For: January 23, 2026
>>Ahead Of The Bell
(New York, NY) -- The opening bell rings this morning on Wall Street after stocks closed in the green yesterday, extending their gains following President Trump's announcement that he will not be imposing tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Elsewhere, shares of Meta and Northern Trust saw a jump, while the shares of GE Aerospace dropped over concerns about slowing growth. At the closing bell, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 306 points to 49-384. The S&P 500 jumped 37 points to 69-13. The Nasdaq gained 211 points 23-436.
>>TikTok Reaches Ownership Deal With White House
(Washington, DC) -- China and the United States have reached a deal that would allow TikTok to continue operating in the U.S. According to multiple reports, TikTok parent company ByteDance has divested from its U.S. operations, handing a majority stake to a venture run by non-Chinese investors. They include tech company Oracle, United Arab Emirates investment firm MGX, and private equity fund Silver Lake. This comes ahead of a shutdown deadline originally set by former President Biden, and extended by the Trump administration.
>>Trump JPMorgan Chase Lawsuit Over Alleged 'Political' Debanking
(Miami-Dade County, FL) -- President Trump is suing JPMorgan Chase and its CEO, Jamie Dimon. The lawsuit stems from accounts belonging to Trump and related entities' that were closed in early 2021 for alleged political reasons. The closures came on the heels of the January 6th, 2021 riot by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol, but JPMorgan has denied it closed the accounts for political reasons. Trump's lawsuit against the financial institution is seeking at least five billion dollars in damages.
>>Paramount Extends Offer For Warner Brothers Discovery
(Los Angeles, CA) -- Paramount is extending its offer to buy Warner Brothers Discovery in an effort to block a competing offer from Netflix. "The Los Angeles Times" says Paramount is trying to persuade Warner shareholders to accept its all-cash offer of 30-dollars-per-share for the entire company. A regulatory filing disclosed on Thursday says Paramount has extended its offer to February 20th. Netflix has agreed to pay about 28-dollars-per-share for the Warner's Burbank studios, HBO and HBO Max streaming service, but Warner still needs to spin off CNN and its other cable channels before that deal can go through.
>>Wedding Industry Taking A Hit In Vegas
(Las Vegas, NV) -- There's another indication Las Vegas is struggling: wedding numbers are down. Clark County, Nevada had about one-thousand fewer weddings in 2025 compared to 2024. The county clerk told a local TV station that most of those nuptials are people traveling to Vegas for a destination wedding. Some wedding venues are trying to attract younger couples by upping their social media presence. Southern Nevada's wedding industry brings in over three-billion dollars every year.
