January 8 (Wednesday)
Markets
Dow Industrials Drop, Oil Prices Fall W
Wall Street Is Gaming Out All the Possible U.S.-Iran Scenarios B
Wall Street slips with investor focus on Middle East, but chipmakers climb R
US
US economy: The big recession scare is over C
U.S. Trade Gap Lowest in Three Years as Imports From China Slide W
U.S. trade deficit at three-year low as imports tumble R
Mortgage rates fall further as buyers rush into the first open houses C
US politics
Senate Republicans close ranks on rules for Trump impeachment trial R
Prosecutors say Flynn ‘has not learned his lesson,’ seek up to six months in prison R
Elizabeth Warren Is ‘With Bernie’—Except When It Comes to Capitalism W
Super Bowl campaign ads to cost Trump, Bloomberg $20 million C
Geopolitics & trade
10 rockets hit airbase in Iraq where US troops are located NN
Iran Threatens Retaliatory Attack as U.S. Says Killing Was Act of Self-Defense W
‘We’re going to war, bro’: Fort Bragg’s 82nd Airborne deploys to the Middle East R
Slain Iranian general’s planned attack on Americans was ‘days’ away, Esper says C
Qasem Soleimani: US justification for targeting Iran’s top general NN
U.S. Senate panel advances North American trade deal, final vote timing uncertain R
Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing Backs Simulator Training for 737 Max Pilots in Reversal B
Aerospace: Botched Predictions, Strife With Regulators Cost Boeing CEO His Job W
Autos: Tesla market cap surges past GM, Ford as Musk dances into China C
Autos: Tesla Set to Expand China Assembly With Compact SUV W
Energy: U.S. Oil Company Confirms Big Find in Mexico W
FAANGs: Amazon struggles to enforce its own rules for political ads C
FAANGs: Facebook Bans Deepfakes but Permits Some Altered Content W
Industrials: GM Posts Its Biggest China Sales Decline W
Technology
AI-Powered Cameras Represent Tech’s Biggest Trade-off W
Corporate equity
Investors Urge Private-Equity Industry to Improve Transparency W
Offbeat
A Borrower Will Be 114 When Bonds Backed by Her Student Loans Mature W
IRS Personal Income-Tax Audits Drop to Lowest Level in Decades W
Ghosn’s defense team attacks Nissan, reiterates conspiracy claims C
