• Saudi Aramco Eyes Multibillion-Dollar US Gas Deals
  
  Saudi Aramco, the world's top oil producer, is looking to acquire natural gas assets in the United States and is willing to spend "billions of dollars" there as it aims to become a global gas player, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.
• Venezuela Gold Holdings in Bank of England Soar
  
  Venezuela's gold holdings in the Bank of England have jumped after it closed out a gold swap deal with Deutsche Bank, according to two sources, as Britain remains reluctant to release gold held for the troubled OPEC nation.
• Shifting Buyer Base May Be Bond-Market Achilles Heel
  
  As the U.S. government blows through its crisis-era borrowing record, surpassing $1 trillion a year in debt sales, it's relying on creditors who could make its deficit-financing even more costly.
• China's Economy Slows to Weakest Pace Since 2009
  
  China's economy expanded at the slowest pace since the global financial crisis, as a domestic financial clean-up, weakening global demand and trade conflict with the U.S. all dampened momentum.
• China Economic Slump Curbs Consumer Spending
  
  The downturn is squeezing urban workers and entrepreneurs the ruling Communist Party is counting on to help transform China from a low-wage factory into a prosperous consumer market.
• Russia Tops China to Be World's 5th Biggest Gold Holder
  
  Russia has overtaken China to become the world's fifth largest official sector holder of gold as Western sanctions drove buying by its central bank to record highs in 2018, its data showed on Friday.
• MIT, Stanford Design Cryptocurrency to Better Bitcoin
  
  Some of the brightest minds in America are pooling their brain power to create a cryptocurrency that's designed to do what Bitcoin has proved incapable of: processing thousands of transactions a second.
• Daily Bitcoin Transactions on Darknet Doubled to $2M
  
  Use of bitcoin as a form of payment doubled in 2018 on darknet market sites, where users can buy anything from illegal drugs to fake IDs, even though the price of the cryptocurrency crashed, according to a study by data firm Chainalysis.
• Putin Push to Dump Dollar Hard Sell With Russia Inc.
  
  Russia's central bank dumped $101 billion last year in its biggest-ever shift away from the U.S. currency amid fears of new sanctions.
• Sam Zell Buys Gold for First Time in Bet on Tight Supply
  
  Gold's dimming supply prospects have caught the eye of one billionaire.
• Saudi Aramco Refinery Hiring Advisers on $5B Project
  
  Satorp, the joint venture between Saudi Aramco and Total SA, hired Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Riyad Bank to help raise funds to develop a petrochemical facility in the kingdom, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
• OPEC Oil Output Falls Most in 2 Years on Saudi Cuts
  
  OPEC's oil production fell by the most in almost two years as leading member Saudi Arabia made an early start on an initiative to prevent a surplus.
• Economic Brain Trust Backs Carbon Tax
  
  An all-star lineup of economists, from Alan Greenspan to Paul Volcker, are endorsing a plan to combat climate change by slapping a tax on greenhouse gas emissions and then distributing the revenue to American households.
• Europe Curbs Steel Imports to Counter US Trade Policies
  
  The European Union will limit imports of steel into the bloc following U.S. President Donald Trump's imposition of metals tariffs after EU governments backed the plan in a vote on Wednesday.
• UBS: Investors Betting on China Face 'Tough Year'
  
  Investors betting on China's stocks rarely react to the nation's economic releases, even to the key ones such as the gross domestic product.
• Will US' March to Energy Dominance Continue?
  
  So, will we continue our march toward energy dominance in 2019, or will we pull back based on some of the factors outlined above?
• Brexit Uncertainty, Confidence Vote Stir Corporate Fear
  
  The government’s latest late-night attempt to give reassurances after a serious Brexit setback hasn’t stemmed a further outpouring of disappointment and concern from corporate leaders.
• China's Record $83B Injection Stokes Economic Fears
  
  China's central bank injected a record $83 billion into the country's financial system on Wednesday, seeking to avoid a cash crunch that would put further pressure on the weakening economy.
• Euro Dips as Brexit Vote Bolsters Pound
  
  The euro hit a seven-week low against the pound and fell against the dollar on Wednesday, pushed lower by worries about the euro zone economy while sterling was strong ahead of a no-confidence vote on British Prime Minister Theresa May's government.
• PG&E Shares, Bonds Plunge After Interest Payment Missed
  
  PG&E Corp. bonds and shares plummeted after the California power company failed to make a $21.6 million interest payment due Tuesday on its 2040 senior notes, as it planned to seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
• PG&E Bankruptcy May Be California's Utility Fix
  
  For days, California Governor Gavin Newsom and lawmakers deflected questions about what they'd do to keep the state's largest utility, PG&E Corp., from going under.
• China to Cut Taxes, Stabilize Currency Amid Slowdown
  
  Senior Chinese economic officials say they will slash taxes, step up spending and help resolve financing problems of private and small enterprise to help counter the country's worst slowdown since the global financial crisis.
• Saudi Aramco Set to Issue $10B Bond for Sabic Deal
  
  Saudi Aramco could tap the bond market for about $10 billion to help fund the acquisition of petrochemicals giant Saudi Basic Industries Corp., according to the country's Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih.
• Trump Can't Stop US Coal Plants From Retiring
  
  More U.S. coal-fired power plants were shut in President Donald Trump's first two years than were retired in the whole of Barack Obama's first term, despite the Republican's efforts to prop up the industry to keep a campaign promise to coal-mining states.
• Newmont Buys Goldcorp for $10B to Be Top Gold Miner
  
  Newmont Mining Corp. said on Monday it would buy smaller rival Goldcorp Inc. in a deal worth $10 billion, creating the world’s biggest gold producer in the face of dwindling easy-to-find reserves of the precious metal.

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