The Trump administration plans to lift a blockade on exports of Nvidia's H200 chips to China — and the U.S. government will get a 25% cut from future sales, the president said Monday.
Look for a rate cut this week. Just don't count on more anytime soon.
The big picture: That is the likely outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve policy meeting that concludes Wednesday. It follows an unusually tumultuous six-week period that showed deep divides among the officials who will gather around the table this week.
E-commerce platform Whatnot says five cities — Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Miami and Phoenix — are becoming America's live-shopping "trendsetters."
Why it matters: The mashup of QVC-style selling and social media livestreams is helping small businesses grow at a time when tariffs and economic uncertainty threaten to slow retail.
Affinity Partners, the private equity firm led by Jared Kushner, is part of Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery, according to a regulatory filing.
Why it matters: Paramount is telling WBD shareholders that it has a smoother path to regulatory approval than does Netflix, and Kushner's involvement only strengthens that case.
Retail investors bought the tech dip and took profits on winners in November, according to Charles Schwab's Trading Activity Index, which tracks the retail trading activity of millions of customers.
The big picture: While retail investors stayed concentrated on tech stocks, Wall Street focused on hedging. As tech stocks have recovered, retail once again looks smarter than institutional investors.
MSCI launched an index that combines public and private markets, a sign of how mainstream private equity has become for investors hunting returns.
Why it matters: Private markets are getting easier for everyday investors to access. That comes with more risk, but also with potentially bigger returns.
Lulu Cheng Meservey, a well-known public relations advisor to tech startups, has raised $40 million for a venture capital fund, as first disclosed in a securities filing.
The big picture: Meservey advocates for founders to take their message directly to the market, often via social platforms like X, rather than using traditional media as an intermediary.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday he sold his soybean farm last week and acknowledged farmers still need federal help despite a trade deal with China.
Why it matters: The long-pending sale, which Bessent was required to complete under an ethics agreement when he took office, comes as soybean futures sit near their highest levels of the year.
President Trump, facing mounting pressure over inflation at the grocery store, ordered a sweeping investigation into food price-fixing that especially targets foreign companies.
Why it matters: The order highlights a key tension of his domestic policy. It has proven difficult to have cheap food without cheap foreign labor, imports and capital.
Everything is becoming more concentrated: from merging streaming giants, to a stock market powered by a handful of AI winners, to an economy increasingly driven by the spending of the wealthy.
Why it matters: With fewer participants, winning is harder, whether you're an investor looking for returns, a consumer looking to build wealth or a business trying to compete.
