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Modella Capital, a UK restructuring-focused investor, bought Claire's and The Original Factory Shop within the last year; the chains now face expected collapse with about 2,550 jobs at risk.

China Vanke is preparing a debt restructuring plan at the request of authorities, a step that would likely suspend payments and be treated as a default. Beijing must approve the plan before it is sent to creditors, and holders have given a local note a 30‑trading‑day reprieve through late January.

City, tribal and state officials issued emergency and disaster declarations as an atmospheric river is forecast to bring snow then rain to Juneau, raising flood, landslide and avalanche concerns and prompting coordination for resources.

Grocery sales at J Sainsbury rose 5.4% in the third quarter ended Jan. 3, while overall like-for-like sales excluding fuel increased 3.4%, below analysts' expectations as weaker clothing and electricals weighed on results.

The government is expected to announce a climbdown that would ease planned business rate increases for pubs in England; retail, pharmacy, music venue and leisure groups say any relief should be extended to them as well.

Storm Goretti brought thundersnow to parts of Wales, prompting an amber snow warning and causing school closures, power outages and transport disruptions.

Vice President Cevdet Yilmaz said Turkey will not relax its tight economic policy despite easing inflation, and officials expect disinflation with fiscal support to sustain monetary policy.

The New York Times reports John Ternus, Apple's hardware engineering chief, is the leading internal candidate to replace Tim Cook; Cook has not announced a retirement date.

The article says analysts give both Rivian and Tesla a Hold consensus, and average analyst targets imply roughly 13% downside for Rivian and about 6% downside for Tesla.

A study sampling water every six hours above a Red Sea reef found that coral reefs impose clear daily cycles on nearby microbial communities, with midday peaks in Symbiodiniaceae signals and nighttime increases in microscopic predators.

Shop price inflation in Britain rose to 0.7% year-on-year in December, up from 0.6% in November, driven mainly by a 3.3% annual increase in food prices.

About 2,000 adult European oysters and 30,000 juvenile spat were placed on the Belfast Lough seabed in a first-of-its-kind seabed deployment in Northern Ireland, led by Ulster Wildlife with support from Belfast Harbour and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

Anne Hughes, who went viral after CCTV showed her being hoisted by shop shutters in March 2024, has died, her family told BBC Wales.

GM said it will record an additional $6 billion charge tied to its electric-vehicle business for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2025, and will provide more details when it reports earnings on Jan. 27, 2026.

Peacock is adding Dolby audio and visual features, including AC-4 audio personalization that the company says will let viewers turn off commentary within the Peacock app. The feature will not be available on traditional TV broadcasts.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s December-quarter revenue rose about 20% to NT$1.05 trillion, above Bloomberg-based estimates, and the company will report full quarterly results and a 2026 capital spending forecast next week.

Wearable devices now track sleep and many other health metrics for millions of people, and experts say the same data that can detect serious issues can also increase stress or anxiety for some users.

Flutterwave bought Nigerian open-banking startup Mono to access financial-data infrastructure and improve identity verification, its CEO said. He added the deal is intended to boost earnings, lower certain transaction costs and strengthen the company's case for a possible IPO.

Albertsons narrowed its fiscal-year adjusted earnings guidance and said Medicare drug price negotiation will reduce reported pharmacy sales, cutting fourth-quarter identical sales by an estimated 65 to 70 basis points.

Breanna Stewart said no further extension is expected before the Jan. 9 CBA deadline, and both sides plan to keep negotiating in good faith while the league would operate under status quo if the CBA expires.

NPR Music's New Music Friday episode highlights five albums released Jan. 9, 2026, with host Stephen Thompson and guest Celia Gregory of WNXP. The episode features short clips, commentary and links to playlists of singles from the featured albums.

South Korea will extend foreign-exchange trading to 24 hours from July and introduce an offshore won settlement system while easing rules for foreign institutions, with some newly registered firms allowed to trade immediately under temporary reporting waivers.

EU country representatives are expected to vote on a long-delayed trade agreement with Mercosur, potentially clearing the way for a signing in Paraguay next week. France has announced it will vote against the treaty.

Goldman Sachs said Venezuelan oil production could recover gradually and partially over the long term but would require substantial investment; the US capture of President Nicolás Maduro and statements about US-backed rebuilding of the oil sector were cited in recent reporting.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company is seeing "very high" customer demand in China for its H200 AI chips and that production has restarted while final export-license details are being worked out with the U.S. government.

The House fell short of the two-thirds majority Thursday needed to override President Trump's vetoes of two bipartisan bills: one to finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit water project and another involving Miccosukee Tribe land.

Chloé Zhao's film Hamnet, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's novel and co-written with her, imagines the grief of William Shakespeare and his wife after their son Hamnet's death and features performances by Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting extreme to catastrophic fire danger across all parts of Victoria on Friday as a severe heat wave moves east; thunderstorms with dry lightning and strong gusts are expected to raise the fire risk.

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said the ICE agent's shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis was 'completely justified' from a legal perspective, and officials reported Good attempted to drive at agents.

A PEGI listing shows a title called Life Is Strange: Reunion describing Max and Chloe reuniting; the entry notes implied violence and a scene involving a spiked drink, and it lists PS5 as the platform.