Jon Corzine’s plotting his Wall Street comeback, and he’s planning on using the unpredictable nature of the new administration to help him (and his new hedge fund) get there – NYTimes

Speaking of the White House, it took the first steps yesterday toward an overhaul of Nafta. The extent of the renegotiations, however, is far from certain – WSJ and NYTimes

Mpls Fed Chief Neel Kashkari with a hot take on why asset-bubble spotting is so hard in real time – Medium

Leon Cooperman and his Omega Advisors fund have agreed to resolve an SEC suit accusing him of violating insider-trading laws, despite early promises of fighting until the bitter end. Cooperman and Omega will cough up $5 million in the deal, but they won’t have to admit wrongdoing or be barred from the industry – NYTimes and WSJ and Law360

Publicly, Japan’s SoftBank has been on a role, lately, snapping up companies and dropping massive investments left and right.  Behind the scenes, an alleged group of unhappy shareholders is causing trouble for the telecomm titan over some reportedly suspect deals in India – WSJ

A N.D. Cal. judge indicated that he’s likely to approve a $142 million settlement between Wells Fargo and the class of owners of the 3.5 million unauthorized accounts that the bank opened – Law360

Mercedes is gunning for Tesla.  Not on the roads, but in homes. It’s all about batteries, baby – NYTimes

Basquiat, ladies and gentlemen.  The $110.5-million-dollar man (a new record for an American artist) – NYTimes

We may soon be thanking an unlikely source for its help in defeating antibiotic-resistant bacteria:  varanus komodoensis, aka the Komodo Dragon– Bloomberg

Have a good weekend.