asia Financial
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- China to Spend $574 Billion on Power Grids Amid Renewables Push
- 4.7m Teen Accounts Blocked by Australia’s Social Media Ban
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Japan Times
- Musk's Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown
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Caixin
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The Block
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Coindesk
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Wikipedia Current Events
January 16
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Insurgency in Balochistan
- Twelve Baloch Liberation Army gunmen are killed by the Pakistani army in an attempted hostage-taking at a police station in Kharan District, Balochistan Province, Pakistan. (AP)
Business and economy
- Canada–China relations
- Canada and China reach a trade agreement that reduces Canadian tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola seeds, following a high-level summit in Beijing. (CNN)
- Taiwan–United States relations, Tariffs in the second Trump administration
- Taiwan and the United States reach a trade agreement that reduces U.S. tariffs on Taiwanese goods from 20% to 15%. (AFP via France 24)
Disasters and accidents
- At least 100 people are killed and thousands of homes are destroyed across Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, amidst severe torrential rain and flooding. (AP)
International relations
- Iran–New Zealand relations, 2025-2026 Iranian protests
- New Zealand temporarily closes its embassy in Tehran, evacuates its diplomats to Ankara, Turkey, and warns its citizens to leave Iran, citing the deteriorating security situation and internet blackout. (AFP via Al Arabiya)
Law and crime
- 2026 Ugandan general election
- 2026 Ugandan protests
- Clashes between protesters opposed to president Yoweri Museveni and police leave at least seven people dead in Butambala, Uganda. The opposition National Unity Platform says its leader and presidential candidate Bobi Wine has been placed under house arrest. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- A Ugandan military helicopter takes Wine to an unknown location after his house was stormed by security forces. (Sky News)
- 2026 Ugandan protests
- Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
- A high court in Seoul, South Korea, sentences former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for obstructing justice and excluding cabinet members during his 2024 martial law declaration, while acquitting him of document forgery. (AFP via TRT World) (AP)
- Corruption in Malaysia
- Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim temporarily freezes all military and police procurement until compliance rules are met following an anti-corruption probe, while ordering a review and restructuring of the procurement system. (Reuters)