China’s factory activity grows at fastest pace since October, private survey shows, beating official reading

The RatingDog China General Manufacturing PMI, rose to 50.3 in January from 50.1 the previous month, in line with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll.
Cramer handicaps the collision of 2 more Big Tech earnings and the jobs report

Alphabet on Wednesday evening and Amazon on Thursday evening should define the week — at least, until Friday’s employment data.
Stock futures fall after silver, bitcoin sell off; questions loom over AI trade: Live updates

More than 100 S&P 500 companies are due to report this week, including Amazon, Alphabet and Disney.
More winter weather leads to heavy snow, canceled flights and, in Florida, falling iguanas

In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, 6 inches of snow was expected. The city has no snow removal equipment, Mayor Mark Kruea said.
United Arab Emirates’ ‘Spy Sheikh’ bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ

“This is corruption, plain and simple,” said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.
Epstein files: Ro Khanna says DOJ’s latest release is ‘not good enough’

The congressional Democrat said that Friday’s Epstein disclosure was “significant,” but it is only about half of the files that have been collected.
Iran warns of regional conflict if U.S. attacks, designates EU armies ‘terrorists’

Iran’s leadership warned of a regional conflict on Sunday if the U.S. were to attack it, and designated EU armies as “terrorist groups” in a retaliatory move.
‘Melania’ earns a surprising $7 million, best non-music documentary debut in a decade

Amazon reportedly paid an estimated $40 million to acquire ‘Melania’ and spent an additional $35 million on marketing.
Democrat Christian Menefee wins election for U.S. House, narrowing GOP’s slim majority

Democrat Christian Menefee won a Texas U.S. House seat in a special election Saturday that will narrow Republicans’ already-slim majority.
Speaker Johnson: ‘Confident’ government shutdown will end by Tuesday

The government shut down on Saturday after Senate Democrats demanded changes to a spending package following the killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.