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Finance

Dollar sinks as Trump’s new tariffs raise fears about U.S. debt and reserve currency status. ‘When it’s lost, economic collapse will follow’

Economy

EU set to halt U.S. trade deal over Trump’s latest tariff threat

Just when Wall Street and Corporate America were looking forward to a year without trade fears, the ‘Tariff King’ strikes again

Iran’s supreme leader concedes thousands killed in unrest

The weak business case for Trump acquiring Greenland: a $1 trillion price tag and few returns for two decades

Banking

Trump blasts Dimon, threatens to sue JPMorgan over debanking

Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union

When Jamie Dimon poached a top Berkshire exec, he called Warren Buffett, who said ‘If he’s going anywhere, at least he’s going to you’

‘Absolutely, positively no chance, no way, no how, for any reason’: Dimon says he’d never run the Fed but ‘would take the call’ to lead Treasury

Personal Finance

Making billionaires illegal by taxing their wealth wouldn’t even fund the government for a year, budget expert says

Community colleges, associate’s degrees and certificates: Young Americans are interested in everything but a bachelor’s

Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant

Personal loan APRs on Jan. 16, 2026

Investing

When AI decides how shareholders vote, boards need to rethink governance

Warren Buffett’s son says he didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and his friends were just as surprised

Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn

Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

Real Estate

Bill Gates isn’t even close to America’s largest private landowner. It’s ‘Silent Stan’ Kroenke, Walmart husband and LA Rams owner

Current mortgage rates report for Jan. 16, 2026: Rates remain low after recent dip

Current ARM mortgage rates report for Jan. 16, 2026

Current refi mortgage rates report for Jan. 16, 2026

Energy

Trump says he’ll make tech firms pay for power. They’d love to

Congress’ solution for rare earths crisis: a brand-new $2.5 billion federal agency

Trump threatens to keep ‘too cute’ Exxon out of Venezuela after CEO provides reality check on ‘uninvestable’ industry

Oil prices rise as bloody crackdown on Iran protests suggests Tehran fears a ‘dire security threat to the regime’ with loyalty of forces in doubt

Crypto

Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union

Coinbase is late to stocks—but CEO Brian Armstrong says it will win in the long run

Perps rising: Lighter CEO Vlad Novakovski believes perpetual futures will power crypto’s future growth

Landmark crypto bill on knife’s edge as Coinbase CEO pulls support ahead of key Senate vote

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EU set to halt U.S. trade deal over Trump’s latest tariff threat

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Iran’s supreme leader concedes thousands killed in unrest

The weak business case for Trump acquiring Greenland: a $1 trillion price tag and few returns for two decades

When AI decides how shareholders vote, boards need to rethink governance

Making billionaires illegal by taxing their wealth wouldn’t even fund the government for a year, budget expert says

Fortune 500 exec: College grads aren’t ready for today’s jobs

Stablecoins will shake up the $900 billion remittance market—setting up a fight between crypto firms and legacy brands like Western Union

Warren Buffett’s son says he didn’t know his dad was a billionaire until he was in his 20s—and his friends were just as surprised

Trump 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, shoots the breeze’

Bond yields jump after Trump hints Hassett won’t be named Fed chair as Wall Street sees hawkish Warsh having easier path to replace Powell

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 playbook

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Deficits boost U.S. debt but also inflate corporate profits and stocks, so reducing red ink could trigger a financial crisis, analysts warn

Betting stocks fall as NFL prediction bets gain on gambling apps

Bill Gates isn’t even close to America’s largest private landowner. It’s ‘Silent Stan’ Kroenke, Walmart husband and LA Rams owner

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How Trump became a death knell for the 85-year relationship between farmers and the federal government

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Anthony Scaramucci thinks Trump’s ‘hard-left’ move to cap credit-card fees is because he’s ‘texting back and forth with Mayor Mamdani’

Meet the self-made billionaire who bought a nearly bankrupt company off Warren Buffett for $1,000 and turned it into a $98 billion giant

‘We are Jerome Powell’: Gen Z finds an unlikely meme hero in the Fed chair via AI songs and fan edits

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