News & Analysis - CNBC

1. Disappointing holiday season: December retail sales were flat, falling well short of estimate

2. The AI threat wrecked software stocks. Now broker stocks look next with LPL down 11%

3. Alphabet boosts debt sale again as total raise exceeds $30 billion, sources say

4. Trump Commerce Sec. Lutnick admits visiting Epstein island during family vacation

5. GOP anxiety over Trump tariffs tests House Speaker Johnson in upcoming vote

6. Elon Musk’s xAI loses co-founder Tony Wu in latest senior departure

7. Paramount sweetens WBD bid, but stops short of raising its per-share value

8. Ford Motor is set to report results after the bell. Here's what Wall Street expects

9. Housing affordability package set to advance in Congress amid home-cost concerns

10. Credit card debt tops $1.28 trillion — consistent with ‘K-shaped’ economic divide, New York Fed research shows

11. Jeffrey Epstein has sparked a political crisis threatening the UK government. Here's what's happening

12. Kalshi says Super Bowl trading volume surpassed $1 billion

13. Michael Saylor downplays Strategy credit risk as bitcoin tumbles: 'We'll refinance the debt'

14. EPA will revoke 'endangerment finding' that underpins all climate regulation this week

15. 'Impossible': Taiwan pushes back against Washington’s 40% chip supply relocation goal

16. GOP Sen. Johnson slams Dems' 'obnoxious' judicial warrant demand as another shutdown looms

17. We're taking solid profits in one big tech stock and buying more of another

18. How affordability led to a chasm between stock prices, consumer optimism

19. Coca-Cola forecasts modest growth amid demand concerns

20. Spotify pops 16% on strong user growth, earnings beat