With earnings season in full swing and the year underway, business news this week ranged from burgeoning IPOs to the December economic numbers. What follows is a list of what Talking Biz News views to be this week’s top 10 stories.
Monday:
- Oil prices fall to lowest since 2009, by Clifford Krauss of The New York Times
- Treasury nominee Antonio Weiss withdraws from consideration, by Steven Mufson of The Washington Post
Tuesday:
- Tesla CEO says China sales fell significantly, by Mike Ramsey and Colum Murphy of The Wall Street Journal
- REPORT: Craft marketplace Etsy plans to IPO this quarter, by Jillian D’Onfro of Business Insider
Wednesday:
- Retail sales slump in December, by Sarah Halzack of The Washington Post
- RadioShack prepares bankruptcy filing, by Matt Jarzemsky, Mike Spector and Drew Fitzgerald of The Wall Street Journal
Thursday:
- Housing is about 75% back to normal: Report, by Diana Olick of CNBC
- Canadians bid farwell as Target flees the country, by Sapna Maheshwari of Buzzfeed Business
Friday:
- Consumer sentiment in U.S. surges to 11-year high, by Victoria Stilwell of Bloomberg
- Fallout from Swiss move hits banks, brokers, by Anjani Trivedi, Tommy Stubbington, David Enrich and Katie Martin of The Wall Street Journal
