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 Most Americans plan to spend less on holiday gifts: Survey  thehill.com 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

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 2 big flaws in Social Security will continue to hurt seniors in 2026  MSN 3 Social Security Moves to Make Before 2026  The Motley Fool Social Security: What are the maximum monthly benefits a retiree can get?  thehill.com

Press Release: PayPal Submits Applications to Establish an Industrial Bank to Expand Access to Financial Services for U.S. Small Businesses - Dec 15, 2025  PayPal Newsroom PayPal Applies to Become a Bank as US Loosens Regulatory Reins  Bloomberg.com PayPal Bank could become a reality as company applies for charter  Baton Rouge Business Report PayPal applies to form its own bank to expand small-business lending  The Washington Post PayPal eyes industrial loan charter  American Banker

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

America's $38 trillion national debt will exacerbate generational imbalance, says think tank  Fortune Op-Ed: Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux: Bank CEOs are right to sound the alarm on the federal debt  Washington Reporter This is the same playbook as 2008 just with new packaging  MSN What Would a True Debt Crisis Look Like?  Alive Tampa Bay Examining the Consequences of a High and Rising National Debt  The American Action Forum

FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for older women who have gone through menopause  ABC News FDA OKs libido-boosting pill for women who have gone through menopause  CNN A Pill for Sexual Desire Reaches a New Group of Women  Time Magazine 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

CNBC Daily Open: AI infrastructure stocks are taking a beating  CNBC Global selloff in stocks signals AI bubble may be ending in the healthiest way possible  Fortune Upland Software, JFrog, Elastic, C3.ai, and Tenable Shares Are Falling, What You Need To Know  Yahoo Finance Wall Street Has Lots of Questions. Stock Markets Might Not Like the Answers They Get This Week.  Barron's CNBC Daily Open: Debt worries continue to weigh on AI-related stocks  CNBC

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 Desperate search launched for cat allegedly stolen from Californian home by Amazon driver  The Independent Taking Woman’s Cat on Camera: Amazon Driver Filmed in Lakewood, California, ‘He Was Not Nice to That Cat’  thenerdstash.com Woman says Amazon driver stole her cat while delivering packages  MLive.com

Rugged and Family-Friendly: Refreshed 2026 Honda Pilot Arriving at Dealers with Improved Driving Experience, More Standard Technology and Bold New Styling  Honda NewsroomView Full Coverage on Google News

Billionaire David Tepper Sells These 5 Stocks to Buy This 1 Stock  Yahoo Finance

Speech by Governor Miran on the inflation outlook  Federal Reserve Board (.gov) Fed decisions distorted by ‘phantom inflation’, says Stephen Miran  Financial Times FED GOV MIRAN: KEEPING POLICY UNNECESSARILY TIGHT BECAUSE OF AN IMBALANCE FROM 2022, OR BECAUSE OF ARTIFACTS OF THE MEASUREMENT PROCESS' COSTS JOBS  TradingView — Track All Markets Fed's Miran: Current inflation not reflective of supply and demand in the economy  Reuters Fed’s Miran Says ‘Underlying’ Inflation Close to Target  Bloomberg.com

Databricks raises capital at $134 billion valuation in latest funding round  CNBC Exclusive | Databricks Is Raising Funds at $134 Billion Valuation  The Wall Street Journal Data and AI firm Databricks valued at $134 billion in latest funding round  Reuters Databricks CEO Ali Ghodsi says his company will be worth $1 trillion by doing these three things  Fortune Snowflake, Oracle Rival Databricks Hits $134B Valuation on Fresh Raise  TipRanks

This quantum computing stock can surge 90% in the coming year, says Jefferies  CNBC IonQ, D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing in focus as Jefferies starts coverage (IONQ:NYSE)  Seeking Alpha IONQ, QBTS: Jefferies Sounds the Bullhorn on These 2 Quantum Stocks  TipRanks Wall Street is Still Bullish on D-Wave, Roku, and EssilorLuxotica  24/7 Wall St. Quantum Computing Stock Due for a Short-Term Bounce  Yahoo Finance

Defense stocks fall as talks continue to end Ukraine war; European markets finish lower  CNBC Defense giants say investors should still bet on them, as hopes for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal spark a selloff  CNBC Stock markets in the red; oil at its lowest since 2021  marketscreener.com Rheinmetall, Almonty Industries, Theon – Peace talks open up opportunities | 2025-12-16 | Investing News  Stockhouse European defence stocks slide amid progress in Ukraine peace talks  Global Banking | Finance

2026 Nissan Altima priced from $27,580  usa.nissannews.com Nissan Altima Lives On for 2026 with a Streamlined Lineup Under $30,000  Autoblog The Nissan Altima Refuses to Die  Motor1.com The Nissan Altima Makes a Shock Return for 2026 and Still Costs Less Than $30K  Car and Driver Big Altima Energy Will Live On For At Least Another Year  Jalopnik

Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy protection  Bicycle Retailer & Industry News Customers set to be screwed as Rad Power Bikes files for bankruptcy + Former St. Paul Councilmember says a Rad battery fire destroyed his house  Seattle Bike Blog $73 million in debt and looking to sell: Rad Power Bikes files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid mounting pressures  Cycling Weekly How tariffs hit the brakes on America’s booming e-bike industry  The Washington Post Filing Alert: Rad Power Bikes Chapter 11  Bondoro

JPMorgan, US Backing Korea Zinc’s $7.4 Billion Tennessee Smelter  Yahoo Finance Korea Zinc sinks 14% as largest shareholder group challenges U.S.-backed plans for Tennessee smelter  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 South Korean metal manufacturer announces $6.6B investment to bring hundreds of jobs, new facilities to TN  WSMV

Analysts Boost Micron (MU) Price Targets as AI Demand Drives Growth  Yahoo Finance Micron Slips Ahead of Earnings: Is the AI Memory Demand Priced In?  Yahoo Finance Micron likely to benefit as DRAM Industry set to surge in 2026: Wells Fargo (MU:NASDAQ)  Seeking Alpha Here's How Much Traders Expect Micron Stock to Move After Earnings Wednesday  Investopedia Micron Getting Tailwind From Rising Memory-Chip Prices  Investor's Business Daily

Measuring AI’s capability to accelerate biological research in the wet lab  OpenAI Exclusive: GPT-5 demonstrates ability to do novel lab work  Axios AI-Powered Cloning Efficiency: How Artificial Intelligence Transforms Molecular Biology Research in 2025  Blockchain News OpenAI: GPT-5 demonstrates the ability to assist scientific research in real laboratory environments  Bitget GPT-5 AI Model Boosts Molecular Cloning Efficiency by 79x: Real-World Lab Results with Red Queen Bio  Blockchain News

2026 Investment Outlook  Brookfield This year was easy for investors. Don’t expect a replay in 2026  The Globe and Mail Diversification Mirage In Plain Sight  Seeking Alpha Add to equities  UBS What To Expect From Wells Fargo Stock In 2026?  Trefis