Be in the know. 24 key reads for Friday…

  1. Crown Castle (CCI) CEO to step down amid Elliott pressure; Shares gain (streetinsider)
  2. China to Step Up Fiscal Support to Strengthen Economic Recovery (bloomberg)
  3. BofA’s Hartnett Says Bonds Rally May Drag on Stocks in Early ‘24 (bloomberg)
  4. How ServiceNow’s Bill McDermott Went From Deli Owner to Software Guru (barrons)
  5. More Americans Are Working Into Their 80s. What’s Keeping Them in the Workforce. (barrons)
  6. Market’s inflation expectations inch closer to Fed’s 2% target on confidence central bank will prevail in long run (marketwatch)
  7. Gemini, Google’s long-awaited answer to ChatGPT, is an overnight hit (marketwatch)
  8. Wall Street Puts a ‘Sell’ on Its China Holdings (wsj)
  9. Xi Jinping and EU Officials Seek to Ease Economic Tensions at Beijing Summit (wsj)
  10. China’s Exports Snap Half-Year Slide (wsj)
  11. Payroll gains aided by returning auto workers (wsj)
  12. Fed will end its war against inflation in 2024, says Fundstrat’s Tom Lee (cnbc)
  13. U.S. payrolls rose 199,000 in November, unemployment rate falls to 3.7% (cnbc)
  14. Hot Glazed Doughnuts on the Menu, and Parisians Can’t Get Enough (nytimes)
  15. Jon Rahm’s LIV Golf Defection Ups Pressure on PGA Tour Deal (bloomberg)
  16. China Proposes Cut to Transaction Fees on Funds to Boost Market (bloomberg)
  17. Country Garden’s Chair Says Confident in Repairing Balance Sheet (bloomberg)
  18. The Yuan Is Finally Showing Some Muscle in International Trade (bloomberg)
  19. RIP to Fast and Free Shipping (bloomberg)
  20. The wealth of global dynasties soared 43% in the last year. (bloomberg)
  21. Ferrari’s $400,000 Purosangue is a dream to drive. Just don’t call it an SUV (cnbc)
  22. Ant Group, Huawei join forces to build HarmonyOS-based Alipay app (scmp)
  23. China sees surge in chip-making equipment imports amid latest US export controls (scmp)
  24. BABA-SW’s Quark Foundation Model Passes Filing (aastocks)