Stocks Rise as Tariff Tensions Cool

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

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Plus: Intel predicts further losses next quarter in after-hours earnings report. And Abbott Laboratories stock fell after missing sales expectations. Katherine Sullivan hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,
0:04.0	Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.
0:10.0	There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain? By performing a
0:21.6	skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused. Being blind
0:26.3	to those gaps is the real miss. Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully
0:31.8	cultivate talent. Here's your closing bell brief for Thursday, January 22nd. I'm Catherine Sullivan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:43.5	U.S. stocks rose today as investors welcomed a pause in tariff threats. President Trump backed off
0:49.6	plans to levy European countries over Greenland. The NASDAQ led the session, climbing 0.9%.
0:55.9	The S&P 500 and the Dow each added 0.6%.
1:00.2	Economic data also supported the mood.
1:03.3	GDP rose 4.4% on an annualized basis in the third quarter, up from its prior estimate.
1:10.4	Among individual companies, Intel reported
1:13.2	a wider loss than expected after the bell today and predicted further losses in the first
1:18.3	quarter as it ramps up spending. The stock was down 6% in after-hours trading. Procter and gamble shares
1:25.5	rose nearly 3%. The maker of everyday goods reported mixed quarterly results with higher revenues and a cut to its earnings outlook.
1:34.0	Abbott Laboratory's stock dropped 10%.
1:36.4	The medical device maker reported quarterly sales that undershot expectations.
1:42.0	And venture global shares jumped 5%. The gas exporter won an arbitration dispute
1:47.1	over liquid natural gas sales. And before we go, note that we had a correction on today's
1:52.8	midday brief. More than 1.2 million people under age 50 died of cancer in the U.S. from 1990 through
1:59.9	23. An earlier version of that podcast incorrectly said the figure applied only died of cancer in the U.S. from 1990 through 2023.
2:06.3	An earlier version of that podcast incorrectly said the figure applied only to colorectal cancer.
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