China decries U.S. action in Venezuela — even as it guards billions at stake

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The U.S. attack on Venezuela puts Beijing’s local commercial interests in the spotlight.
China is the top destination for Venezuela’s crude oil exports.
Analysts doubted the U.S. strikes would immediately impact Beijing’s actions on Taiwan.

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JPMorgan’s asset management will no longer use controversial proxy advisors for shareholder votes

January 7, 2026

Key Points JPMorgan said its asset management unit is fully eliminating the use of proxy advisors. The firm will instead use artificial intelligence to aggregate and analyze proxy data. Source

Ryan Cohen could be in for a big payday, but he has to grow meme darling GameStop to 0 billion

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Ryan Cohen could be in for a big payday, but he has to grow meme darling GameStop to $100 billion

January 7, 2026

GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen. CNBC GameStop has laid out a a massive, all-or-nothing equity incentive for Chairman and CEO Ryan Cohen that will only pay out if the video game retailer’s stock and profits soar to levels far beyond anything it has achieved to date. The board of GameStop granted Cohen performance-based stock options tied […]

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Mobileye, GameStop, Chevron & more

January 7, 2026

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Mobileye — The self-driving systems stock jumped about 11% after the company said it would buy humanoid robot maker Mentee for $900 million. GameStop — Shares rose 2% after the company unveiled its compensation package for CEO Ryan Cohen that included objectives to grow the videogame […]