US tariffs are having an uneven effect on holiday prices and purchases  ABC News Higher costs push holiday shoppers toward socks, coffee and diapers  The Washington Post Poll: Majority plan to spend less on holiday gifts this year amid broader economic concerns  NBC News High cost of goods is causing consumers to spend less for the holidays, CNBC survey finds  CNBC Buying gifts from overseas may lead to unexpected shipping fees for US shoppers  WLWT

In a banner year for biopharma, here are the best industry CEOs of 2025  statnews.com The Year in Biology  Quanta Magazine Biotechnology Advances in 2025 Highlight GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Metabolic Disorders and Radiopharmaceuticals in Precision Oncology  geneonline.com Biotech in 2025: what truly mattered this year  Labiotech.eu Behind the Headlines Episode 29: 2025 Year in Review  PharmTech.com

Opinion | Cities keep repeating this failed policy experiment  The Washington Post What the Twin Cities Tell Us About Fixing the Housing Crisis  Realtor.com Twin Cities Rent Control Experiment Delivers Uneven Results  Globest Counterpoint | In housing, big solutions aren’t always the answer  Star Tribune Twin Cities leaders push for predictable housing approvals  Finance & Commerce

Pfizer (PFE): Reassessing Valuation After Cautious 2026 Outlook and Fading COVID-19 Revenue  Yahoo Finance Pfizer Is Still Struggling to Replace Its COVID Revenue. Here's What We Could See From the Pharmaceutical Giant in 2026.  Yahoo Finance Pfizer’s modest 2026 outlook shows its big investments will take time to pay off  CNBC Pfizer’s stock drops after drug giant lowers its revenue forecast  MarketWatch Pfizer Forecasts Flat 2026 Sales as It Builds Drug Pipeline  Bloomberg.com

Dollar drops against peers after delayed U.S. data shows jobs growth  CNBC Deutsche Bank, Goldman See Fed Cuts Rekindling Dollar’s Slide  Bloomberg.com US dollar advances after recent fall; sterling dips after GDP data  Reuters FX Daily: Dollar stays soft ahead of a busy week  ING THINK economic and financial analysis | ING Think The Value Of The U.S. Dollar… Down  Seeking Alpha

Elon Musk's wealth has soared past $600 billion—he's now worth double the next richest person alive, Google's cofounder Larry Page  Fortune SpaceX Tender Offer Pushes Musk’s Net Worth To Record $677 Billion  Forbes How Much Richer Elon Musk Has Gotten Over the Last 5 Years  Yahoo Finance Elon Musk Is on the Verge of a $1 Trillion Net Worth  Investopedia Musk’s Fortune Soars Above $600 Billion on New SpaceX Valuation  Bloomberg.com

PayPal applies for US banking licence  Financial Times PayPal Applies to Become a Bank as US Loosens Regulatory Reins  Bloomberg.com PayPal applies to form bank that can offer small business loans and savings accounts  CNBC PayPal eyes industrial loan charter  American Banker Payments firm PayPal files for bank charter in lending push  Reuters

Exclusive: Whole Foods to launch new AI food recycle technology. Here's what it does  AxiosView Full Coverage on Google News

Social Security Benefits Get a Historic COLA in 2026 Because of President Trump's Tariffs -- It May Not Be Enough for Retirees  Yahoo Finance SSI Payments To Increase Soon  Disability Scoop When can Social Security beneficiaries expect their January 2026 payments?  thehill.com The Fed's December Rate Cut Means Social Security Retirees Could Be In for a COLA Surprise  24/7 Wall St. 5 essential Social Security COLA facts you need to know  USA Today

Lakewood woman claims Amazon driver stole her cat Piper while dropping off package  ABC7 Los Angeles Los Angeles pet owner pleads for help after Amazon driver seen taking cat  KTLA LA County woman says Amazon delivery driver stole her family's cat  CBS News Desperate search launched for cat allegedly stolen from Californian home by Amazon driver  The Independent Amazon delivery driver caught on video taking cat from Lakewood home  Audacy

Nvidia and Broadcom Are Wall Street's Top Chip Picks for 2026  Yahoo Finance The 3 Best Chip Stocks to Buy for 2026, According to an Analyst  Barron's Cantor expects semiconductors to outperform in 2026 due to AI infrastructure buildout  Seeking Alpha Broadcom and these chip stocks make J.P. Morgan’s list of top picks  MarketWatch Top 6 chip stocks to buy for 2026, according to this semiconductor analyst  Investing.com

Psychologists are increasingly using – and worrying about – AI tools, poll finds : Shots - Health News  NPR Personal Perspective: LLMs cannot manage complex mental health issues.  Psychology Today Harrowing case report details a psychotic "resurrection" delusion fueled by a sycophantic AI  PsyPost 2025 Practitioner Pulse Survey: AI in the therapist’s office  American Psychological Association (APA) NAMI Takes the Lead to Push for Clarity and Safety in AI Mental Health Tools  PR Newswire

FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for older women who have gone through menopause  ABC News A Pill for Sexual Desire Reaches a New Group of Women  Time Magazine FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for women who have gone through menopause  CNN Historic First in Women's Sexual Health: FDA Grants Approval for Addyi® (flibanserin) in Postmenopausal Women  PR Newswire Addyi Indication Expanded to Include Postmenopausal Women With HSDD  Endocrinology Advisor

‘In the dark:’ Retiring federal employees face major delays  Federal News Network Retirement Application Backlog Builds but Use of Portal Showing Some Impact  FEDweek Federal Retirement Backlog Triples; OPM Says Digital Processing Helping  FEDmanager OPM’s retirement application pile remains large as the year draws to a close  Government Executive OPM Retirement Backlog Jumps 40% In November With Digital Processing On The Rise  FedSmith.com

CNBC Daily Open: AI infrastructure stocks are taking a beating  CNBC AI infrastructure selloff continues on Wall Street as Broadcom, Oracle shares slide  CNBC Global selloff in stocks signals AI bubble may be ending in the healthiest way possible  Fortune Stock Market Falls, Dow Digs In As AI Equities Suffer; Economic Data Tsunami Looms  Investor's Business Daily Upland Software, JFrog, Elastic, C3.ai, and Tenable Shares Are Falling, What You Need To Know  Yahoo Finance

2026 Investment Outlook  Brookfield This year was easy for investors. Don’t expect a replay in 2026  The Globe and Mail 3 Bold Stock Market Predictions for 2026  The Motley Fool 6 for 2026: Essential Questions for Investors  Institutional Investor What To Expect From Wells Fargo Stock In 2026?  Trefis

Private market marks, say hello to public markets  Financial Times Bluerock real estate fund debuts on NYSE and slides sharply.  InvestmentNews Bluerock Private Real Estate Fund Announces a Switch to Monthly Distributions and an Increased Distribution Rate  PR Newswire Bluerock real estate fund to list next week, but at what price?  InvestmentNews Bluerock Announces Listing of Bluerock Total Income+ Real Estate Fund Shares and New Fund Name  PR Newswire

Cloudflare year in review: Internet traffic grew 19% in 2025  Mashable Google retains spot as world's most popular internet service, but AI is growing fast  CBS News The 2025 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review- the rise of AI, post-quantum, and record-breaking DDoS attacks  The Cloudflare Blog Cloudflare report shows mobile, bot traffic growing  theregister.com ChatGPT Is The Most Blocked Bot And .Christmas Is The Most Dangerous Domain  Forbes

JPMorgan, US Backing Korea Zinc’s $7.4 Billion Tennessee Smelter  Yahoo Finance Pentagon takes big stake in new Korea Zinc smelter in Tennessee, will get 10% of company  CNBC Tennessee mine company plans to sell operations to South Korean metal producer  WVLT Korea Zinc plans $7.4bn US minerals refinery with Washington’s backing  Al Jazeera Korea Zinc shareholders ask court to block share sale in $7.4 billion US project  Reuters

America's $38 trillion national debt will exacerbate generational imbalance, says think tank  Fortune How Debt, Inflation and Politics Are Driving Up Borrowing Costs  Bloomberg.com Examining the Consequences of a High and Rising National Debt  The American Action Forum Op-Ed: Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux: Bank CEOs are right to sound the alarm on the federal debt  Washington Reporter What Would a True Debt Crisis Look Like?  Alive Tampa Bay