Morning News: January 19, 2026

China Reports Robust Economic Growth, Thanks to Resilient Exports

Xi’s Export Machine Gets Lift From US Move to Strongarm Allies

China’s Birthrate Plunges to Lowest Level Since 1949

Real Estate Crash Weighs on China’s Economic Growth

Hong Kong Billionaire Puts Quarter of His Wealth in Gold

Iran’s Real Oil Risk Is Labor Strikes, Not Bombs

Germany Says Trump Reached Red Line With Greenland Threat

Trump’s Realpolitik Takes Over Davos

As Davos Convenes, Deference to Trump Has Replaced Everything

Trump’s Tariffs Pose a Danger to Political and Economic Liberty

The European Goods Set to Get Hit With Trump’s Latest Tariffs

European Luxury Stocks Slump on Trump’s Tariff Threat

Europe Has the Weapons for Trump’s Greenland Tariff War

IMF Sees Stronger Growth, But Sounds Warning On Higher Tariffs And AI Correction

Has Trump Delivered on His Economic Promises?

Trump Said He’d Unleash the Economy in Year 1. Here’s How He Did.

Why Is Donald Trump The Only Villain In Jerome Powell’s Investigation?

Hohn Breaks Citadel’s Record With $18.9 Billion Trading Profit

All Bets Are On: The Rise of Prediction Markets

‘Soak the Rich’ Battle Cry is Rising From London to California

No One’s Buying? Maybe Consumers Are Just ‘Choiceful,’ Executives Say.

Economists Are Studying the Slowing Job Market—and Feeling It Themselves

We Can’t Subsidize Every Rx While Leading the World In Innovation

Extreme Volatility Returns to Europe’s Natural Gas Markets

Kidnapping and $12 Billion Battle Hang Over Conoco Return to Venezuela

Rare-Earth Magnet Maker Raises $215 Million to Amp Up U.S. Supply

Jeremy Grantham Says AI Is Indeed a Classic Market Bubble

Andreessen Horowitz Makes a $3 Billion Bet Against the AI Bubble

Micron to Buy Taiwan Plant for $1.8 Billion

Elliott Reiterates Opposition to Revised Offer for Toyota Industries

We’re in an Era of ‘Re-Globalization,’ FedEx C.E.O. Says

National Anger Spills Into Target Stores, Again

‘Heated Rivalry’ Has Given the NHL a Test

College Coaches Making $20 Million Are Football Teams’ Trophy Assets

Miami-Indiana Championship Game Has Fans Paying $30,000 a Seat

‘Masquerade’ Reimagined ‘Phantom,’ and the Fans Are Flocking

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