Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow and we do have some breaking news in the North Atlantic. A U.S. official saying U.S. forces have boarded a Venezuela-linked sanctioned oil tanker after pursuing it for weeks. This is according to the Associated Press and it's the latest development in a nautical hunt. That's involved the U.S. Coast Guard as well as American and U.K.
surveillance aircraft. And we'll have more on Venezuela in just a moment. But first, hiring at U.S. companies rose in December at a moderate pace, pointing to sluggish momentum heading into 2026. Private sector payrolls increased by 41,000, according to ADP research data, after declining in the prior month. We get more with Bloomberg's Michael McKee.
Annual pay up 4.4%. The change in private employment, of course, is 41,000. They don't measure what's happening with government. In the goods producing area, down 3,000. Manufacturing off by 5,000. Construction and mining add 1,000 each. Service providing jobs, 44,000. And of course, education and health services leads that pack, 39,000.
But 24,000 leisure and hospitality jobs, we had seen a pullback in that area. in recent months.
And that's Bloomberg's Michael McKee. We get the December jobs numbers from the government on Friday. U.S. mortgage rates fell last week to the lowest level since September 2024, a hopeful sign for the sluggish housing market to start the new year. The contract rate on a 30-year mortgage dropped seven basis points to 6.25 percent in the week ending January 2nd. which included New Year's Day.
Now back to Venezuela, where President Trump said Venezuela would relinquish millions of barrels of oil to the U.S., saying the cargos would be sold with proceeds benefiting both countries. We get more with Bloomberg Breaking News editor Alex Pearson.
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Chapter 2: What recent developments occurred with the Venezuela-linked tanker?
Sources tell Bloomberg that President Trump could meet with energy executives at the White House this week as he seeks their help in rebuilding Venezuela's oil industry. China accusing the U.S. of a bullying act after President Trump announced millions of barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan crude are headed to the U.S. to be sold for market prices.
Bloomberg's Lauren Duszynski reports China had been Venezuela's biggest crude buyer before last month's U.S. blockade.
This is a hit to China, to be clear. ABC is also reporting that the White House wants this political realignment by Venezuela to not only reduce its economic ties to China, but also Russia, Iran, and Cuba. It's this sense of the U.S. is really putting its footprint and fingerprints
on Venezuelan policy and how the country really thinks about itself, both in the hemisphere and globally and its relations.
And as Bloomberg's Lauren Dozenski, who reports the Chinese foreign ministry, put out a statement saying China and other countries have legitimate interests in Venezuela that must be protected. The White House says it's not ruling out military force to acquire Greenland.
Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt put out a statement saying the president is discussing a range of options to take over the Danish territory. We get more with Bloomberg's Sarah Sciolin in Copenhagen.
Greenland has to be quite open, that they are open to do more deals with the U.S., whether it's business, whether it's travel, any other really ties. Greenland is open for it. What they don't want is to become an American state. They really want to be their own people. They want to be part of Denmark for now. But what they're looking for long term is independence.
But that's not where we are at the moment.
And that's Bloomberg's Sarah Sciolin in Copenhagen. The Wall Street Journal reports Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers this week President Trump wants to buy Greenland from Denmark.
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Chapter 3: How did U.S. private payrolls change in December?
Former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin told Bloomberg a U.S. attack on the island would be a red line for Europe. Nick Reiner is set to be arraigned and enter a plea today in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michelle Singer Reiner. Warner Bros.
Discovery has determined that an amended takeover offer from Paramount Skydance is inferior to the deal it already has in place with Netflix. The media company's board of directors told shareholders to stick with a rival offer from Netflix, saying Paramount's offer provides insufficient value and that it has doubts that Paramount will be able to close the deal.
Argentina struck a repurchase agreement or repo with a group of banks totaling $3 billion to help cover a $4.3 billion sovereign debt payment due this week. And shares of Ventix Bioscience jumped. The Wall Street Journal reporting the San Diego-based biotech company is in advanced talks to be acquired by Eli Lilly for more than $1 billion. Futures this morning, they're little changed.
S&P and Dow futures, Nasdaq futures down 0.2% and the 10-year Treasury yield 4.12 percent. NYMEX crude oil is down seven-tenths of a percent. That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Karen Moscow and this is Bloomberg.
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