Business news
- 'GameStop in 2026': How silver market has morphed into meme trading - Silver's rapid surge and equally dramatic reversal ignited questions among investors: when does an asset start behaving like a meme?
- House hardliners complicate ending government shutdown as Speaker Johnson moves ahead - The U.S. government partially shut down Saturday morning after Congress failed to pass legislation to keep it funded.
- Asia markets rise on U.S.-India trade deal optimism; gold and silver rebound - Asia-Pacific markets rose after U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington and India had struck a trade deal.
- Trump says DOJ should continue Fed Chair Powell probe 'to the end' - Sen. Thom Tillis said he would oppose any new Fed nominees until the Powell probe is resolved, the same day Trump announced Kevin Warsh as his Fed chair pick.
- Waymo announces $16 billion funding round - The Alphabet-owned company said it is now valued at $126 billion.
- Palantir beats fourth-quarter estimates on the strength of AI and defense demand - Palantir topped Wall Street's fourth-quarter estimates as more businesses and the U.S. government race to buy its artificial intelligence tools.
- Elon Musk's SpaceX reportedly combining with xAI ahead of potential IPO - Musk is combining rocket maker SpaceX with his AI startup, xAI, according to reporting from Bloomberg, which cited people familiar with the matter.
- New York AG issues warning around prediction markets ahead of Super Bowl - New York Attorney General Letitia James is cautioning all New Yorkers about placing trades on prediction markets ahead of the Super Bowl.
- Friday's jobs report will be delayed because of the partial government shutdown - Following last year's record shutdown, the BLS also was forced to delay a number of its releases.
- Trump says U.S. and India reached trade deal, will lower tariffs immediately - The U.S. and India have reached a trade deal, President Donald Trump announced.