Be in the know. 16 key reads for Friday…

  1. UAW Chief Will Speak (barrons) and, the decision to forgo the all-in strike that many industry observers had expected has so far considerably softened the disruption to the companies’ factory footprints and bottom lines. (wsj)
  2. Buy the Dip in Global Stocks as Rates Peak, Citi Strategists Say (bloomberg)
  3. The stock market is building up to a major ‘buy’ signal (marketwatch)
  4. Pepsi Stock Gets Rocked by Weight-Loss Drug Fears. Earnings Could Make Shares a Buy. (barrons)
  5. Why High Interest Rates Hurt Clean Energy Stocks More Than Oil Stocks (barrons)
  6. TSMC Stock Rises. There’s Life in Chips After All. (barrons)
  7. Reports that China has been dumping Treasury bonds have been greatly exaggerated (marketwatch)
  8. Jobs report shows big 336,000 gain in hiring in September. Labor market is still hot. (marketwatch)
  9. Here’s what to expect when banks report earnings, and how cheap their stocks are now (marketwatch)
  10. The Long Dry Spell at One of America’s Most Innovative Companies (wsj)
  11. Are the Bulls About to Return to Britain? (bloomberg)
  12. Doing Business in China? You Should Stay the Course (bloomberg)
  13. Hong Kong stocks rally on property easing speculation, China recovery bets (scmp)
  14. Is the US strategy of engaging China working? (reuters)
  15. Alibaba’s Lazada is courting sellers affected by Indonesia’s e-commerce ban on social media (cnbc)
  16. China plans to ease one of the biggest hurdles for foreign business (cnbc)