Tuesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Slip as Tech-Led Bounce Proves Short-Lived: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] US small business sentiment up, but labor, inflation worries persist

[Dow Jones] U.S. trade deficit narrows 2% to $63.2 billion as imports retreat

[CNN] A brutal winter storm is unleashing blizzard conditions in central US and threatening coastal areas with floods and tornadoes

[Reuters] Hezbollah hits Israeli base, says it does not want wider war

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Xi Vows ‘No Mercy’ as He Deepens Graft Fight in Critical Sectors

[Reuters] China piles pressure on Taiwan ahead of election

[Reuters] Taiwan ruling party candidate will maintain status quo, engage with China

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Euro-Zone Unemployment Hits Record Low, Defying Recession Gloom

[Reuters] German retail giant Galeria insolvent in wake of Signa collapse

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Mexico Inflation Accelerates as Banxico Starts to Weigh Interest Rate Cuts

[AP] Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says

[Bloomberg] Strenuous Exercise Can Trigger Severe Damage to Muscle Tissue, Long Covid Study Shows

[Bloomberg] Chinese City Official Spent $21 Billion on ‘Vanity Projects’

[WSJ] New Data-Center Property Investment Signals AI Boom

[WSJ] China Becomes the World’s Biggest Auto Exporter—With Help From Russia

[FT] Senior Hizbollah and Hamas figures killed as fears grow of regional war

[FT] Climate records tumbled ‘like dominoes’ during world’s hottest year