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The Latest: Global leaders say world economy shows resilience 01/23/2026 07:11pm • Leaders at the World Economic Forum urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality. The global economy is showing unexpected resilience despite the noise, European Central Bank head Ch Former Olympic snowboarder on FBI's most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, faces drug charges 01/23/2026 05:20pm • ONTARIO, Calif. (AP) — Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive accused of moving some 60 tons of cocaine from Latin America into the United States annually and orchestrating several killings, was arrested in Mexico and then flown to California, officials said Friday. W Wall Street drifts as Intel tumbles and gold's price rises to another record 01/23/2026 04:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market drifted through mixed trading Friday, as a zigzag week punctuated by loud threats and pullbacks finished with a quiet and tentative close. The S&P 500 was basically flat and edged up by less than 0.1% but still notched a second straight week with a modes Economic leaders at Davos say global growth is resilient despite Trump disruption 01/23/2026 09:02am • DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continu Trump administration scraps multimillion-dollar solar projects in Puerto Rico as grid crumbles 01/22/2026 07:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled solar projects in Puerto Rico worth millions of dollars, as the island struggles with chronic power outages and a crumbling electric grid. The projects were aimed at helping 30,000 low-income families in ru Saks' bankruptcy filing creates uncertainty for iconic stores, suppliers and shoppers 01/22/2026 05:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An appeal for bankruptcy protection filing of the operator of Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus has left the luxury department stores' suppliers with unpaid bills and caused a rift with Amazon, one of Saks Global's minority investors. Saks Global said last week US stocks climb some more after Trump calls off his tariffs for Greenland 01/22/2026 05:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose again Thursday and regained more of their losses for the week following the latest walk back by President Donald Trump from tariffs he had earlier threatened. The S&P 500 gained 0.5% and added to its big gain from Wednesday, when Trump said he had reached “t Paramount extends its deadline for its Warner Bros. tender offer, again 01/22/2026 11:25am • NEW YORK (AP) — Skydance-owned Paramount is again extending the tender offer window in its $77.9 billion hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while doubling down on a coming proxy fight. Warner stockholders now have until Feb. 20 to sell their shares to Paramount for $30 apiece in cash As Trump talks tariffs, his Argentine ally welcomes a first shipload of Chinese EVs 01/21/2026 08:52pm • ZÁRATE, Argentina (AP) — The vast field of over 5,800 electric and hybrid vehicles gleamed on the cargo deck of the BYD Changzhou, an Chinese container vessel unloading Wednesday at a river port in eastern Argentina. In other places, such a scene would not be noteworthy. Chinese automaker BYD ha This Is How the Federal Student Loan Repayment Plans Are Changing 01/21/2026 07:00pm • It would be hard to blame student loan borrowers for stumbling into 2026 like dazed freshmen on their first day on campus. A dizzying parade of changes has upended the federal student loan landscape over the past half-decade, beginning with the pandemic and perhaps reaching peak perplexity last year US stocks recover half of the prior day's plunge after Trump calls off Greenland-related tariffs 01/21/2026 06:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market bounced back from its worst day since October on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he reached the framework for a deal about Greenland, an island he’s long coveted, and won’t impose tariffs he had threatened on several European countries. The S& New Zealand election scheduled for Nov. 7 with the costs of living and housing the top issues 01/20/2026 09:50pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will hold a national election on Nov. 7, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced Wednesday. Luxon, the leader of a center-right government, will seek a second term in office, with the election likely to be a ballot on whether his pledges to improve the Netflix intensifies bid for Warner Bros making its $72 billion offer all cash 01/20/2026 03:55pm • Netflix is now offering to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business in all cash — in an effort to win over the Hollywood giant's shareholders for its $72 billion merger and potentially thwart a hostile bid from Skydance-owned Paramount. Back in December, Netflix struck a cash a Surrounded by billionaires in Davos, Trump plans to lay out how he'll make housing more affordable 01/20/2026 12:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to use a key address Wednesday to try to convince Americans he can make housing more affordable, but he's picked a strange backdrop for the speech: a Swiss mountain town where ski chalets for vacations cost a cool $4.4 million. On the anniversary of h These Four States Will Help Pay Your Private Student Loans 01/19/2026 07:00pm • Many Americans are trying to juggle student loan payments with their other monthly expenses. The median student loan balance is between $20,000 and $25,000, according to the Federal Reserve's Report on the Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2024. Naturally, borrowers are often looking for way