What’s News in Markets: Netflix’s Blockbuster Quarter, Oracle Gains, GE Aerospace Jumps

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  Hey listeners, it's Saturday, January 25th.

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  I'm Francesca Fontana for the Wall Street Journal, and this is what's News in Markets, Our look at the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

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  Let's get to it.

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  Welcome back everybo.

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  We had a short trading week this week with Monday off for MLK Day, which was also the day of the inauguration.

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  And President Trump's first week back in the White House has been a pretty good one for the stock market.

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  Trump has reiterated plans to cut corporate taxes and regulations since being sworn in, while also somewhat easing investors worries about tariffs.

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  He told Fox News he would, quote, rather not have to use his tariff plan against China.

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  Plus, this week, traders got to see a strong start to earnings season.

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  More on that in a second.

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  All in all, The S&P 500 notched its first record close of 2025 on Thursday, and all three indexes ended higher for the second week in a row.

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  The Dow rose 2.2%, while the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq each added 1.7%.

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  First up, let's talk about the streaming giant Netflix.

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  Netflix is ramping up US Prices in order to cash in on its surging demand.

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  On Tuesday, the company posted record subscriber gains in the fourth quarter and said that the price tag on its monthly subscriptions will be going up.

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  So let's talk numbers.

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  The Standard with Ads option will cost $7.99 a month, up $1 from $6.99.

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