For: January 14, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning after stocks closed lower yesterday following the release of the latest inflation data. Stocks fell with financial shares including Visa and Mastercard under pressure after President Trump's call for a one-year, ten percent cap on credit card interest rates. Stocks pulled back despite December's consumer price index showing inflation not getting worse. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 398 points to 49-191. The S&P 500 lost 13 points to 69-63. The Nasdaq dropped 24 points to 23-709. Investors today will be keeping an eye out for the producer price index as well as retail sales figures, both reports having been delayed due to last year's government shutdown.
>>December Consumer Prices Rose Less Than Expected
(Washington, DC) -- Consumer prices rose less than expected in December. The Labor Department reported the consumer price index showed the core CPI -- excluding food and energy -- rose two-tenths percent for the month and two-point-six percent on a yearly basis. Meanwhile, the monthly figure for headline inflation put the annual rate at two-point-seven percent. Analysts say the data makes it more likely the Federal Reserve will hold off on interest rate cuts at their first meeting of the year later this month.
>>Netflix Preps All Cash Offer For WBD
(Los Gatos, CA ) -- Netflix is preparing a revised all-cash offer for Warner Brothers Discovery's streaming and studio business. Netflix had already offered a deal worth 83-billion-dollars in cash and stock for the historic company. The new all cash offer comes as Paramount Skydance has attempted a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery's entire business.
>>Carmakers Showing Latest Models At The Detroit Auto Show
(Detroit, MI) -- Automakers from around the world are showing off their latest models today at the Detroit Auto Show. The annual showcase begins this morning at the Huntington Place convention center in Detroit. This week, only those in the media and the auto industry will be allowed on the showroom floor. The show will be open to the public starting Saturday and running through the 25th. It will feature over two dozen car brands showing off their new vehicles, including the latest electric and self-driving models.
>>Fates Of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman Uncertain
(New York, NY) -- Three of America's best-known high-end department stores are now in jeopardy, after Saks Global filed for bankruptcy late Tuesday. It could be the beginning of the end for Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman. The company that owns them - cannot pay its bills. The stores just came together in a two-point-seven-billion-dollar merger in 2024. But the company could not renegotiate with its vendors - as department stores continued their decline in the U.S. Made worse by financial pressures on shoppers. The stores will stay open, but the question is, for how much longer?
