For: December 9, 2025
>>Watching Wall Street
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed lower yesterday to start the week on Wall Street. Paramount Skydance shares rose seven percent on news the media company is launching a hostile bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery despite losing a bidding war to Netflix. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 215 points to 47-739. The S&P 500 dropped 24 points to 68-46. The Nasdaq fell 32 points to 23-545.
>>Trump Unveils $12 Billion Aid Package For U.S. Farmers
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump says relief is coming for American farmers in the form of a 12-billion-dollar aid package. During a round table at the White House Monday, Trump insisted the money was not in response to farmers being hit hard by his tariff policies, but rather due to the Biden administration's bad policies. American farmers have lost billions this year in soybean sales after China started going to South American suppliers as trade talks were stalled. Reacting to the announcement, Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon says the tariffs are forcing farmers into bankruptcy and the farm aid won't be enough to get them back to a point of break-even.
>>Fed Rate Decision Coming Tomorrow
(New York, NY) -- The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce an interest rate cut on Wednesday. But investors caution the Fed's policy committee, which begins its two-day meeting today, could be sharply divided. A handful of members have expressed worries over possible tariff-driven inflation.
>>Nvidia Cleared To Sell Some AI Chips In China
(Washington, DC) -- President Trump says he has told President Xi [[ she ]] of China that the U.S. will allow Nvidia to ship some AI chips to approved customers in China. The president wrote on Truth Social that the U.S. government would take a 25-percent cut of sales of the approved chips, up from a previously-announced 15-percent. The announcement would end what was effectively a ban on sales of AI chips from U.S. companies to China. Trump said Intel, AMD, and "other great American companies" would also be allowed to sell similar chips in the country.
>>Denny's Shutting Down Restaurants Nationwide
(Spartanburg, SC) -- Denny's is shutting down additional restaurants nationwide. The diner chain closed 88 locations last year and reportedly has plans to close between 70 and 90 more. News of the closures came after the diner chain previously said it would shutter about 150 underperforming restaurants by the end of this year. The chain also announced last month that it will be sold for 620-million-dollars, but the closures are said to be unrelated to the pending sale.
>>Google Launching 1st Gen AI Powered Glasses In 2026 (Mountain View, CA) -- Google is planning to launch its first-generation AI powered glasses. The audio-only glasses will be equipped with the Gemini AI assistant and feature an embedded lens-based display. The operating system will be based on Android XR. The glasses are expected to debut next year.
>>FAFSA To Flag Schools With Low Earning Outcomes
(Washington, DC) -- The Education Department will add an earnings indicator to the FAFSA process. The application will now show students key financial data for the institutions they selected, and a "low earnings" disclosure will appear for colleges with graduates who earn below the average high school graduate. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said the new feature will make public earnings data more accessible and "empower prospective students to make data-driven decisions before they are saddled with debt." Students can also get more detailed information on an institution's financial status from College Scorecard.
>>Greenlight Youth Invest More Than $70M
(Atlanta, GA) -- Children using the Greenlight family money app invested more than 70-million-dollars in 2025. That's up 65 percent from last year. The company says the average age for its youth investors is 12 and they've been putting money into companies like Nvidia, Apple, Amazon and Tesla.
