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Business leaders are growing more optimistic, JPMorgan survey finds

Almost two in five leaders at midsize businesses expressed optimism—especially about their own company’s future performance.

By Carlos GarciaJanuary 7, 2026
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Venezuela’s new president steered $500,000 to Trump’s inauguration—in 2017
By Joshua Goodman and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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Trump: Venezuela to sell 30m-50m barrels of ‘high quality’ oil to U.S. at market price
By Regina Garcia Cano, Aamer Madhani, Megan Janetsky and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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‘We took our business community for granted,’ San Francisco’s new mayor admits to city’s failings, but vows not to move fast and break things
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
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Trump may be raising your taxes with his tariffs but he could actually cut inflation with them, too, SF Fed says
By Jake AngeloJanuary 6, 2026
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From Latin America’s richest country 100 years ago to a founding member of OPEC, the long history of Venezuela’s oil and U.S. ties, explained
By James Trapani and The ConversationJanuary 6, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent price of gold as of January 7, 2026
By Danny BakstJanuary 7, 2026
CryptoExclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
By Ben WeissJanuary 7, 2026
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Big Tech‘Largest LBO in history’: Warner rejects Paramount again, scoffing at $87 billion worth of debt in its $108 billion bid
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
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CommentaryMoving from artificial intelligence to genuine intelligent leadership: top CEOs to watch in 2026
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen HenriquesJanuary 7, 2026
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NewslettersWhat CFO pay packages reveal about long-term strategy
By Sheryl EstradaJanuary 7, 2026
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CryptoStanford professor raises $15 million for Babylon, a decentralized protocol to turn Bitcoin into collateral 
By Carlos GarciaJanuary 7, 2026
Fridtjof Berge is the Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of Antler
Startups & Venture25 is the new 30 when it comes to AI founders as Gen Z entrepreneurs lead the way on billion-dollar unicorn startups, top VC partner says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
NewslettersCrystal Ball: Where venture capital and private equity are headed in 2026
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 7, 2026
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PoliticsGeorge Conway, ex-husband of top Trump aide Kellyanne, runs for House in New York—as a Democrat
By Anthony Izaguirre and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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PoliticsYou’re not just imagining it—this flu season is officially severe with 45 states reporting high or very high activity
By Mike Stobbe and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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PoliticsWhy Greenland appeals to Trump’s real-estate investor heart: location, location, location
By Danica Kirka and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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EconomyTrump’s trade tariff revenue is already in decline, and Wall Street is pretty happy about it
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 6, 2026
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EconomyUnder Biden, America got 150 countries to agree a 15% global corporate tax. Under Trump, America gets an exemption
By Fatima Hussein and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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Politics92-year-old judge cuts Maduro’s protestations of innocence short: ‘There will be time and place to go through all of this’
By Michael R. Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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PoliticsAmerica’s pediatricians reel as government slashes vaccine requirements for children
By Ali Swenson, Lauran Neergaard and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
Energy‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry says toppling of Venezuela’s Maduro will weaken Russia’s global standing as its oil ‘just became less important’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 5, 2026
Personal FinanceJanet Yellen warns the $38 trillion national debt is testing a red line economists have feared for decades
By Eva RoytburgJanuary 5, 2026
Maduro
PoliticsCould Venezuela be another Iraq or Afghanistan? Lessons from American statecraft in force and legitimacy
By Monica Duffy Toft and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2026
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PoliticsFrom Trump walking away to ‘managed instability,’ Princeton expert on Latin-U.S. relations sees 5 scenarios for Venezuela
By Robert Muggah and The ConversationJanuary 5, 2026
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PoliticsVenezuela’s 20-year downfall featured a weird bromance between Hugo Chávez and Sean Penn, ex-husband of Madonna and ‘One Battle After Another’ actor
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 5, 2026
Left: Greg Abel. Right: Warren Buffett.
SuccessMeet Greg Abel, the new boss of Berkshire Hathaway—Warren Buffett’s successor started out by selling empty soda bottles for 5 cents and now he’s a billionaire CEO
By Emma BurleighJanuary 5, 2026
Nicolas Maduro, dressed in military uniform, speaks behind a microphone with both hands raised.
InvestingOne Polymarket user made more than $400,000 in profits betting on Maduro’s capture on an investment made within 24 hours of the military action
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 5, 2026
PoliticsMachado once backed Trump’s Venezuela plan. Now the jilted Nobel laureate is frozen out
By Ashley LutzJanuary 5, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment‘Avatar’ notches third straight week in first place, crossing $1 billion worldwide
By Jake Coyle and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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LawThe legality of Maduro’s trial will all come down to an opinion written in 1989 by … Bill Barr
By Joshua Goodman, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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EnergyChevron stock is spiking after the U.S. raid on Venezuela
By The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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PoliticsVenezuela’s new interim president is the daughter of a socialist who was arrested in connection with the 1976 kidnapping of an American businessman
By Megan Janetsky, Isabel Debre and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
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PoliticsMinnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops bid for reelection, citing ‘extraordinarily difficult year for our state’
By Steve Karnowski, Bill Barrow and The Associated PressJanuary 5, 2026
LawThe U.S. accuses Maduro and his wife of ordering kidnappings, beatings and murders, among other charges
By Alanna Durkin Richer, Larry Neumeister and The Associated PressJanuary 4, 2026
PoliticsAirlines cancel hundreds of flights across the eastern Caribbean after U.S. raid on Venezuela
By Matt O'Brien, Josh Funk, Audrey McAvoy and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
An oil tanker is seen anchored in Lake Maracaibo after loading crude oil at the Bajo Grande Refinery port. The Trump administration seized the oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The vessel, which was on the Treasury Department's sanctions list and was sailing under the Guyanese flag, was on the US Treasury Department's sanctions list. The US president threatened to confiscate all hydrocarbon-laden vessels in the Venezuelan oil-producing nation.
EnergyTrump makes it clear shocking Venezuelan regime change is largely about oil: ‘They stole our oil … We’re going to make a lot of money’
By Jordan BlumJanuary 3, 2026
PoliticsOuster of Maduro government sparks celebrations among Venezuelans in South Florida
By Vanessa A. Alvarez, Tim Reynolds, Bruce Schreiner and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
PoliticsTrump says ‘we’re going to run’ Venezuela and is not afraid to put U.S. troops on the ground after Maduro’s capture
By Jason MaJanuary 3, 2026
PoliticsWhat happens next in Venezuela? The regime’s foundation remains in place even after U.S. capture of Maduro, analyst says
By Jason MaJanuary 3, 2026
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PoliticsNicolas Maduro rose from bus driver to president before presiding over Venezuela’s economic collapse
By Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
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PoliticsTrump has been laying the groundwork for a strike on Venezuela for a full year. Here’s the timeline
By Ben Finley, Konstantin Toropin, Regina Garcia Cano and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
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PoliticsFrench tourists didn’t believe the young guy on the subway was New York City’s new mayor, so he held up the newspaper to prove it
By Jake Offenhartz and The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
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North America‘It was the chillest dog I’ve ever seen in my life’: Rhode Island firefighters rescue yellow lab trapped in ice
By The Associated PressJanuary 3, 2026
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