• Rejection puts EU in a bind. Faced with a damaging no-deal departure, the bloc must now decide whether to offer any concessions to Britain to secure an agreement and avoid an Irish border. 

William Barr issued a forceful defense of the Mueller probe. President Trump's attorney general choice sought to allay Democrats’ concerns that he might curtail Robert Mueller’s probe at the behest of Mr. Trump. At his confirmation hearing, Mr. Barr said he views Mr. Mueller as a fair-minded investigator. Here’s a look at where Mr. Barr stands on key issues.

Big banks find the sweet spot in higher rates. The Federal Reserve’s decision to raise its short-term rate four times in 2018 helped lift revenue at JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo during the last three months of the year, as the higher rates have yet to hit the bank's bottom lines.

• Goldman Sachs, Bank of America and BlackRock will report earnings before the bell. 

White House tries to shake Democrats' resolve. As the partial federal government shutdown continues, the Trump administration is working to peel off rank-and-file Democrats from the party leadership to pick up votes for the president’s proposed border wall, but it is finding little appetite from caucus members to negotiate on their own.

• Shutdown is a "hellacious situation." Federal contractors are feeling the squeeze as their lines of credit become exhausted and they face having to lay off workers. 

Trade war tops global risks, the World Economic Forum says. The threat of a full-blown global trade war and rising political tensions between world powers are the dominant global risks, according to a report by the organizers of the Davos gathering.

How to make money trading: Hack into the SEC and peek at 157 secret earnings reports. U.S. authorities charged overseas traders with breaking into a government computer system that stores market-moving corporate data, a breach that raised questions about the government’s ability to protect sensitive data in a relentless era of computer hacking.

Netflix is raising the prices on all of its subscription plans. The streaming giant's most popular plan will increase to $13 a month, up from $11, as Netflix looks to maintain its aggressive spending on content in the face of stepped-up competition.

• Investors are chill about the price hikes. Investors are right to feel confident that Netflix's loyal subscribers will largely tolerate the increase, writes Heard on the Street's Elizabeth Winkler.

Walmart could leave CVS Caremark pharmacy networks. A dispute over the cost of filing prescriptions could result in a split between the retail behemoth and the health-care giant, affecting people whose employers have CVS Caremark-administered drug benefits, as well as Medicaid enrollees with CVS drug coverage.

Detroit auto show tries to give a fresh start to the industry. The event will spend the next two weeks doing what it has done for more than a century: Showing off the latest car models. Check out our latest news from the event, including a new Toyota Supra and the effect of Ghosn's absence.

For children with cancer, hope for new treatments. A law requiring pharmaceuticals companies to test cancer drugs on children as well as adults is raising hopes for more therapies, with some firms already planning children’s drug trials for this year.

America’s electric grid has a vulnerable back door. And Russia walked right through it. The Journal reconstructed the worst known hack into the nation’s power system, revealing attacks on hundreds of small contractors.

The rules of the public divorce announcement have changed. Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos’ Twitter statement announcing their divorce “after a long period of loving exploration” provides a road map for couples navigating a breakup in the social-media era, Elizabeth Bernstein writes.

Huawei’s founder: We aren’t spies for China. The CEO of the Chinese tech giant said his company would never spy for the nation, in a rare public appearance following the arrest in Canada of his daughter, the company’s financial chief.

Apple’s next move: Be more like Microsoft. Now that Apple is on the defensive, its walled garden approach to services might be holding the company back from reaching vital audiences, Christopher Mims writes.

The world’s first robot hotel has some regrets. Japan’s Henn na, or “Strange,” Hotel has laid off more than half of its 243 robots because they weren’t particularly good at hospitality. Many created more work for the hotel than reduced it.

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