Consumer Credit Growth Accelerates Sharply in December Signaling Robust Spending US Retail Sales Surpass Expectations Amid Robust Consumer Demand Chip Companies Turn to Photonics to Tackle AI Data Transfer Bottleneck US Secures Strategic Rare Earth Access Through Greenland Deposit Agreement US Retail Sales Stagnate in December Missing Expectations of Growth AnheuserBusch InBev Shares Slip as Quarterly Sales Miss Analyst Estimates US REIT MA Activity Accelerates as PublictoPublic Deals Dominate