Stocks are much lower this morning as oil is tanking, following yesterday’s rally on Wall Street. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq are in a correction territory, down more than 10% from last summer’s high. Asian stocks ended sharply lower overnight, erasing early gains. Chinese stocks lost 3.5%, moving into a bear market, down more than 20%. (CNBC)

 

Oregon’s largest employer Intel, sold more data center and mobile chips in the fourth quarter, as it makes steady progress diversifying away from a slowing PC market.  The chipmaker made a $3.6 billion in profit, during the quarter. Revenue rose 1%, to $14.9 billion. (USA Today)

 

Wells Fargo, the world’s largest bank by market value, posted a quarterly profit of $5.71 billion unchanged from last year. Revenue climbed about 1% to $21.6 billion. (Bloomberg)

 

JPMorgan Chase fourth-quarter profits climbed 10% to $5.43 billion as expenses from litigation and employee compensation shrank. (Bloomberg)

  

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