Morning News: January 22, 2026

Latin America Rides Out Trump’s Trade Storm With Help From China

What Trump Said About the U.S. Economy at Davos

China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy

Trump’s Protectionism Is the Affirmative Action He Claims to Despise

Howard Lutnick’s Davos Speech Ends In Chaos After Heckling And ‘Walkouts’

At Davos, the World Rebalanced Against a Bully

America’s Davos Climbdown Shows Humiliation Has Its Limits

How Trump Has Pocketed $1,408, 500,000 in the White House

Rutte Says Trump Greenland Plan Involved No Sovereignty Talk

Geopolitical Turbulence May Test Euro Area Banks’ Forex Funding, Risk Body Warns

‘Sell America’ Is the Long Game for Europeans

It’s Time for JPMorgan and BofA to Make Room Up Top

How Trump Is Rewriting the Rules for America’s Biggest Banks

Why Waiting to Regulate Crypto Is a Policy Mistake

Deutsche Börse to Acquire Allfunds for $6.19 Billion

EQT to Acquire Private Equity Firm Coller Capital For Up to $3.7 Billion

Ray Dalio Sees Ongoing Diversification Away From US Assets

Silicon Valley Pours Out Lobbying Cash and Flattery to Win Over Deal-Minded Trump

China Lagging in AI Is a ‘Fairy Tale,’ Mistral CEO Says

Companies Move to Refinance Sooner: ‘Better Off to Lock It In’

Malfunction Forces Japan to Take Restarted Nuclear Plant Offline

Why One Big Ship Buyer Wants Shadow Fleet Tankers

Venezuela’s Questionable Oil Figures Are Now Trump’s to Tout

US Won’t Offer Security Guarantees to Oil Companies in Venezuela

Change in Venezuela Isn’t the Only Reason to Own Oil-Field-Services Stocks

Halliburton Exports Its Oil Gear as Fracking Goes Global

When Elon Musk Came for Michael O’Leary, the Irishman Knew Exactly What to Do

Abbott Sinks After First-Quarter Profit Forecast Falls Short

Federal Regulators Take New Aim at Late-Night TV

He Wants New Yorkers to Have a Stake in the Knicks and the Rangers

Sports-Betting Scandals Are Ubiquitous. Whether Fans Will Care Is an Open Question.

Target Store Staff Are Skipping Work Over ICE’s Crackdown in Minnesota

Lululemon Founder Slams Board After See-Through Leggings Fiasco

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