Hotels cancel reservations amid Twin Cities immigration protests

 

Minneapolis and St. Paul — Several downtown hotels temporarily closed or canceled reservations amid heightened protests and federal immigration enforcement. Hotel managers cited public safety concerns and canceled bookings, including rooms reportedly held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, effective Sunday, Jan. 18. Protests intensified after the Jan. 7...

US Banks Report Strong Fourth-Quarter 2025 Financial Results

 

Buffalo, New York — M&T Bank reported fourth-quarter net income of $759 million and full-year net income of $2.85 billion on Jan. 16, 2026, citing a 16% increase in diluted earnings per share and reduced criticized loans. Chino Commercial Bancorp reported quarterly net earnings of $1.41 million and year-to-date net...

Chicago Bears Stadium Talks Fuel Illinois–Indiana Legislative Competition

 

Chicago — Illinois and Indiana officials and the Chicago Bears engaged this week in negotiations and legislative actions over a potential new NFL stadium. Indiana senators introduced Senate Bill 27 to create a Northwest Indiana Stadium Authority to acquire, finance and lease land, while Illinois lawmakers and Arlington Heights leaders...

Whitmer Warns Tariffs Threaten U.S. Auto Industry Jobs

 

Detroit, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned Thursday that President Donald Trump's tariff strategy has harmed U.S. auto manufacturing, saying the policy benefits Chinese competitors and risks further job losses and production cuts. She spoke at the Detroit Auto Show two days after Mr. Trump defended tariffs and toured a Ford...

Law Firm Announces Multiple Investor Probes Into Companies

 

Los Angeles. The Schall Law Firm announced this week that it has opened investigations and filed class actions on behalf of shareholders of Nutanix, Beta Bionics, Fermi, Wealthfront, Ardent Health and Varonis, alleging possible securities law violations after company disclosures and stock price declines. The notices cite specific dates including...

Multiple Tech Firms Schedule Q4/Q1 2026 Earnings Calls

 

United States Multiple public companies announced release dates and conference calls for quarterly results. Plexus (Neenah, Wisconsin) will report fiscal Q1 2026 results on January 28 with a January 29 conference call. ESCO Technologies (St. Louis) will report Q1 2026 on February 5 with a 4:00 p.m. CT call. SiTime...

Multiple Firms Announce Listings, Presentations, and Strategic Partnership

 

Brea, CA — Reborn Coffee regained compliance with Nasdaq listing standards on Jan. 14, allowing its common stock to continue trading. On Jan. 14, Oragenics announced it will present at the Sequire Investor Summit in Puerto Rico; A2Gold began trading on Börse Frankfurt the same day. On Jan. 15, Mawson...

US Allows Conditional Nvidia H200 Exports To China

 

Washington — The Trump administration on Jan. 13 approved conditional exports of Nvidia's H200 artificial intelligence chips to China, imposing third-party technical tests, a cap that China receive no more than 50 percent of chips sold to U.S. customers, and requirements that buyers demonstrate security safeguards and bar military use....

US Companies Report Earnings, Financing, Trials, and Events

 

United States — Multiple companies issued recent updates this week. Mercury General scheduled fourth-quarter results and a Form 10-K filing for February 17, 2026. Sight Sciences reported preliminary Q4 revenue of $20.3–20.4 million and FY2025 revenue near $77.3–77.4 million with about $92 million cash. Pasithea provided clinical timelines and reported...

Major U.S. Companies Report Quarterly Earnings Beats

 

United States: Major corporations reported quarterly earnings this week, showing mixed results that generally beat Wall Street forecasts. Delta Air Lines posted $1.22 billion in fourth-quarter net income on Tuesday, with revenue of $16 billion and updated guidance for the next quarter. Bank of America reported $7.65 billion in fourth-quarter...