Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:      

• China Seeks to Resolve Trade Spat With U.S. in 2019, Zhong Says.

• Everything’s a Buy in China as Bulls Snap Up Yuan, Stocks, Bonds. 

• Brazil's Outgoing Central Bank Chief Sees Strong Growth Ahead.

• Huawei Fires Employee Arrested in Poland on China Spy Claim.

• In the Riskiest Corners of the Stock Market, Exuberance Is Back.

• Two Big Producers Just Called a Bottom for Oil: $60 a Barrel.   

• Netflix’s $45 Billion Rally Sets Up Earnings Showdown Next Week.  

• Bond Traders Bedeviled by Absent Data in Gauging Economy's Path.  

• Biotech Stocks Are Enjoying Their Best-Ever Start to the Year.

• Well, That Was Fast. So Are the Bulls Back in Charge, Now?  

• Winter Storm Gia Strikes Midwest as Airlines Cancel, Waive Fees.

• Citigroup(C) Gets a Turn to Lead Bank Stocks Into Earnings Season.

Wall Street Journal:

• Shutdown Set to Eclipse Longest in Modern History.

• The Big Hangup: Why the Future Is Not Just Your Phone.

• In Fast-Aging Japan, Elder Care Is a High-Tech Pursuit.

• Trump Administration Plans Effort to Let States Remodel Medicaid.

• U.S. Probes Boeing Satellite Deal Backed by China.

• Vanguard to Pull Trading Plug on About 400 Products.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (BMY) and (DAL).

MarketWatch.com:

• Why was the U.S. Postal Service at CES?

Fox News

• Florida airport to close terminal as TSA workers call in sick at double the rate during record shutdown.

• NEWT GINGRICH: Reported FBI probe of Trump led by betrayers of Constitution.

CNBC:  

• Stocks rise more than 2% for the week.

• Chinese consumers are taking sides in the trade war, and that’s bad news for US companies: Cramer.

• Earnings season may turn up some stock market winners after December’s battering.

• Why Apple’s fall from grace is opening up other ways to profit from battered technology stocks.

Zero Hedge:

• Trump Goes On Epic Tweetstorm After NYT Reveals FBI "Witch Hunt" Escalation Following Comey Firing.

• Watch Absolute Mayhem As Yellow Vests Battle French Riot Police In 9th Week Of Protests.

• Elon Musk's SpaceX Plans To Terminate 10% Of Its Workforce.

• VC Spending Hit An All-Time High In 2018 Thanks To Tech Bubble 2.0.

• Megyn Kelly Leaves NBC With $30 Million Payout.

• Washington's Latest Match Made In Hell.

• France, Germany To Merge Economic And Defense Policies; Create Cross-Border "Eurodistricts".

• Why This Iraq War Veteran Has Created Panic In The Democratic Party.

• AT&T Stops Selling Location Data Of Americans To Bounty Hunters.

• The Internet Of Things Data Explosion.

• China Using Twitter History To Arrest, Interrogate Dissidents.

• CNN Cancels On San Diego TV Station After They Report Border Wall Works.

• "We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins.

• "Definitely Risk On" As Investors Plow Billions Into Risk Assets.

• Mayor de Blasio Says New York's Wealth Is "In The Wrong Hands" And Should Be Redistributed.

• BTFDove - Stocks Extend Best Run In 10 Years Off Mnuchin Massacre Lows.

Business Insider:

• Robots are taking over CES — check out the weirdest ones we saw at the show.  The Rock says 'generation snowflake' is 'looking for a reason to be offended'.

• Whole Foods halts growth of its cheaper '365' stores.

• The TSA is giving unpaid security screeners a $500 bonus during the government shutdown.

• There's a simple reason why your new smart TV was so affordable: It's collecting and selling your data.

The Telegraph:

• Comment: Why Trump and China both want to end the trade war.