December 27 (Friday)
Markets
U.S. Stocks Climb to Highs W
Trump stock market rally is far outpacing past US presidents C
Dow’s ‘Dogs’ Lag Behind a Hot Market W
Nasdaq hits 9,000 for the first time, S&P 500 reaches all-time high in year-end rally C
Emerging market stocks were laggards in the past decade R
The Corporate Bond Market’s $100 Billion Buyer Is Here to Stay B
Distressed-Asset Hedge Funds Run Into Trouble W
Central banks
U.S. Fed buys $825 million of mortgage bonds, sells none R
Fed’s U-Turn on Assets Faces Test W
Fed May Be Quietly Masking Extent of Efforts to Calm Repo Market B
Repo Fix Requires Wall Street, Fed Collaboration W
US
U.S. Durable Goods Orders Fell in November W
China
State Support Helped Fuel Huawei’s Global Rise W
In Tougher Times, China Falls Back on Coal W
US politics
McConnell, Schumer Lay Out Dueling Visions for Senate Impeachment Trial W
Leading Republican senator says impeachment witnesses not ruled out R
Judiciary panel says it could draft ‘new articles of impeachment’ against Trump C
Geopolitics & trade
China commerce ministry says in close touch with U.S. on signing trade deal R
China to Cut Tariffs on Range of Goods Amid Push for Trade Deal W
Trade-Court Lawsuits Take On Trump’s Tariff Effort W
Trump’s Mexican cartel policy creates dissent among Cabinet R
Christmas passes with no ‘gift’ from North Korea, but US officials are on alert NN
Saudi Arabia sentences five to death over Khashoggi murder, U.N. official decries ‘mockery’ R
Industries & companies
Aerospace: Boeing CEO Pushed Out as Company Reels From 737 MAX Debacle W
Aerospace: New Boeing CEO David Calhoun Faces Daunting Tasks After 737 Max B
Airlines: US airlines are set for a 10th year of profits. More than 120,000 employees want a raise C
Autos: SEC Investigating BMW Over Sales Practices W
Autos: Automakers cut jobs, close factories to save billions in 2019 C
Energy: Big Investors Showing Love to Gas Fields Others Shun W
FAANGs: Amazon Says Holiday Business Hit New Highs W
FAANGs: Apple Extends Rally, Solidifying 2019 as Best Year in a Decade B
Financials: U.S. Banks Rally as Holiday Shopping Signals More Consumer Cheer B
Financials: Eleven Years in the Making: Breaking Even on JPMorgan’s Purchase of Bear Stearns W
Pharma: Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Shares Plunge on Cancer-Drug Results W
Pharma: Drugmakers Turn to Data Mining to Avoid Expensive, Lengthy Drug Trials W
Retail: Holiday season package returns to hit a record high, says UPS R
Retail: Super Saturday Shopping Sets One-Day Sales Record, Analyst Says B
Tech: Tech Giants Hunt for AI Startups—and the Brains Behind Them W
Corporate finance
Tesla Shares Race Past $420 Buyout Figure W
Musk Finds Humor in Tesla’s $420 Stock Getting ‘So High’ B
Electric vehicle startup Rivian scores $1.3 billion investment from T.Rowe Price, others R
Deutsche Telekom Weighed T-Mobile-Comcast Merger in 2015 B
Offbeat
Walmart, Target Embrace 8-Year-Old YouTube Influencer’s Brand W
New rule would make it possible to track and identify nearly all drones flying in the U.S. C
Shooting, Sex Crime and Theft: Airbnb Takes Halting Steps to Protect its Users W
