Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:   

• Hong Kong Leaders Rebuff Key Protest Demand as Violence Persists.  

• BOJ Expected to Stand Pat, Raise Growth Forecast: Decision Guide.   

• BOE Rate Cut May Be Coming Even If Key Economic Number Improves.

• Trump’s China Deal Is His Hedge Against Impeachment Damage.

• Trump’s Former Economic Chief Gary Cohn Predicts No Recession.

• Bond-Market Jolt Will Have to Wait Ahead of Central-Bank Bonanza.

• Libya’s Biggest Oil Field Starts to Shut as Peace Talks Loom .

• Middle Eastern Stocks Climb With Earnings in Focus: Inside EM.

Wall Street Journal:

• How Trump Has Kept Solid GOP Support Through Impeachment.

• Trump Administration to Soon Issue Guidance on Medicaid Block Grants.

• The Comey Coverup Unravels.

• U.S. Firms Fuel Europe’s Green-Energy Push.

CNBC:

• This map shows how Amazon’s warehouses are rapidly expanding across the country.

• Wealthy investors see nothing that will stop this relentless bull market.

• A popular new sextortion scam tricks victims into thinking their Nest cameras are recording them.

• Thousands-strong Hong Kong protest cut short by clashes.

MarketWatch.com:  

• Which markets are closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (and which aren’t)?

• Opinion: Value stocks are making a comeback. Here’s how you can get in early.

Fox News:

• State’s attorney blasts Baltimore cop union’s ‘political rhetoric’ after crowd attacks officer.

• JUSTIN HASKINS: AOC’s plan to move Dems further left should worry party.

• This remark on impeachment by Dem leader should alarm Americans, Collins says.

Zero Hedge:

• Trump Blasts "Brazen, Unlawful" Coup Attempt After House Files "Framers' Worst Nightmare" Legal Brief.

• MSNBC Promotes Biden Lie That Sanders 'Doctored' Video; Politico Debunks, Sirota Simmers.

• MSNBC Slammed For Featuring 'Body Language Expert' Who Calls Bernie Sanders A Liar.

• Not Just Hunter: Widespread Biden Family Profiteering Exposed.

• 944 Trillion Reasons Why The Fed Is Quietly Bailing Out Hedge Funds.

• "We're Ready To Fight": 1000s Expected At Massive Gun-Rights Rally At Virginia Capitol.

• The Quiet Crisis: Deaths Caused By Alcoholism Have More Than Doubled.

• Why Laws Against Hate Speech Are Dangerous.

• Facebook(FB) Apologizes For Translating Xi Jinping's Name As "Mr Shithole".

• Haftar Blocks All Libyan Oil Exports Day Before Berlin Peace Conference.

• Mystery Chinese Virus Has Likely Infected Over 1,700 As It Sweeps Across China And Japan.

Business Insider:   

• The most powerful countries on earth in 2020, ranked.

• Alphabet's soaring stock just pushed it above a $1 trillion market cap. Here are the 11 highest-valued public companies.  

• The US is entering an era in which impeaching the president will be routine.