Be in the know. 20 key reads for Sunday…

  1. Alibaba partners with South Korea’s E-Mart to launch e-commerce platform (technode)
  2. Holiday spending ‘clearly on track’ to reach record-breaking heights even as credit card debt strangles shoppers (nypost)
  3. OpenAI says it needs ‘more capital than we’d imagined’ as it details for-profit plan (nypost)
  4. Ready for Takeoff: Zipline Takes On Amazon in the Drone-Delivery Business (barrons)
  5. AI is Changing Oil Country—and Pumping Up Profits (barrons)
  6. Tech That Will Change Your Life in 2025 (wsj)
  7. What Your ‘Face Age’ Can Tell Doctors About Your Health (wsj)
  8. S. Shale Is Growing Old. That’s a Problem for Donald Trump’s Oil Plans. (wsj)
  9. Japan’s Nikkei index heads for best year-end close since 1989 (ft)
  10. Trump Steps Into Skilled-Work Visa Clash, Saying They’re ‘Great’ (bloomberg)
  11. China’s Record Dividend Payout Intensifies Pressure on the Yuan (bloomberg)
  12. Dollar Tree could drop some products if tariffs are enacted (foxbusiness)
  13. Warren Buffett: Stop Listening To Your Neighbor’s Stock-Tips (acquirersmultiple)
  14. Odd Lots Podcast: An Interview w/ Ariel Investments Founder John Rogers (youtube)
  15. You’re Invited to Wall Street’s Private Party. Say You’re Busy. (wsj)
  16. America Needs to Radically Rethink What It Means to Be Old (theatlantic)
  17. Wall St Week Ahead Trump’s first actions and job data to test market in January (reuters)
  18. The 27 Most Beautiful New Restaurants in 2024 (robbreport)
  19. de tomaso produces first P72 sports car with handcrafted carbon shell and buttermilk leather (designboom)
  20. The World’s First Crispr Drug Gets a Slow Start (wired)