China ramps up Wall Street meetings as Trump inauguration looms

Meta donates $1 million to Trump's inaugural fund

The move comes two weeks after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg traveled to Florida and dined with President-elect Donald Trump in Mar-a-Lago.

CBS News - 1h

China Comes Out Swinging as Trump Trade War Looms

Beijing is brandishing an expanded arsenal of countermeasures as President-elect Donald Trump threatens across-the-board tariffs on Chinese-made goods.

The Wall Street Journal - 1h

Nato’s European members discuss 3% target for defence spending

Increased military expenditure could be agreed at next year’s summit, intensifying pressure on national budgets

Financial Times - 1h

Selfridges’ Thai co-owner says it overpaid for luxury store portfolio

Head of Central Group family conglomerate says higher global interest rates make original £4bn price tag less attractive

Financial Times - 1h

Wray to resign as FBI director before Trump's inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that he intended to name Kash Patel to replace Cristopher Wray as FBI director.

CBS News - 5h

Trump invites China's Xi Jinping to inauguration

Sources have confirmed to CBS News that President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to his inauguration in January. The invitation comes despite Trump's repeated plan to ...

CBS News - 5h

Meta donates $1mn to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund

Financial Times - 7h

Finance Moguls Revel in Trump’s Return and Ignore the Peril

The financial world sees plenty of opportunity in the return of President-elect Donald J. Trump. For now, Wall Streeters are looking past the risks.

The New York Times - 7h

Stock market today: Asian shares advance, tracking rally on Wall Street

BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced Thursday in Asia after Wall Street resumed its upward climb, as an update on inflation appeared to clear the way for more help for the economy from the Federal Reserve.

Yahoo Sports - 48m

Wray to resign as FBI director before Trump's inauguration

President-elect Donald Trump announced in November that he intended to name Kash Patel to replace Cristopher Wray as FBI director.

CBS News - 7h

Fundstrat’s Tom Lee is no longer one of Wall Street’s biggest bulls. Why he’s cautious on 2025.

But after two years of back-to-back 20%-plus gains for the S&P 500, Fundstrat’s head of research Tom Lee is taking a more cautious stance for 2025,

MarketWatch - 19h

China ramps up Wall Street meetings as Trump inauguration looms

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met with several U.S. finance executives as Beijing seeks to build relationships in the face of rising bilateral tensions.

CNBC - 1d

Chicken wing and Shakira-backed debt floods Wall Street

Plus, Evergrande’s liquidators go after a private jet and an $800bn asset manager prepares to sue over Credit Suisse debt wipeout

Financial Times - 1d

Pressure ramps up for Senate Republicans to back Hegseth

President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks were back on Capitol Hill to shore up support among GOP senators, including his embattled Pentagon pick Pete Hegseth.

ABC News - 1d

Wall Street’s Most Optimistic Firm Just Shared Where It Thinks Stocks Will Go in 2025

What Oppenheimer, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and other banks expect for stocks next year.

Inc. - 1d

Wall Street’s complex debt bonanza hits fastest pace since 2007

Banks sell bonds backed by revenues from chicken wings, music catalogues and oil wells

Financial Times - 2d

The last major Wall Street S&P 500 forecast has arrived. Here’s what Citi expects.

Citigroup is predicting the S&P 500 will reach 6,500 for 2025, but that comes with a warning that investors face more volatility.

MarketWatch - 2d

The S&P 500 at 4,800? That’s what some Wall Street experts predicted — for 2024.

Your best stock-market advice for 2025? Pay no attention to stock-market predictions, which are frequently — and comically — wrong.

MarketWatch - 2d

MLB Winter Meetings: Five bold predictions with baseball's offseason about to ramp up after Juan Soto signing

The Winter Meetings will turn up the temperature on MLB's hot stove this week

CBS Sports - 2d

Reddit’s stock gets a boost as social-media platform ramps up AI-powered search with Reddit Answers

The social-media platform is expanding its beta test of Reddit Answers, the company said Monday.

MarketWatch - 2d

Wall Street has a new high bar for the S&P 500 in 2025. Here’s what’s driving that.

Oppenheimer Asset Management’s chief investment strategist, John Stoltzfus, predicts the S&P 500 will reach 7,100 in 2025, thanks in part to a resilient economy.

MarketWatch - 2d

Top Wall Street analysts tout these energy stocks for attractive dividends

TipRanks' analyst ranking service spotlights three dividend-paying stocks, including Chevron and Energy Transfer.

CNBC - 3d

My wife’s noisy eating is driving me up the wall

In some ways it’s not really about the chewing, Philippa Perry suggests. The question My wife’s eating habits drive me crazy. What can I do? We’ve been married for 30 years and we are a good ...

The Guardian - 4d

10 of Wall Street’s favorite dividend stocks for 2025 with yields of at least 4%

Short-term interest rates are still high enough for you to get a yield of more than 4% on a savings account. But stocks with attractive dividend yields might also be appropriate for you, depending ...

MarketWatch - 4d

Wall Street isn’t worried about a stock-market crash. That’s why you should be.

Stock traders have become even more bullish and complacent — and that’s a bearish sign.

MarketWatch - 4d

Iran ramping up highly enriched uranium stockpile, UN warns

Head of nuclear watchdog said ‘very concerning’ move could rapidly expand Tehran’s production capacity

Financial Times - 5d

Wall Street veteran David Rosenberg offers up apology for his stock-market pessimism

The bears are capitulating — first Morgan Stanley, then JPMorgan, and now David Rosenberg, the former Merrill Lynch strategist who runs his own firm, Rosenberg Research.

MarketWatch - 5d