According to Business Insider: Amazon (AMZN.O) is looking to launch an Alexa paid plan on June 30.

Raghavan, co-head of investment banking at JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N): It will take time for European market sentiment to recover.

Raghavan, co-head of investment banking at JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N): The Middle East is a key growth area.

French President Macron: The EU needs investment and may need more euro bonds.

French President Macron: Plans to make France more attractive to businesses.

French President Macron: In order for Russia not to win in Ukraine, 2024 will be a critical year for Europeans, regardless of the results of the US election.

Trader: The Argentine peso fell 5.6% to a record low of 1,250 against the dollar on the parallel black market, and the gap with official data widened to 52.7%.

Tip: The speech of European Central Bank President Lagarde has not been released yet.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: Supports a bipartisan tax agreement.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: U.S. President Biden has made it clear that he is willing to solve the border issue.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Schumer: If everyone cooperates in good faith, temporary spending measures can be passed tomorrow.

The United States and Mexico will hold cabinet-level immigration talks in Washington on Friday.

Serbian President Vucic: The next government may reconsider Rio Tinto Group’s lithium project.

The U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction as of January 17th - the winning interest rate was 5.185%, compared with the previous value of 5.18%.

SpaceX: The launch of the AX-3 mission is now scheduled for January 18.

Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist of the National Retail Federation: Consumer spending will show very strong resilience in 2023.

National Retail Federation: Survey data shows that holiday sales increased by 3.8% in 2023, reaching a record high of $964.4 billion.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Negotiators are making progress in border talks.

[The Italian government provides 1.2 billion euros in EU funds to the Emilia-Romagna region for post-disaster reconstruction] On the 17th local time, European Commission President von der Leyen visited the Emilia-Romagna region in Italy and met with Italian Prime Minister May Loni holds talks. During this period, the Italian government signed an agreement with the Emilia-Romagna region to use 1.2 billion euros of EU funds to provide economic assistance for post-disaster reconstruction in the Emilia-Romagna region, which suffered severe floods in May 2023. In May 2023, heavy rainfall caused floods in the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy, killing more than a dozen people and causing economic losses of billions of euros.