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• Germany's Maas skeptical on UK-Ireland talks solving Brexit deadlock

  German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said on Sunday it was unclear how any talks between Britain and Ireland on resolving the question of the Irish backstop could help the European Union's deal with London on Brexit. British Prime Minister Theresa May is to set out her plans for Brexit on Monday after UK lawmakers rejected her deal with the EU last week, throwing the process into disarray. Asked by ZDF television about media reports on May's possible talks with the Irish government, Maas said the idea seemed "creative", but it was unclear how it would work.

  
  

• Colombia's Transandino oil pipeline hit by bomb attack: Ecopetrol

  Colombian state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA said on Sunday a bomb attack on the Transandino pipeline caused spillage in southwestern Narino close to the border with Ecuador. Ecopetrol did not say who was responsible for the bombing or when the pipeline would return to service.     The 306-km (190-mile) Trasandino pipeline has capacity to transport about 85,000 barrels of crude daily from fields in Putumayo Province to the Pacific Ocean port of Tumaco, from where it is exported.     Colombia's southern region has extensive coca crops and laboratories to produce cocaine. Rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), dissidents of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and criminal gangs also fight for territorial control in the area.     The ELN frequently attacks oil and energy infrastructure in the area.

  
  

• Berkshire's lithium venture may supply U.S. automakers, including Tesla: FT

  The venture has been in talks to supply Tesla Inc with lithium, a component for batteries to power electric cars, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the company. Berkshire Hathaway's geothermal wells could produce up to 90,000 tonnes of lithium a year worth $1.5 billion at current prices, the report said, citing a fundraising document.

  
  

• Bomb blasts rock Syria's Damascus and Afrin

  A bomb blast hit Damascus on Sunday, in a rare attack in the Syrian capital that has been largely insulated from violence during nearly eight years of war. The explosion came as another bomb in the northern city of Afrin killed three people and wounded nine others, according to a war monitor, on the first anniversary of a Turkish offensive on the Kurdish-majority region. Also on Sunday Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Syria after Damascus accused the Jewish state of carrying out air raids on the south of the country.

  
  

• Oklahoma sorority sister booted for 'senseless act of racism' after blackface video

  An University of Oklahoma sorority said it has ousted a member who filmed a blackface video that outraged students across the school's sprawling campus.

  
  

• Covington Catholic could expel students who taunted Native American man in viral video

  Covington Catholic said it would take appropriate action against its students seen in a video taunting a Native American man.

  
  

• Native American veteran: 'Mob mentality' in students seen in viral video was 'scary'

  In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Native American leader Nathan Phillips of Ypsilanti describes incident with students caught on video.

  
  

• The Insanely Pricey Features of Luxury Motorhomes

  Today's most expensive motorhomes come with outrageous upgrades.

  
  

• Here's Where Things Went Wrong With Overstock in 2018

  Two big trends sent shares down almost 80% last year.

  
  

• Holocaust victims laid to rest in Britain

  The remains of six Holocaust victims who were murdered at the Auschwitz death camp were laid to rest in Britain on Sunday. It was the first funeral service in Britain for victims of the Holocaust. Around 50 Holocaust survivors were in attendance.

  
  

• Two feet of snow, -40 degrees possible as storm roars East

  A blast of winter that dropped more than a foot of snow in parts of the Midwest grew more angry as it roared east on Sunday.

  
  

• There are three models of Samsung Galaxy S10 and a photo of all three apparently leaked

  Samsung is supposed to lift the veil off of its next-gen Galaxy S10 smartphone on Feb. 20 at an Unpacked event. Unfortunately, the internet got there first. Details about the various models of S10 have been leaking out since last summer, but this newest development just straight-up shows us what they look like. There are three models in all, and they're encased in see-through plastic cases in the allegedly leaked image. SEE ALSO: Samsung's foldable phone to arrive in the first half of 2019 The leak comes by way of Evan Blass, who has a good track record of sharing stuff like this ahead of formal reveals. Read more... More about Tech, Samsung, Smartphones, Galaxy S10, and Tech

  
  

• The Finance Prof. Who Says Bitcoin’s Going to ‘Bite The Dust’ Is Wrong

  By CCN.com: Kevin Dowd is a Professor of Finance and Economics in the Business School at Durham University, Northeast England, and the co-author of the 2015 paper “Bitcoin Will Bite the Dust,” along with market analyst and author, Martin Hutchinson, for the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington DC. CoinDesk published an op-ed by Dowd Monday,

  
  

• Americans take stock of shutdown's everyday effects

  You and your loved ones aren't federal employees or contractors, and you don't live in a setting or have a job closely tied to government programs. So what does the government shutdown have to do with you?

  
  

• Climate combat: Democrats say Pentagon puts troops at risk by downplaying global warming

  Democrats are confronting the Trump administration on climate change. The latest flareup is over a Pentagon report detailing risks of a warming planet.

  
  

• Flash freeze of melting snowstorm seen icing over U.S. Northeast

  "Any water that remains on the road will freeze into a sheet of ice and make conditions quite hazardous," said Rich Otto, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service (NWS). Sub-zero temperatures tied to gusting winds prompted the NWS to issue wind chill advisories and warnings for more than 10 states, from North Dakota and other parts of the central United States to East Coast metropolitan centers including Washington, New York and Boston. It will be a roller-coaster ride for temperatures, with Sunday's warm start melting overnight snow and threatening flooding in areas including southeastern Massachusetts.

  
  

• AP Exclusive: Vatican knew of Argentine bishop misconduct

  ORAN, Argentina (AP) — The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that an Argentine bishop close to Pope Francis had taken naked selfies, exhibited "obscene" behavior and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians, his former vicar general told The Associated Press, undermining Vatican claims that allegations of sexual abuse were only made a few months ago.

  
  

• North Korean art troupe to visit China: state media

  BEIJING (Reuters) - A North Korean art troupe will visit China starting on Wednesday, Chinese state media said on Sunday. The troupe will led by Ri Su Yong, a vice-chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's Central Committee and director of its International Department, the official Xinhua news agency said, without providing other details. China has sought to remain front and center in diplomatic efforts over Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the fourth time earlier this month, ahead of Kim's second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. ...

  
  

• Rudy Giuliani says he is '100 percent certain' President Trump did not tell Cohen to lie to Congress

  The president's attorney also said the Trump may have discussed a Trump Tower Moscow project with Cohen up until the 2016 election.

  
  

• 'Not a 2,000-mile concrete structure from sea to sea': Is Trump scaling back border wall plan?

  Those across the nation who tuned in to watch President Donald Trump's proposal on Saturday to end the 28-day shutdown took issue with one particular line of the 13-minute address.

  
  

• Is The Demise of Euro Inevitable? Analyst Says it Can Trigger a Devastating Collapse

  By CCN.com: As the eurozone economy slows down and the European Central Bank (ECB) run out of ways to fuel the market, market strategist Russell Napier has said the euro may be in trouble. Speaking to FT, the analyst firmly stated that the global monetary system is beginning to show serious vulnerabilities, noting that the

  
  

• Stock Market Power Rankings: Microsoft Throws in the Mobile Towel

  They're big, beautiful, and ranked from 1 to 50.

  
  

• Bomb blast in a bus kills 3 civilians in Syria's Afrin: monitor

  A bomb blast in a bus killed three civilians Sunday in the northern Syrian city of Afrin on the first anniversary of a Turkish attack on the Kurdish-majority region, a war monitor said. Nine other people, including fighters, were wounded in the explosion, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdel Rahman, told AFP. Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March last year after a two-month air and ground offensive.

  
  

• Democrats aren't buying Trump's shutdown-ending 'compromise'

  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a bid to break the shutdown stalemate, President Donald Trump offered to extend temporary protections for young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children and those fleeing disaster zones in exchange for his long-promised border wall. But while Trump cast the move as a "commonsense compromise," Democrats were quick to dismiss it as a "nonstarter."

  
  

• Virginia investor tries to curb Dominion's influence

  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Rich people using their wealth to try to influence politics is nothing new, but not many launch multimillion-dollar crusades against their local electric company.

  
  

• Will Berkshire Hathaway Finally Pay a Dividend in 2019?

  Warren Buffett has never paid a dividend before, but some think now might be the time.

  
  

• Oil Companies Spent $84 Billion on This Surprising Activity in 2018

  It was the most the industry spent in this area since crude was over $100 a barrel.

  
  

• Better Buy: AbbVie vs. Johnson & Johnson

  Which stock wins in a one-on-one matchup between these two big drugmakers?

  
  

• Is Aphria a Buy?

  This beaten-down Canadian marijuana stock faces big risks -- but it could also deliver big rewards.

  
  

• Saudi-led coalition's planes pound Yemen's capital

  ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Saudi-led forces launched overnight air strikes on Yemen's capital, described by one resident on Sunday as the worst in a year, as the United Nations struggles to implement a peace deal. A spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said its warplanes attacked seven military facilities used for drone operations in Sanaa, which is held by rival Houthi forces. Yemen's nearly four-year-old civil war, which pits the Iran-aligned Houthi movement against the Saudi-backed government of Abd-Rabu Mansour Hadi, has killed tens of thousands and left millions on the brink of starvation.

  
  

• Top 5 Crypto Performers Overview: Binance Coin, Cardano, IOTA, Neo, Tron

  Bitcoin (BTC) has proven to be in high demand among citizens of smaller nations like Venezuela, whose economic conditions have been adversely affecting their fiat currencies. Now, cryptocurrencies will face another test with the impending Brexit deal. With such uncertainty, will the market participants turn towards cryptocurrencies as an alternative source of investment or stick to the classical investment vehicles?

  
  

• May plans next move in Brexit fight as chances rise of delay

  LONDON (AP) — As Prime Minister Theresa May prepared her next move in Britain's deadlocked Brexit battle, a senior opposition politician said Sunday that it's unlikely the U.K. will leave the European Union as scheduled on March 29.

  
  

• What Are Crypto Executives Still Positive About After Massive 80% Bitcoin Drop?

  By CCN.com: In 2018, with the exception of Bitcoin and several other crypto assets, the majority of cryptocurrencies fell by more than 90 percent against the U.S. dollar. Executives in the crypto space, especially those leading new initiatives and businesses in the emerging industry, believe that the bear market has presented companies with positive opportunities

  
  

• Lebanon uses Arab summit to call for return of Syria refugees

  It also proposed the creation of an Arab bank to finance reconstruction in Arab countries devastated by conflicts such as Syria and Yemen. President Michel Aoun made the calls at the opening of the fourth annual Arab Economic and Social Development Summit, which was marred by the glaring absence of most Arab heads of state. "Lebanon calls on the international community to make all efforts possible and provide suitable conditions for a safe return of displaced Syrians... without linking that to a political solution," Aoun said.

  
  

• France Downplays a Renault-Nissan Merger as Ghosn Stays in Jail

  “No shareholding re-balancing or modification of cross shareholdings between Renault and Nissan are on the table,” Bruno Le Maire told Journal du Dimanche in an interview published late Saturday. France wants “solid and stable” governance at the helm of Renault, he said.

  
  

• Is Cognex a Buy?

  The machine vision company had a disappointing 2018, but its long-term growth prospects remain intact.

  
  

• Only 3% of Social Security Recipients Are Taking Advantage of This Benefit-Boosting Move

  Hint: It's all a matter of timing.

  
  

• Fund Managers Who Called China Stock Bottom See More Gains Ahead

  Since the start of November, the MSCI China Index of the nation’s shares has rebounded more than 7 percent. For Christian Nolting, global chief investment officer, and Tuan Huynh, chief investment officer for Asia-Pacific, those gains are just the start. China’s A shares will lead an advance among Asia ex-Japan equities this year, the two money managers say.

  
  

• Facebook backs election integrity, AI initiatives in Germany

  Facebook has launched German initiatives to defend election integrity and examine the ethics of artificial intelligence (AI), its operations chief said on Sunday, seeking to convince skeptics it is serious about privacy and democracy. The world's largest social network had a tough 2018 as it was buffeted by revelations that UK consultancy Cambridge Analytica had improperly acquired data on millions of its U.S. users to target election advertising. Founder Mark Zuckerberg has been grilled by lawmakers on the data lapses and, according to newspaper reports, U.S. regulators are discussing fining Facebook for violating a binding agreement to protect the privacy of its users.

  
  

• This South Carolina megachurch bought its pastor a $1.8M house. Here's why

  Relentless Church Pastor John Gray is living in a $1.8 million house in Greenville County, and it was paid for by the church.

  
  

• Hodler’s Digest, Jan. 14–20: Top Stories, Price Movements, Quotes and FUD of the Week

  Ethereum’s (ETH) Constantinople hard fork has been delayed until late February after smart contract audit firm ChainSecurity found a security vulnerability allowing a reentrancy attack. The security bug found would potentially let an attacker steal crypto from a smart contract on the network while requesting funds from it repeatedly while feeding it false data. In the aftermath of the discovery, Ethereum developers said that the activation would instead take place at block number 7,280.000, which is expected to be mined on Feb. 27, 2019, instead of in January.

  
  

• Lack of ETNs Keeps Wall Street Away From Bitcoin, Says CBOE Analyst Ed Tilly

  Ed Tilly, CEO, president and chairman at the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE), declared that there is a need for Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded notes (ETNs) in order for Wall Street institutional investors to join the crypto space. According to the aforementioned article, Tilly declared that “the growth of Bitcoin in listed markets is still hamstrung by the lack of a trading product geared toward mom-and-pop investors.” According to him, Bitcoin futures did not see substantial growth because of the lack of a note or tracker tied to BTC that retail customers could trade.

  
  

• Israel and Chad renew diplomatic ties as Netanyahu visits

  N'Djamena (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the majority-Muslim nation of Chad Sunday for what he called a "historic" trip, as the two countries restored diplomatic ties after a decades-long break. The Israeli leader said it was the start of a push to restore his country's standing in the Islamic world. Netanyahu and Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno have "announced the renewal of diplomatic relations between Chad and Israel", a statement from the Israeli premier's office said, shortly after he arrived in N'djamena.

  
  

• 3 Ways Your Small Business Is Wasting Money

  It's time to stop throwing away cash.

  
  

• Earnings: 2 Hot Stocks to Watch This Week

  These two companies' stocks have significantly outperformed the market over the past 12 months. Can they keep impressing?

  
  

• Autonomous cars? Not yet. Digital cockpits, assisted driving the latest auto tech focus

  Automakers and tech companies are shifting toward valuable, practical, and safety-focused enhancements to the driving experience.

  
  

• 3 Stocks to Tap the Connected TV Boom

  Investors can get in on this massive trend.

  
  

• This Might Be the Best Marijuana Stock on the Market

  Great growth prospects and lower risk than most. What more could you ask for in a marijuana stock?

  
  

• 3 Healthcare Stocks Hitting 52-Week Highs: Are They Buys?

  Can the sizzling momentum continue for these high-flying healthcare stocks?

  
  

• Better Marijuana Stock: Origin House vs. Organigram Holdings

  Two small-cap marijuana stocks with huge potential. Which wins in a head-to-head matchup?