Economists Predict Another U.S. Interest Rate Cut

Data from the U.S. Department of Commerce, released Friday and delayed by the government shutdown, showed that retail sales growth slowed in January, signaling a possible weakening in consumer demand.

Cloudflare resolved an outage that disrupted websites of major banks, Zoom, Spotify, and LinkedIn. The company's shares dropped but later recovered partially.

The Trump administration has expressed doubts about the $72 billion deal between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery, while Paramount Skydance has made a competing offer for the company's assets.