Intel Receives $7.9 Billion in Chips Act Funding, but Says It Won’t Take Federal Loans (barrons)
China’s central bank to cut reserve ratio again to add liquidity, aid growth: analysts (scmp)
Republicans praise Trump tariff threat as smart ‘negotiating strategy’ as he looks to tackle fentanyl, border crises (nypost)
The AI Race Is Entering a New Stage. Nvidia Won’t Be the Only Winner This Time. The inference focus has big implications for Nvidia. While training is uniquely suited to the company’s GPUs, inference might be more readily handled by AI processors from Nvidia peers like Advanced Micro Devices AMD and Intel INTC, by custom chips from Amazon, or by a range of chip start-ups. (barrons)
Fed Minutes Show Greater Confidence About Jobs as Policymakers Weigh Rate Cuts (barrons)
Israel Approves Cease-Fire With Lebanon Aimed at Ending Hezbollah Conflict (wsj)
Target’s Slide From Cheap Chic to Dull Chore (wsj)
Office Conversions Find New Life After Property Values Plunge (wsj)
Donald Trump selects Kevin Hassett to lead National Economic Council (cnbc)
Warren Buffett suggests all parents do one thing before they die, whether they have ‘modest or staggering wealth’ (cnbc)
“Sauces are vital for this cut because its flavor is lacking in comparison to my favorite, the rib-eye. Give me all the fat; even better when it’s bone-in,” Manalang said. (nypost)
Trump’s Election Flips the Script on Antitrust (barrons)
The DOJ-Google Fight Comes Into Focus. Why It’s Finally Hitting Alphabet’s Stock. (barrons)
Brace for surprises in US bonds, dollar based on Trump’s first term: Investor (channelnewsasia)
Why Elon Musk’s DOGE Effort to Cut the Federal Budget Under Trump Relies On the Supreme Court (barrons)
Who Is Pam Bondi, Trump’s Pick to Replace Matt Gaetz? What to Know About the Former Florida Attorney General. (barrons)
How Can Qualcomm Stock Trade More Like Nvidia? Bring AI to Phones and Cars. (barrons)
Home Sales Rose in October Following Decline in Mortgage Rates (wsj)
Alibaba Integrates E-Commerce Operations Into Single Business Group (wsj)
Temu Owner PDD Posts Slowest Revenue Growth in More Than Two Years (wsj)
Trump might name Kevin Warsh as Treasury chief then Fed chair later, report says (cnbc)
Alibaba bets on retailing chief Jiang Fan to bolster e-commerce momentum (scmp)
Fintech Lender Shows Improving Consumer, China Gears Up For Trade Negotiation (chinalastnight)
The production and engineering costs of the new (Blackwell) chips will weigh on profit margins, and Nvidia’s sales forecast for the current period didn’t match some of Wall Street’s more optimistic projections. (bloomberg)
This Crypto Entrepreneur Just Bought a Duct-Taped Banana for $6.2 Million (barrons)
Alibaba Establishes E-Commerce Business Group. Why It Matters. (barrons)
PDD Stock Drops. The Temu Owner Sounds Alarm Over Fierce Competition. (barrons)
Musk, Ramaswamy Want Federal Workers in the Office Full Time. There’s a Hitch. (wsj)
Visionary Gary Vaynerchuk reveals the big tech trends that will define the future (nypost)
Here’s why Dollar Tree and Dollar General stocks have plummeted (cnbc)
Chinese tech company Baidu on Thursday reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for the third quarter. (cnbc)
Jobless claims drop to seven-month low as the U.S. economy plows ahead (marketwatch)
There Are More Billionaires Than Ever. And They Keep Getting Richer. (barrons)
Alibaba CEO highlights AI advancement at China’s internet forum (scmp)
China’s second-richest man blasts Pinduoduo for hurting brands with cutthroat pricing (scmp)
Kuaishou Beats On Revenue, Alibaba Issues USD Bonds To Fund Buybacks (chinalastnight)
Wall Street Is Too Pumped About Trump to Worry About His Policies (bloomberg)
DOJ Will Push Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly (bloomberg)
A Better Way to Pay for Extending the Trump Tax Cuts (bloomberg)
Shoppers Are Ditching Classic Brands They Once Loved (bloomberg)
The Most Exciting New Golf Courses to Play in 2025 (bloomberg)
Nvidia must show Blackwell chip can drive growth in earnings report (cnbc)
Although about 4% of the current public float is held by mainland China investors, 15% of the trading volume in the past few months has come from these investors, proving that dual primary listing in Hong Kong can generate immense liquidity. (aastocks)
Markets look to Howard Lutnick, other Trump economic picks for signals on tariffs (yahoo)
Trump picking Warsh for Treasury would empower a critic of both the Fed and tariffs (marketwatch)
Alibaba’s Connect link shows Hong Kong’s strength, access to mainland funds (scmp)
Boeing to lay off roughly 2,200 workers days before Christmas (foxbusiness)
Overheating issue could delay NVIDIA’s new Blackwell AI servers – The Information (streetinsider)
Nvidia’s Blackwell revenue in focus as sales growth slows (streetinsider)
Walmart Says Holiday Shopping Is Off to a Strong Start (wsj)
Meet the Man Who Made a Fortune Bringing Brands Back to Life (wsj)
