BOJ Raises Rates To Pre-2008 Levels; Verizon Beats Q4 Revenue, Adds 1M Subscribers; Novo Nordisk's Amycretin Spurs 22% Weight Loss, Shares Surge – Top Headlines While The U.S. Slept

Crypto

• Here’s What Donald Trump’s ‘Crypto Czar’ Will Now Work On
• Why Ethereum Now Offers A 20% Tactical Gain: 10x Research
• OpenAI Wrestles With Microsoft Stake Valuation As It Looks To Transition To For-Profit Entity Amid Trump’s $500 Billion Stargate AI Project: Report
• Bitcoin, Ethereum Rise, Dogecoin Dips Amid Pro-Crypo Announcements From Trump: Top Trader Sets Sight On $500,000 BTC Target, $20,000 For ETH
• Dogecoin, Shiba Inu Rise 4%: Why Are DOGE And SHIB Going Up?

US Markets­­­­­­­­

• US Stocks Set To Open Lower After Bank Of Japan Rate Hike: Analyst Recommends ‘Overweight’ Equities Despite Negative Market Breadth
• S&P 500 Surges To Fresh Record Following Trump’s Comments: Fear & Greed Index Moves To ‘Neutral’ Zone

US Politics

• Trump Tariffs A Lose-Lose Proposition? Goldman Research Indicates Markets Fall After Imposition And Retaliation — Economist Warns ‘We Lose When We Punch And We Lose When We’re Punched
• Amid Trump, Melania Token Frenzy, Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Warns Of ‘Unlimited Political Bribery’ Via Memecoins
• Elizabeth Warren Lists Changes For Elon Musk’s DOGE Department, Urges Guantanamo Closure Due To ‘Hundreds of Millions’ In Annual Costs

US Economy

• Bank Of Japan Raises Interest Rates To Pre-2008 Levels Amid Trump’s Tariff Uncertainties

World Economy

• Asia And Europe Markets Mixed, Japan Hikes Interest Rate; Gold Advances To $2,780 – Global Markets Today While US Slept
• How Bank Of Japan’s Shift From Historically Low Interest Rates Impacts US Markets: Higher Yields, Less Liquidity, Market Uncertainty And More

Tech

• Verizon Q4 Earnings: Revenue Beat, 1 Million Mobile And Broadband Subscriber Adds, Business Segment Margin Expands
• Twilio Analysts Boost Their Forecasts After Preliminary Results
• OpenAI Debuts ‘Operator’ AI Agent That Performs Web Tasks, But Early Error Has Sam Altman Scrambling For A Quick Fix
• Perplexity Debuts AI-Powered Mobile Assistant On Android, Rivals Google With Multimodal Features — But There Are Some Gaps
• Ericsson Q4 Earnings: Sales Climb 1%, North America Shines, Dividend Raise, Guidance And More
• Why Twilio Shares Are Trading Higher By Over 18%; Here Are 20 Stocks Moving Premarket
• Nvidia, Microsoft, Or Oracle: Which Stock Among These Stargate AI Project Beneficiaries Are The Least Expensive To Own?
• Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney Prepared To Spend Billions For Decades Fighting Apple, Google Monopolies: ‘We Think Our Best Days Are Ahead’
• Xbox Developer Direct Drops Big Surprises — Ninja Gaiden 4, Doom: The Dark Ages, And New Game Pass Titles: What You Need To Know
• Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek’s Neko Health Secures $260 Million For US Expansion As It Compares Itself With ‘The Apples Or Teslas Of The World’
• Amazon’s AWS Boosts Federal Support With Booz Allen Collaboration On Cybersecurity And AI

Electric Vehicle

• Tesla’s Chinese Rivals Xpeng, Li Auto, Nio Rise In Premarket Trading After Trump’s ‘Friendly Conversation’ With Xi Jinping: ‘…We Have One Very Big Power Over China…I’d Rather Not Have To Use It’
• Rivian ‘Hyper-Focused’ On Launching Hands-Free Driver Assistance System This Year: Report     
• Nikola Eyes Sale, New Partners As It Risks Running Out Of Cash By End Of First Quarter
• Tesla Recalls Over 1.2 Million Vehicles In China Over Rear View Camera Malfunction, Power Steering Failure Concerns
• Tesla Launches Refreshed Model Y In US With 25% Price Hike, Full Self-Driving Included

Consumer

• Disney CEO Bob Iger’s Pay Surges 30% In 2024: Details
• Robust US Sales Provide Hope For Burberry Despite A Drop In Q3 Sales   

Industrial

• Boeing Shares Drop Pre-Market As Labor Strikes Expected To Wipe $3.5B From Airplane Maker’s Q4 Cash Flow

Healthcare

• Novo Nordisk’s Weekly Amycretin Delivers Up to 22% Weight Loss in Study, Stock Soars
• AstraZeneca To Pump $570 Million Into Canada, Driving Expansion, Job Growth

General

• Trump A Man Of His Word, Says Ross Ulbricht After Pardon — Silk Road Creator’s ‘Lots To Talk About’ Remark Fuels Curiosity

Energy

• Vale Reviews Canadian Nickel Asset As External Factors Pressure Demand
• EVgo, Enovix Shine, But What About ChargePoint, Plug Power? Clean Energy Analyst’s Stock Picks For 2025
• Chevron Strikes Oil Milestone In Tengiz: Future Growth Project In Kazakhstan Boosts Output

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