Fed minutes January 2026:

Divided Federal Reserve officials at their January meeting indicated that further interest rate cuts should be paused for now and could resume later in the year only if inflation cooperates. While the decision to hold the central bank’s benchmark rate steady mostly was met with approval, the path ahead appeared less certain, with members conflicted…

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GIS, LUV, GPC, NCLH, & more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. General Mills — Shares tumbled 7% after the Lucky Charms and Progresso parent lowered its 2026 outlook. General Mills said organic net sales would slide between 1.5% and 2%, while operating profit and adjusted earnings per share would tumble between 16% and 20%. Southwest Airlines —…

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Berkshire Hathaway trims Apple stake, buys NYTimes stock in Buffett’s last moves as CEO

Warren Buffett speaks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 4, 2024. CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway trimmed more of its Apple stake and began a new position in The New York Times in the fourth quarter, according to a new securities filing. The Omaha-based conglomerate disclosed that it pared…

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CFTC defends prediction market enforcement as states challenge platforms

Michael Selig, U.S. President Trump’s nominee to serve as Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) chairman, testifies in a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on his nomination on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 19, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed an amicus brief in federal court on Tuesday to assert…

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