Friday, December 26, 2025

Friday's News Links

[CNBC]  Stocks are little changed, Wall Street heads for winning week: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold, Silver Jump to Record Highs on Geopolitics, Weak Dollar

[CNBC] Oracle shares on pace for worst quarter since 2001 as new CEOs face concerns about AI build-out

[AP] Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

[AP] What to know about the militants targeted by US airstrikes in northwest Nigeria

[AP] Trump and Zelensky to meet Sunday to try and close out peace plan

[Reuters] China hits US defence firms with sanctions over arms sales to Taiwan

[Bloomberg] Japan Plans to Reduce Sales of Super-Long Government Bonds

[Bloomberg] Japan to Quadruple Spending Support for Chips, AI in Budget

[NYT] As A.I. Companies Borrow Billions, Debt Investors Grow Wary

[NYT] Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions

[WSJ] Silver’s Runaway Rally Sweeps Up Amateur Investors

[WSJ] Family Offices Have Become the New Power Players on Wall Street

[WSJ] America’s Biggest Oil Field Is Turning Into a Pressure Cooker

[WSJ] Japan Closer to Achieving 2% Inflation Target, BOJ Governor Says

[WSJ] Japan Plans Record High Initial Budget for Next Fiscal Year

[WSJ] Even the Companies Making Humanoid Robots Think They’re Overhyped

[FT] AI boom adds $500bn to net worth of US tech billionaires in 2025

[FT] Global dealmaking hits $4.5tn in second-best year on record

[FT] Donald Trump’s second term tests deeply polarised Congress

[FT] Tett: China isn’t just dumping cheap goods anymore — it’s sending caviar