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SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Asian stocks climbed and oil prices were choppy on Monday as investors considered the implications of U.S. military action in Venezuela to prepare for a packed week of economic data releases in the first full trading week of the year.

MIAMI (Reuters) — Venezuela is unlikely to see any meaningful boost to crude output for years even if U.S. oil majors do invest the billions of dollars in the country that President Donald Trump promised just hours following Nicolás Maduro’s capture by U.S. forces.

TOKYO (Reuters) — Two major Japanese business lobbying groups called on the government to address the yen’s weakness, which is inflating import costs and weighing on households and businesses, their chiefs told domestic media in separate interviews.

(SCC) — The Saipan Chamber of Commerce is delighted to announce its most anticipated annual signature event, the 2025 Business Person of the Year & Board of Directors Installation Gala, scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Kensington Hall, Kensington Hotel Saipan…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Asian stocks were at six-week highs on Monday, while the dollar hovered near its lowest in almost three months on expectations of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates next year, which have also sparked a fierce rally in precious metals.

(Reuters) — Silver breached the $77 mark for the first time on Friday, while gold and platinum hit record highs, buoyed by expectations of U.S. Federal Reserve rate cuts and geopolitical tensions that fueled safe-haven demand.

(Reuters) — U.S. stocks closed higher on Wednesday, as the Dow Industrials and S&P 500 registered record closing highs in a broad rally during a holiday-shortened session.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) — Asia shares rose alongside precious metals on Tuesday as momentum buying from investors extended ahead of the festive holidays, with an advanced reading on U.S. GDP expected later in the day.

CAPAC, Michigan (Reuters) — On a recent snowy morning in a Trump-loving part of rural Michigan, three dozen cars idled outside a firehouse-turned-food pantry. Inside, volunteers packaged lettuce, apples and other household staples that have surged or stayed high in price this year.

(Reuters) — President Donald Trump and nine major pharmaceutical companies on Friday announced deals that will slash the prices of their medicines for the government’s Medicaid program and for cash payers, in his latest bid to align U.S. costs with those in other wealthy nations.