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• Front-Runners Give Ground as Rivals Make Mark in Iowa (WSJ)
• Republican Cruz bests Trump in Iowa race, Clinton edges out Sanders (Reuters)
• Iowa Narrows the Field (BBG)
• Global stocks snap winning streak as oil pressure returns (Reuters)
• ‘Dark Pool’ Settlements Bring Tangled Relationships to Light (WSJ)
• BP Shares Plunge on Steep Loss Amid Oil Price Slide (WSJ)
• UBS Shares Tank on Wealth-Management Performance (WSJ)

Scientists in the UK have been given the green light to genetically modify human embryos for the first time. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) regulator has approved a licence for researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London to use gene editing in research.

• Stocks cautious after rocky China data, bonds fly high (Reuters)
• Oil falls on China data, fading prospect of OPEC action (Reuters)
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• Goldman Sachs Employees Shift to Rubio as Bush Support Fades (BBG)
• Four Theories on How Oil Has Hypnotized the Global Stock Market (BBG)
• Global Yields Hit 12-Month Low With Japan 2-Year at Minus 0.16% (BBG)

An insect expert has warned that mosquitoes which carry the Zika virus, have already been spotted in Britain. Biologist Howard Carter claims that the bugs were spotted in Kent and West Sussex, suggesting that the Zika virus could make its way to the UK. RT reports: Carter says he has seen the Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes near Chichester and in other areas of the British countryside. “They are here already and I have seen them myself north of Chichester in West Sussex.

• Unease over Fed rate path dents European stocks (Reuters)
• Global Stocks Pressured After Fed Statement (WSJ)
• Japan's Economy Minister Amari to Resign Over Graft Scandal (BBG)
• Authorities working to clear remaining protesters in Oregon occupation (Reuters)
• China Sharpens Efforts to Halt Money Outflow (WSJ)
• Eurozone January Economic Sentiment Falls Sharply, Hits 5-Mth Low (MNI)
• Glencore Said to Store Oil in Ships Off Singapore Amid Contango (BBG)
• Investors Hedge Bets on Crude-Oil Revival (WSJ)