'Backlash & Buyouts'

What You Need To Know

Today’s posts that caught my eye:

1. U.S. consumer confidence declined for a second straight month in January in the Conference Board survey, falling to 104.1 from an upwardly revised 109.5 in December.

2. Meta has been offering creators as much as $300,000 over six months to post short-form videos to Instagram instead of TikTok.

3. Utah students barred from bringi…