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• ‘Climate of fear’: ICE violence in Minnesota forces CEOs to weigh the risks of speaking out against Trump - Minneapolis has become the testing ground for when and how far corporate leaders will wade into escalating political tensions.
• JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America to match $1,000 U.S. contributions to employee 'Trump accounts' - Financial firms dominate the list of companies that are matching contributions for the
• From Bill Gates to Emmanuel Macron: How the world’s most powerful people communicate and exert influence - "It's the performance, not the content... it's not what you say, it's the way that you say it," executive coach René Carayol tells CNBC about how leaders speak.
• Investors went to Davos for AI. They left talking about Greenland - Two Davos's emerged: one chasing AI’s future, the other gripped by Greenland, tariffs and the geopolitical risks reshaping investor playbooks.
• I spent the week with tech CEOs. Here's what they're talking about - Four themes were top of mind for tech executives at Davos, and they were all about AI.
• Sen. Warren blasts CFPB director for undermining Trump's credit card affordability push - Sen. Elizabeth Warren seized on contradictions within the Trump administration when it comes to his push to make credit cards more affordable for Americans.
• Wall Street braced for a private credit meltdown. The risk of one is rising - Private credit is expected to grow from $3.4 trillion in 2025 to an estimated $4.9 trillion by 2029. Wall Street is starting to raise alarms about the risks.
• Trump signed his Gaza 'Board of Peace' into being. Here's who's on it — and who isn't - European nations did not attend Trump's "Board of Peace," signing at the World Economic Forum in Davis, Switzerland.
• Capital One is buying startup Brex for $5.15 billion in credit card firm's latest deal - Capital One's acquisition of Brex is the latest deal under Rich Fairbank, a rare founder-CEO of a major U.S. bank, after its Discover Financial deal last year.
• Trump sues Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase over alleged 'political' debanking - Chase Bank closed Trump's accounts on the heels of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot and the president exiting the White House later that same month.