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A massive winter storm will sweep across a huge swath of the U.S. starting Jan. 23, freezing Texas before roaring up the East Coast, where New York City is seeing a strong chance of heavy snow.

The Parliament’s trade committee postponed the vote indefinitely on Jan. 21, casting doubt on whether the pact will ever get across the finish line. 

The goal is to finalize a preliminary agreement that cuts U.S. levies on Swiss goods to 15% from 39%, which was the highest level among advanced economies.

The Atlas robot is built by Hyundai’s Boston Dynamics unit and is set to work in the carmaker’s plants in 2028.  Partnerships with Nvidia and Google DeepMind in robotics have further fueled interest. 

Continental's industrial ContiTech unit is set to miss targets because of weak demand and other expenses, raising doubts about the price the division will fetch in its sale process.

Rattled by President Trump's aggression toward Greenland, the EU is readying countermeasures against the U.S., including the  “trade bazooka" touted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

Zipline, a drone delivery and logistics startup, has raised more than $600 million in new funding, boosting its valuation to $7.6 billion, as it expands commercial deployments.

U.S. military forces seized a seventh tanker near Venezuela on Jan. 20 as the Trump administration continues to pressure the South American country to halt its use of sanctioned ships.

The U.S. government plans to allow more trading companies beyond Vitol Group and Trafigura Group to purchase Venezuelan crude, a Trump administration official said.

Classes 4-7 retail truck sales for the month decreased 15.5% to 19,082 units from 22,586 a year earlier. Medium-duty sales haven’t trended ahead of the prior year since January 2025.