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A prominent Nicaraguan journalist is in exile, fighting an increasingly repressive regime, in an echo of his late father’s storyhttps://on.wsj.com/2G6aI4T 

The CBO estimates the 35-day shutdown will subtract 0.4 percentage point from annualized first-quarter growth and cost the government $3 billionhttps://on.wsj.com/2G6OuQg 

China’s central bank gave approval for S&P Global to begin offering credit-rating services in the country, the first of the big global rating companies to win such accesshttps://on.wsj.com/2DDUNcn 

Democrats won the shutdown showdown with President Trump, but their success comes with three little-noticed problems, writes @GeraldFSeibhttps://on.wsj.com/2G59kiK 

The Ringer has avoided serialized true-crime podcasts, in part because advertisers are wary of that terrain. "It's like, 'this girl vanished from her farm. What happened?' Presented by Sprite!"https://on.wsj.com/2GaG8XV 

President Trump says there is less than a 50-50 chance lawmakers will strike a deal on border security that he could accepthttps://on.wsj.com/2G2DseK 

Stock markets around the world have started the year on a tear, but many investors wonder how much longer the rally can lasthttps://on.wsj.com/2DCTmLa 

China’s pig population is shrinking, and that’s bad news for American soybean farmershttps://on.wsj.com/2G2z5jE 

Facebook is taking steps to guard against the spread of fake news and misinformation on its platform in coming elections, including creating a searchable database of political adshttps://on.wsj.com/2DEXF8W 

The pope said the meeting would aim to raise awareness of sex abuse and educate bishops in the procedures for preventing and punishing ithttps://on.wsj.com/2G4YF7I 

Bryan Buckley, director of 59 Super Bowl commercials, explains how to make a perfect game-day adhttps://on.wsj.com/2DEBShq 

Trading in the markets has been relatively quiet. This week’s tech earnings, monthly jobs report and trade talks could upend the calm.https://on.wsj.com/2G3qEEY 

China’s buying American soybeans again after a monthslong break, but now it is less dependent on U.S. supplieshttps://on.wsj.com/2G5schx 

If the U.K. leaves the European Union without a deal, companies would have to follow WTO rules; ‘All of it adds cost, and none of it adds value’https://on.wsj.com/2G6XDIn 

Some $1 billion in cryptocurrency hacks has been stolen by two groups of highly sophisticated cyber criminalshttps://on.wsj.com/2G2pYzE 

Nissan's disclosures of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn’s pay are coming under SEC scrutinyhttps://on.wsj.com/2G2ewnD 

Four years after his acrimonious split with ESPN, sports entrepreneur Bill Simmons is building a different kind of networkhttps://on.wsj.com/2G2MZSY 

Some investors blame the stock market’s volatility on the Federal Reserve shrinking its bond portfolio, but the critique puzzles Fed officialshttps://on.wsj.com/2DCKpld 

Elizabeth Warren sees the assault on big banks she began during the financial crisis as a cause requiring relentless vigilancehttps://on.wsj.com/2G5j3pd 

President Trump says if lawmakers fail to provide sufficient wall money, he is open to declaring a national emergencyhttps://on.wsj.com/2DEItZj