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The East is now setting the price of commodities, not New York or London, writes Wolf Richter. The birth of money is a subject of vast ignorance within and across Western cultures. T-Mobile US has a market capitalization of $223.31 billion. Job openings fell by 386,000 in December to 6.54 million, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Tax refunds make great down-payments which are great for higher prices. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Microsoft and Oracle plan to spend $700 billion on AI infrastructure. Barry L. Ritholtz: Kate Burke, CEO of Offspring global Investment, discusses the state of investing markets today. The Finances of Divorce - The Big Picture Home Invest with Barry Speaking with Barry speaking. America has reached peak sauce, and some people wont leave home. U.S. probably cannot out-manufacture China, even with all the tariffs and industrial policies in the world. China is proving unable to match Americas chip production capabilities. Anthony Scaramucci spoke at the end of the Davos conference in Davos, Switzerland. JPMorgan analysts say Bitcoins risk-adjusted profile versus gold has improved. U.S. is primed for a ruinously damaging run of capital flight. Bitcoin bounced off a dense cost-basis cluster after losing its True Market Mean around $80,200. South Korean crypto exchange Bithumb said it mistakenly distributed more than $40 billion worth of Bitcoin. Bitcoin drawdowns have exceeded thresholds commonly used to define bear markets in equities and other risk assets. January 2026 marked the strongest month on record for Sino-Russian oil trade. US oil drillers add rigs even in price uncertainty. South Korean crypto exchange mistakenly credited users with billions of dollars worth of Bitcoin. Tesla and Hyundai are among the leaders pushing humanoid robots into factories within the next few years. Pudgy Penguins is using Valentines Day as a cultural entry point to translate its internet-native IP.