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January 24 (Friday)

Markets
S&P 500 ekes out gain, erases losses after WHO calms coronavirus fears C
Commodities Fall Alongside Global Stocks With Coronavirus Spreading W
Energy Companies Darken S&P 500 Profit Picture W

Central banks
Lagarde Sets ECB on Policy Autopilot While It Stops to Think B
ECB Indicates It Will Leave Negative Rates In Place for Some Time W
Central Banks Warm to Issuing Digital Currencies W

China
Wuhan Virus Could Hit China’s Economy Harder Than SARS W

US politics
Democrats use words of Trump allies against him R
House Democrats Say Trump’s Stonewalling Puts ‘Nixon to Shame’ B
Video: We watched 400+ minutes of the trial so you can watch 2 NN

Geopolitics & trade
Trump Invites Netanyahu, Gantz to White House to Discuss Peace Plan W
Facing Pushback From Allies, U.S. Set for Broader Huawei Effort W

Industries & companies
FAANGs: Amazon just opened its biggest office building — and it’s not in the United States NN
FAANGs: Amazon Prime Video Gives Amateur How-To’s, Conspiracy Theories a Stage W
FAANGs: Jobs, Cook, Ive—Blevins? The Rise of Apple’s Cost Cutter W
FAANGs: Why Apple killed the floppy disk and headphone jack before you were ready to give them up NN
Financials: Former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf barred from industry, to pay $17.5 million for sales scandal C
Pharma: Bayer Discusses Settling Roundup Claims for $10 Billion B
Tech: Intel’s stock jumps 7% on better-than-expected earnings and revenue C
Tech: Intel’s Bullish Sales Forecasts Powered by Data Center Revival B
Utilities: PG&E Makes Peace With Bondholders; Strife With Governor Continues W

Cybersecurity
FDA issues cybersecurity warning on GE medical equipment that monitors patients C
Tech Firms Volunteer to Beef Up Presidential Campaigns’ Cybersecurity W

Corporate finance
Xerox to Nominate 11 Candidates to Replace HP’s Board W

Offbeat
Coronavirus cases rise to more than 650 worldwide as infection spreads to new countriesC
WHO Says Coronavirus Remains Local Chinese Emergency for Now B
George Soros rips Trump and Xi, says the ‘fate of the world’ is at stake in 2020 C
George Soros warns Trump of potential economic doom before election C
Help! I’m Trapped Inside TikTok and I Can’t Get Out W

YRI
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