Be in the know. 15 key reads for Thursday…

  1. Wells Fargo upgraded to Buy with $38 price target at Jefferies (TheFly)
  2. Walgreens shares rise after its earnings top estimates, fueled by higher drug sales (CNBC)
  3. Despite the Chaos, Banks Are Looking Up. How to Play the Trade. (Barron’s)
  4. NYC Restaurant Week is back — with a take-out only menu (New York Post)
  5. Roblox Decides to Go Public Through a Direct Listing (Barron’s)
  6. U.S. 10-year Treasury yield extends climb above 1% as markets eye fiscal stimulus prospects (MarketWatch)
  7. Walgreens Boots to Sell Pharmacy Wholesale Unit to AmerisourceBergen (Wall Street Journal)
  8. Crispr Gene-Editing Treatment Could Point Way to Fix for Deadly Aging Disease (Wall Street Journal)
  9. How Netflix’s ‘Cobra Kai’ Turned an ‘Artifact of the ’80s’ Into a Star (Wall Street Journal)
  10. Banks Still Have Cards to Play in Payments Race (Wall Street Journal)
  11. Wells Fargo (WFC) Announces Termination of AML-Related Consent Order (StreetInsider)
  12. Small-caps and value shine on Wall Street after Georgia results (Financial Times)
  13. Here’s what a ‘blue wave’ forming in Washington means for markets (MarketWatch)
  14. Oil Market Gears Up for $9 Billion Index Buying Spree (Bloomberg)
  15. Costco Says Sales Rose 12% in December (Wall Street Journal)