Morning News: January 26, 2026

Trump Extends Trade Turmoil Threatening Major Tariffs on Allies

The World Economy Is Hooked on Government Debt

Japan Bond Crash Unleashes a $7 Trillion Risk for Global Markets

Allied Gold Agreed to $4 Billion Buyout By Hong Kong’s Zijin Gold

Dollar Pressure Mounts as Traders Reopen Debasement Debate

Stablecoins Are the Future But Banks Will Survive

Fed to Hold Rates as Political Storm Intensifies Around Powell

How Trump’s Ally at the Fed Is Remaking Bank Oversight

Trump Hobbled the I.R.S. This C.E.O. Now Has to Make It Work.

JPMorgan’s Debanking Fight Is a Problem Washington Created

Credit Card Rate Caps Will Make Housing Less Achievable

Boomers at 80: Why The ‘Great Wealth Transfer’ May Never Come

Build Power at the Pace of Innovation – Let the Markets Lead

Seed Funding no Longer, Startups Are Raising Coconut Rounds

The Man Who Almost Replaced Warren Buffett

Voters See a Middle-Class Lifestyle as Drifting Out of Reach

These Developers Stand to Win in Trump’s Housing-Investor Crackdown

Hard Times in the Delta as Farmers Consider Letting Crops Rot

Oil Tanker Rates Are Surging on Geopolitical Risks

As Europe’s Reliance on U.S. Natural Gas Grows, So Does Trump’s Leverage

Leidos to Buy Kohlberg’s Entrust for $2.4 Billion

Nvidia Invests $2 Billion More in CoreWeave, Offers New Chip

Trump Pushes A.I. Data Centers, but the G.O.P. Is Cool to One in Alabama

Governments’ New Must-Have: Their Own Satellites

Quantum-Computing Company IonQ to Buy Chip Maker SkyWater for $1.8 Billion

Is CVS Daring Trump To Defend Biological Reality?

The Secret Society of People Who Know the Formula for WD-40

The TikTok US Saga Isn’t Over — It’s Just Beginning

Disney’s Surprise Box-Office Champion is ‘Zootopia 2,’ Thanks to China

The Wait List for a Birkin or Rolex Is Getting Shorter

High January Is the New Dry January

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Posted by on January 26th, 2026 at 7:06 am


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