Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Wednesday Afternoon Links

[CNBC] S&P 500 ticks higher to another record, but rally this week loses some momentum: Live updates

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crude Falls as US Deepens Involvement in Venezuelan Oil Industry

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Seizes Two More Ships as Trump Tightens Venezuela Quarantine

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Says It Will Control Venezuela Oil Exports Indefinitely

[AP] US seeks to assert its control over Venezuelan oil with tanker seizures and sales worldwide

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] US Services Activity Expands at Fastest Pace in Over a Year

[Axios] The job market is showing signs of life

[Yahoo/Reuters] US job openings slide to 14-month low; hiring weak in November

[CNBC] Trump says U.S. to ban large investors from buying homes

[Politico] Trump hammers NATO allies while Greenland crisis deepens

[Axios] Rubio to meet Danish counterpart next week on Greenland crisis

[Axios] Trump's Greenland threats leave allies sweating: How we got here

[Bloomberg] Blue Owl BDC Allows for 17% Redemptions as Investors Storm Exit

[Bloomberg] Blackstone, TPG Deliver a $7 Billion Test to Risky Loan Market

[Bloomberg] First Brands Warns Cash to Run Out by Jan. 31, Force Asset Sales

[Bloomberg] Trump’s Venezuela Gambit Makes Oil a Tool of American Power

[Bloomberg] German Authorities Investigate Another Power Grid Attack

[WSJ] U.S. Escalates Venezuela Oil Embargo With Two Tanker Seizures

[WSJ] Trump Moves to Ban Big Investors From Buying Single-Family Homes

[FT] US seeks to control sales of Venezuelan oil ‘indefinitely’

[FT] How Europe should respond to Trump’s Greenland threats

[FT] First Brands facing cash crisis as company seeks emergency funds