Thursday, January 2, 2020
Evening
- U.S. says it kills top Iranian commander Soleimani in air strike
- Wall Street starts 2020 with new records on China stimulus, trade hopes
- Oil edges up on Mideast tensions, trade optimism
- Competition for housing is so high, the spring market is starting now
- U.S. oil deals hit five-year high in 2019 on Occidental's blockbuster Anadarko buy
- U.S. sees signs Iran or proxies may be planning more attacks: Pentagon chief
- Australian navy races to rescue thousands as new fire threat looms
- S&P Takes Most Bearish Stance on U.S. Corporate Debt Since 2009
- Drug Prices Climb by 5.8% on Average, Less Than Last Year
- Check Your Optimism—China’s Slowdown Isn’t Over
General
- New year cheer for stocks as rally rumbles on
- Gold edges higher after logging biggest yearly gain since 2010
- Oil climbs on U.S.-China trade optimism, Middle East tensions
- China Dec factory activity expands more slowly but confidence jumps-Caixin PMI
- UK manufacturing output slides at fastest rate since 2012: PMI
- Decade of Debt: Federal Debt Up More Than $10 Trillion in 2010s
- U.S. shale producers to tap brakes in 2020 after years of rapid growth
- Iran not heading to war but not afraid of conflict: military commander
- Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong in New Year's Day protests: police
- Erdogan says up to 250,000 Syrians flee toward Turkey as crisis worsens
- Australian authorities steer mass evacuation as wildfires raze holiday towns
- Why China’s Debt Defaults Are Picking Up Yet Again
- Even $8.7 Trillion Bond Rollover Can’t Solve Safe-Asset Drought
- The Dollar’s Losses May Just Be Getting Started
- Tracking the Escalating Conflict Between the U.S. and Iran
- Energy Producers’ New Year’s Resolution: Pay the Tab for the Shale Drilling Bonanza
- Asia’s Factory Output Stabilizes as Europe’s Slump Deepens
- Grim repo: how the Fed plans to return crucial market to normal
- Beijing’s delicate balancing act relies on job creation