Here are the headlines you Need 2 Know for Wednesday, January 15, 2020:
SPOILER ALERT!
* JEOPARDY ‘GOAT’: Ken Jennings is officially the greatest Jeopardy! player of all time. Jennings won the primetime tournament on the Final Jeopardy question about who has the most speeches of a non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy (the answer: Iago from Othello). WATCH
The Federal Trade Commission is suing to block a proposed merger between the two grocery stores. The FTC says the $24.6 billion deal would eliminate competition and lead to higher prices for millions of Americans.
Terecircuits CEO Wayne Rickard explains some of the other companies set to benefit from the Nvidia-led chipmaking rally, including manufacturing and toolmaking companies.
Axios reporter Erin Doherty breaks down the results from the South Carolina primary as former President Trump gets closer to winning the GOP nomination.
Jay Woods of Freedom Capital Markets shares thoughts on how the latest inflation report will impact the market, and why he expects a ‘cascade’ of IPOs if Reddit’s public debut goes well.
During AT&T's widespread outage Thursday, landline phones were a working alternative — which most of the U.S. does not have. Over half of Americans are estimated to have ditched landlines altogether.
Jade Kearney Dube, Founder & CEO of She Matters talks the Symptom Tracker app, cultural competency for healthcare providers, and being a Black woman CEO looking for funding.
