U.S. stock futures were little changed early Friday after the major averages slid following a lackluster earnings forecast from retail giant Walmart.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures slipped 14 … [+1543 chars]

Thursday's retreat from recent highs sharply narrowed the S&P 500's weekly gain.

CNBC

Stock futures are little changed after Thursday’s sell-off on Wall Street: Live updates - CNBC

TOKYO (AP) Asian shares were mixed Friday after a sharp slide for Walmart helped pull Wall Street off record highs.
In Japan, where investors were watching currency swings, the benchmark Nikkei 225 … [+4357 chars]

Asian shares are trading mixed after a sharp slide for Walmart helped pull Wall Street off record highs. In Japan, where investors are watching currency swings, the benchmark Nikkei 225 edged up slightly in Friday afternoon trading. Government consumer price …

Associated Press

Stock market today: Asia shares trade mixed as China benchmarks surge while others slip - The Associated Press

A small government team regulating the sort of autonomous cars that Elon Musk says represent the future of Tesla, his car company, is getting cut nearly in half by the Musk-led U.S. Doge Service, acc… [+7739 chars]

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will lose between 70 and 80 people, split roughly evenly between firings of probationary employees and buyouts, according to people briefed on the staff cuts.

The Washington Post

DOGE employee cuts fall heavily on agency that regulates Musk’s Tesla - The Washington Post

<ul><li>Alibaba's U.S.-listed shares soared 8% Thursday after the Chinese technology and e-commerce giant reported quarterly results above Wall Street expectations.</li><li>The company said its AI-dr… [+3591 chars]

Alibaba's U.S.-listed shares soared Thursday after the Chinese technology and e-commerce giant reported quarterly results above Wall Street expectations. Monitor these key chart levels.

Investopedia

Watch These Alibaba Price Levels as Stock Jumps to 3-Year High After Earnings - Investopedia

Meta approved a plan that could give company executives a bonus of up to 200% of their base salary, according to an SEC filing submitted on Thursday.
The company said in the filing that the bonus pl… [+2071 chars]

Meta approved a plan to increase bonuses for company executives to up to 200% of their base pay amid layoffs targeting about 4,000 employees.

Business Insider

Meta approves bonuses of up to 200% of company executives' salaries amid layoffs - Business Insider

Grimes is making an urgent plea to Elon Musk on their childs behalf. 
The Genesis singer, 36, took to her ex’s own social media platform, X, on Thursday, imploring the Tesla co-founder, 53, to respo… [+3946 chars]

“This is urgent, Elon,” Grimes wrote.

New York Post

Grimes accuses ex Elon Musk of ignoring their child’s ‘medical crisis’: ‘I need him to f–king respond’ - New York Post 

WASHINGTON -- While flying back to Washington aboard Air Force One on Wednesday night, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether Elon Musk would pursue budget cuts at the Pentagon. 
His respon… [+1238 chars]

President Donald Trump said Elon Musk would be checking out Fort Knox to make sure the gold is still there

ABC News

Trump wants to know if there's gold in Fort Knox. (There is) - ABC News

FT newspaper delivered Monday-Saturday, plus FT Digital Edition delivered to your device Monday-Saturday.
<ul><li></li>Weekday Print Edition<li></li>FT Weekend<li></li>FT Digital Edition<li>Global n… [+105 chars]

Group expects to produce fewer trucks and vans this year as demand cools and Donald Trump hits out at EV sector

Financial Times

Electric-vehicle maker Rivian posts first gross profit as costs ease - Financial Times

Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) shares were under pressure for the second consecutive day on Thursday following an announcement that investors interpreted as bad news for th...

Tipranks.com

Daniel Ives Dismisses Palantir Stock Drop as a ‘Knee-Jerk Overreaction’ - TipRanks

Japan's inflation in January climbed 4% year on year, hitting its highest level since January 2023, further strengthening the case for rate hikes by the country's central bank.
The core inflation ra… [+2577 chars]

Core inflation — which excludes prices of fresh food — rose to 3.2% from 3% in the prior month and beat economists' expectations of 3.1%, according to a Reuters poll.

Japan's inflation rate climbs to a 2-year high of 4% in January, supporting rate hike calls from BOJ members - CNBC

Delta Air Lines Flight 4819 flipped over upon landing at Toronto Pearson International airport, leaving 76 passengers hanging upside down from their seatbelts. Now the company is offering them $30,00… [+2914 chars]

Delta Air Lines is offering passengers who were on the flight that crashed and overturned at Toronto Pearson International Airport $30,000 each.

Delta Air Lines offers $30,000 for each passenger on the flight that crashed in Toronto - CNN

NEW YORK (AP) A Florida woman backed by wealthy advisers who created a company to make it easier for college students to apply for financial aid went on trial Thursday on criminal charges that she de… [+2437 chars]

A woman backed by wealthy advisers who built a company to make it easier for college students to apply for financial aid has gone on trial on criminal charges that she defrauded JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a $175 million buyout. In opening statements in Manhattan…

Founder of student aid startup Frank faces criminal trial over whether she defrauded JPMorgan Chase - The Associated Press

Imported aluminum accounts for nearly 60% of the aluminum used in the U.S.

The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Aluminum Buyers Scramble for Metal as Trump Tariff Looms - The Wall Street Journal

(Bloomberg) -- It sounds too radical to even warrant a second thought. That President Donald Trump could force some of the USs foreign creditors to swap their Treasuries into ultra long-term bonds to… [+4102 chars]

(Bloomberg) -- It sounds too radical to even warrant a second thought. That President Donald Trump could force some of the US’s foreign creditors to swap...

Yahoo Entertainment

‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ Chatter Is Getting Wall Street’s Attention - Yahoo Finance

Twenty years ago, swaggering hedge fund managers, leveraged buyout kings and corporate raiders would have dominated any list of masters of the Wall Street universe. Today another corner of finance ha… [+16330 chars]

Worth over $61 billion, the private credit titans made their fortunes in a once obscure corner of finance.

Bloomberg

Wall Street’s New Money Is Shaking Up the Ranks of the Superwealthy - Bloomberg

The two proposed engines that might one day power a sixth-generation U.S. Air Force fighter have passed an important design review, defense firms announced this week.
And with the detailed design re… [+4101 chars]

Work continues on the engines that might one day power the Next Generation Air Dominance fighter, though the fate of NGAD itself is still undetermined.

DefenseNews.com

NGAD engines pass key design reviews, prototype work underway - Defense News

Here's a 100% hypothetical scenario: Say a Big Tech CEO calls up a big ad agency and tells them it'd be a good idea to spend more money with his company. Because if they don't, he knows people in the… [+4440 chars]

Elon Musk is big in Trump's government. He also owns X. Is X's Linda Yaccarino telling companies to give it business, or risk government reprisal?

Peter Kafka: If Elon Musk's X threatened a big ad company with government interference, that's not OK - Business Insider

Investor's Business Daily

Block Q4 Earnings, Revenue Miss Estimates. Square Stock Falls. - Investor's Business Daily

Donald Trump’s return to the presidency has sharpened criticism of diversity, equity and inclusion programmes