Be in the know. 25 key reads for Friday…

  1. BofA Analysts Are Turning Bullish on European Online Retailers (bloomberg)
  2. As Fed Nears Next Rate Decision, Its Vice Chair Cites Reasons for Hope (nytimes)
  3. China Stocks Near Bull Market Ahead of Lunar New Year Holidays (bloomberg)
  4. Didi Chuxing’s main app returns to iOS, Android app stores in China (scmp)
  5. Foreign Investors Buy China in Size (chinalastnight)
  6. China unveils new plan to use more robots as population shrinks (scmp)
  7. Jamie Dimon and James Gorman at odds over future rate rises (ft)
  8. Hong Kong property investment activity to bounce back in 2023, analysts say (scmp)
  9. Google Calls In Help From Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. Fight (nytimes)
  10. More People Going Home in China for Lunar New Year Than in 2022 (bloomberg)
  11. Alphabet To Cut 12,000 Jobs, About 6% Of Workforce, After Hiring Spree (investors)
  12. Google Cuts Add to Tech Wipeout That’s Claimed Over 100,000 Jobs (bloomberg)
  13. A veteran investor says the bears have it all wrong, and pessimism is already priced into markets. Here’s where he’s putting his money now that the time-tested playbook for investing in tech stocks has fallen apart. (businessinsider)
  14. ‘China cannot be out, China must be in’: France says it’s diverging with Washington on Beijing ties (cnbc)
  15. Home Depot co-founder warns the ‘woke generation’ is ignoring the economy’s ‘bottom line’ (foxbusiness)
  16. Inside Business. Investors look for bottom of tech sector downturn (ft)
  17. Beijing’s top economic adviser tells Davos CEOs ‘China is back’ (ft)
  18. Smaller Fed rate hike may augur end to ‘ongoing’ increases (reuters)
  19. Fed’s George Says a Soft Landing Still Possible for US Economy (bloomberg)
  20. Price Negotiations Are About to Reshape the Drug Industry (barrons)
  21. Top Fed Officials See Progress on Inflation Fight (wsj)
  22. Wayfair Is Laying Off 1,750 Workers (wsj)
  23. Amazon to Plow Extra $35 Billion Into Virginia Data Centers in Cloud Race (bloomberg)
  24. Trending billionaire and celebrity GLP-1 weight loss drugs are about to enter more American homes (cnbc)
  25. U.S. Existing-Home Sales Slid Last Year (wsj)