Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Wednesday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks rise after shaky session on mixed U.S. economic data: Live updates

[AP] Asian shares are mixed and oil prices jump as Trump orders a blockade of oil tankers to Venezuela

[Reuters] Oil rises over 1% as Trump's Venezuela blockade stokes uncertainty

[Axios] Trump orders oil tankers blockade in Venezuela, labels it a "terrorist" regime

[CNBC] Mortgage rates move higher after the Fed rate cut, causing loan demand to drop

[Yahoo/Reuters] Fed's Waller says monetary policy still in restrictive territory, Fed has room to cut

[Axios] Confidence in the economy hits four-year high for investors and executives

[CNBC] Tricolor executives charged with ‘systematic fraud’ after subprime auto lender roiled banking sector

[AP] Trump expands travel ban and restrictions to include an additional 20 countries

[Axios] Robinhood bets on the future of retail investing: betting

[Bloomberg] Oracle at Center of Tech’s $500 Billion AI-Fueled Rent Spree

[Bloomberg] K-Shaped US Economy Leaves Small Businesses Playing Catch-Up

[Bloomberg] Look around: Bubbles are everywhere.

[Bloomberg] A Record $184 Billion Bond Binge Stuns Latin America Bankers

[Bloomberg] US to Dismantle Key Research Agency, Advancing Attack on Climate

[Bloomberg] Vanke to Meet With Insurers, Banks in Shenzhen as Crisis Deepens

[NYT] Heating Costs Expected to Rise 9.2% This Winter

[NYT] Next Fed Chair in ‘No-Win Scenario’ as Selection Process Draws to a Close

[NYT] What Trump’s Embrace of Crypto Has Unleashed

[NYT] Trump Dangles Cash Payments to Buoy Voters’ Views of the Economy

[NYT] Does China Have a Robot Bubble?

[WSJ] Trump Orders Blockade of Sanctioned Oil Tankers in and out of Venezuela

[WSJ] Bank of Japan on Cusp of Raising Rates to Highest in 30 Years

[WSJ] For Ukraine’s Allies in Europe, a Bad Deal With Russia Is Worse Than No Deal

[FT] Oracle’s $10bn Michigan data centre in limbo after Blue Owl funding talks stall

[FT] JPMorgan pulls $350bn from Federal Reserve to buy up Treasuries

[FT] Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s turbulent bet on AI

[FT] Vladimir Putin predicts European ‘swine’ backing Ukraine will lose power

[FT] ‘World’s refrigerator’ runs hot and Arctic melt turns rivers orange