Morning News: January 16, 2026

Canada Inks Trade Truce With China in Break From Trump’s Agenda

China Clamps Down on High-Speed Traders, Removing Servers

China’s $1.2 Trillion Windfall Quietly Seeps Into Global Markets

The New Mayor of Davos

How to Approach the Nastiest Problem in Finance

US Economic Data Resilience Is Masking Underlying Stagflation

Fixing Inflation Policy Starts With Fixing Measurement

Powell Investigation Upends Final Stretch of Fed Chair Contest

The Turbulent Forces Reshaping The Fed This Year

Philly Fed’s Paulson Says Rate Cuts Can Wait, Shows Support for Powell

The Fed Is Flawed, Politicization Makes It Worse

Stock Investors’ Strategy for 2026: ‘Don’t Fight the White House’

Hottest Credit Markets Since ‘07 Spur Warning on Complacency

Big Plan for Fannie and Freddie I.P.O. in Flux as Trump Pushes Affordability

Saks Bonds Worth Just 1 Cent Hand Hedge Funds a Painful Lesson

Solomon Partners Taps David Shiffman to Lead Investment Banking

Why the Supreme Court Should Side With the SEC Fraudster

Stablecoin Rewards and Their Quiet Threat to Community Banking

Climate Change Exposes a Major Home Insurance Gap

State and Federal Lawmakers Want Data Centers to Pay More for Energy

Trump to Push Plan for Tech Companies to Fund New Power Plants

As Tech Giants Get More Hands-On With Energy, Their Risks Rise

Data Center Potential Will Reveal Itself Unexpectedly Over Many Decades

The 40% of US Oil Jobs Lost Over the Last Decade Aren’t Coming Back

Halliburton and Its Rivals Can’t Wait to Get Back Into Venezuela

Norway Stunned After Machado Gifts Nobel Peace Prize Medal to Trump

Inside the Fight to Keep Iran Online

Taiwan Reaches Trade Deal with Trump, Pledges More U.S. Chip Factories

NASA’s New Moon Mission Is Riskier Than It Should Be

Boston Scientific to Buy Penumbra for $15 Billion in Cash, Stock

Uber’s Quest to Crack Japan Leads Through a Rural Hot-Springs Town

Ted Sarandos Says Critics Just Misunderstand Netflix

Star Wars Gets New Leader for Franchise’s Next Era

Dos Equis Brings Back the Most Interesting Man in the World

We Went Shopping for the $3 Dinner—and Actually Found It

The Business of College Football Has Never Been More Exciting or More of a Mess

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Posted by on January 16th, 2026 at 7:03 am


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