Today's Headlines

Bloomberg: 

• Coronavirus Death Toll Rises to 805, Passing SARS: Virus Update.
• Five Britons on Holiday in French Alps Contract Coronavirus.
• American Dies in China; Five U.K. Skiers With Virus in French Alps.
• Doctors in China Say They're Not Protected From Coronavirus Infection.  
• China to Support Debt Financing for Virus-Related Projects.  
• Multiple American Casualties in Afghan Military Mission, Official Says.
• Brutal Month Has China Analysts Rethinking Everything Yet Again. 
• Bezos Unloads $4 Billion of Amazon Stock in a Week.  
• As OPEC+ Reels From China Virus, Libya Threatens Knockout Punch
• Thai Soldier Kills More Than 10 People, Holes Up in Mall.  
• Crypto Sphere Begins to Feel Ill Effects of Coronavirus Outbreak.
• Your Weekend Reading: The Toll Mounts.
• Trump Gets Double Boost; Hero Chinese Doctor Dies: Weekend Reads.  
• Iowa Democrats Review Inconsistencies in 5% of Precincts.

Wall Street Journal:

• China’s Leader Wages a War on Two Fronts—Viral and Political.

• From Washington to Wuhan, All Eyes Are on Xi.

• Bernie Sanders Makes His Charge.

• Falling Rates Could Boost Mortgages Ahead of Spring Selling Season.

• Florida Voted to Give 1.4 Million Felons the Right to Vote. It Hasn’t Gone Smoothly.

• Cryptocurrency Scams Took in More Than $4 Billion in 2019.

CNBC:

• ‘Crisis mode:’ Coronavirus disrupts the heart of electronics manufacturing.

• Tesla seems expensive at these prices even when valuing it like a high-growth tech stock.

• Sanders leads Buttigieg in New Hampshire, days before primary, NBC News-Marist poll says.

• Cloud software vendor Snowflake is valued at $12.4 billion, with fresh capital from Salesforce.

• Here’s where the jobs are — in one chart.

• Apple extends its store closures in China due to the coronavirus.

• US ends antitrust probe of four automakers over California emissions deal, source says.

• China’s GDP growth this quarter will be 0%, according to top economist Ed Hyman. 

• Buy these stocks on the dip related to the coronavirus, Wall Street analysts say.

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (A), (TXN), (FCFS), (VOYA), (TIF), (BBY), (HPQ), (CSCO), (GWW), (AVT), (KHC), (HXL), (LDOS), (AEO) and (ADSK).

• Had bearish commentary on (AAPL), (DELL), (QRVO), (SWKS), (MX), (AMKR) and (HPQ).

MarketWatch.com:  

• Barron’s on Marketwatch: Tesla’s stock price can’t be justified. Stop trying.

Fox News:

• Democratic rivals hit Sanders, Buttigieg on New Hampshire stage in first debate since Iowa fiasco.

• ‘Ostracized’ senator faces GOP scorn after voting to remove Trump from office.

• James Carville rips into elite media, says Dems ‘losing our damn minds’.

• Dr. Siegel on how China has made outbreak harder to control – and whether U.S. panic is justified.

• Gloves come off as former VP mocks Buttigieg's experience, releases ad.

Zero Hedge:

• UK Supermarket Forced To Apologize For Asking People Not To Steal Female Menstrual Products.  

• Watch Steve Bannon Dance Circles Around Bill Maher In Two Minutes.

• Iowans Rage "They're Dirty, Man", Matt Taibbi Warns Des Moines Debacle Was "Waterloo For Democrats".

• Meet Elon Musk's Army Of Defenders Facing Wall Street, Short-Sellers, & Financial Reality Head-On.

• The U.S. Cities Mired In The Most Debt.

• We Are Wall-E – Cali Gov. Newsom Wants To Halt School Physical Education Tests.

• Group At Center Of Iowa Caucus App Chaos Birthed By Billionaire-Funder Of Alabama DisInfo Campaign.

• Rabobank: The Dilemma Facing China Is Truly Awful.

• White House Asks Scientists To Investigate Whether 2019-nCoV Was Bio-Engineered.

• Ambassador Sondland Gets The Axe Hours After Vindman Twins Escorted Out Of White House.

• Doctor Warns Up To 30% Of Medical Staff Working In Wuhan Hospital Now Infected With nCoV.

• Yes, The Rich Are Fleeing Illinois... And They're Taking Billions With Them.

• This Is How Americans Paid For That Record Holiday Spending: Credit Card Debt Exploded In December.

• Kunstler: The Democratic Party "Has Entered The Slapstick Phase Of Its Self-Destruction".

• The Consequence Of Globalism Is World Instability.

• Millions Of Chinese Mourn "Martyr" Doctor Punished For Coronavirus Warnings.

• Global Stocks Soar To Record Highs As Unprecedented China Liquidity Trumps Pandemic-Panic.

Business Insider:  

• The US Army wants its soldiers to be able to see enemies and other deadly threats through walls.

• Anti-Putin blogger Imran Aliev found dead in France.

• Mayor Pete has taken donations from 40 billionaires — and Bernie Twitter is burying him for it.

• The Iowa caucuses were one of the most disastrous elections in political memory — and dragged several campaigns down with them.

• Panicked shoppers in Hong Kong snapped up supplies like masks and toilet paper amid coronavirus fears and rumors about shipment cut-offs.  

• Americans are already exhausted with the 2020 election, and it's just getting started. Other countries have laws limiting the length of campaigns. 

• Elon Musk made a $6 billion mistake when he bought SolarCity with Tesla stock.

• Xi Jinping has turned invisible during China's coronavirus epidemic, likely to cover his back in case things go wrong.

• Housing inventory in the US dropped to its lowest level in years while home values are on the rise — here's what that means.

John Hopkins University:

• Coronavirus Global Cases. (map)