2025-12-08

• https://www.ft.com/content/a1a7adab-506e-4623-8f7a-0b7c94c8d6b4 [ Meta buys AI pendant start-up Limitless to expand hardware push myFT ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/technology/how-a-cryptocurrency-helps-criminals-launder-money-and-evade-sanctions.html [ Criminals Are Using a Cryptocurrency to Launder Money and Evade Sanctions the new york times ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/07/business/what-are-stablecoins.html [ Your Money Could Soon Be Tied Up in This $300 Billion Crypto Market the new york times ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/china-s-pboc-extends-gold-buying-streak-as-metal-s-rally-cools [ China’s PBOC Extends Gold-Buying Streak as Metal’s Rally Cools bloomberg ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-economy-affordability-lower-prices-308f93ee?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcARagBCNEkPR1zVjCl-Zlrg4rUZFQ2MixkgQZsvrsPCnrH_zInSdL9&gaa_ts=693752c5&gaa_sig=z7QaypJJgD3e1f2nP0HlRsEkVZfsHdBbJyQ_o-pPx3pUXuCwg3JPM-enwQP1VO_khrDP9M8v8yQPWBEbY_OivQ%3D%3D [ Trump’s Team Wages Campaign to Shift His Focus to High Prices wsj ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/stock-market-2026-hope-d8fab52d?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqekqAnWYNbbigDYgHvniYh8ugg8vm4q-RBJq7IcAyZcsD-xDXX8P8qw&gaa_ts=693752c6&gaa_sig=bVchQw17mpHzU0TH3o6dZg4WqXh-ku9O1HMAgkOqc7WMabdOZtT6sPqfq8HyZLEbVBEFAwW7-ugD9pHk-up-kg%3D%3D [ Five Reasons Investors Are Feeling Good About Stocks Again wsj ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/us/china-virologist-li-meng-yan-coronavirus.html [ The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory The New York Times ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/why-nvidia-and-other-ai-stocks-have-lost-their-quality-status-84180ff2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqca6iLWrR7W96_q3rMQKB4Qw_MxG0ihO8DAYm558p4z9Pa7eXzMP6TT&gaa_ts=693752de&gaa_sig=JEI3-fr5zE9xsXLUSG5Jxx3fzTElUvdPgd766NMKXdt9m9YM_RRBQVCxBm5gCckUtBxoWL_E1NHlzOoMMgSWOw%3D%3D [ Why Nvidia and Other AI Stocks Have Lost Their ‘Quality’ Status wsj ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/film/tilly-norwood-ai-actress-particle6-d5c51da9?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcCGLkX3acpIGM-ntpsD4yrpX6G3omikA5Es4JbgqxPp0eyVaQKC1hH&gaa_ts=693752f5&gaa_sig=mMsSiCgdBF4L-M-ezc9e5lhuTtdLg1LkhbpdYJw52TvCOuNumFQWtavquwXKhagFUKuEeHr9g5cJZ02c_oDS6g%3D%3D [ Here’s What It Took to Create the AI Actress Freaking Out Hollywood wsj ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/wall-street-week [ Wall Street Week bloomberg ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-12-06/wall-street-week-rattner-on-china-nepal-s-revolution-video [ Rattner’s trip to China bloomberg ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-16/asia-s-gen-z-protests-what-s-driving-youth-movements-in-nepal-indonesia [ Nepal’s Gen-Z Uprising bloomberg ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/wall-street-week [ Capitalism 4.0 bloomberg ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2025-12-06/wall-street-week-rattner-on-china-nepal-s-revolution-video [ Succession Cliff bloomberg ] B
• https://www.ft.com/content/16d0336b-d855-42ae-b0a7-d509d21cec9b [ US tariffs prompt surge in Chinese exports to south-east Asia myFT ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-07/eli-lilly-pfizer-land-on-china-s-first-private-insurance-list [ Eli Lilly, Pfizer Land on China’s First Private Insurance List bloomberg ] B
• https://www.ft.com/content/24eeb2bc-81d1-4f78-bcc7-237ba130266c [ Robinhood bets on retail investors in fast-growing Indonesia myFT ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/the-accounting-uproar-over-how-fast-an-ai-chip-depreciates-6f59785b?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqc4GecXevikuBnPIepbthzLDTITiIx74Zhhc8z0tz9tnxxT537kGNJB&gaa_ts=69375332&gaa_sig=eaTzl5RPLts29TPkryZdbFBb27oOiij9W8T39sJuGbDlYYI2iNWeCopkquXs5MCbfwkYHZvU-61NW2Z4tEta1A%3D%3D [ The Accounting Uproar Over How Fast an AI Chip Depreciates wsj ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/retirement/401k-millionaires-382f5c33?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfC7v1sIAFPg2VqZsbWzIs_i2TVC7xZ859Vam1steRnrilp-XHZ0Yww&gaa_ts=69375332&gaa_sig=nrtLmCkyTp0P_KR7gsr42mxCxLf_MTX-wq8WXdk6O8HSlCsxOzFBz5G-3NYqAmxx_-4m0nZbxMvhd3_PNHQ_ww%3D%3D [ 401(k)s Are Minting a Generation of ‘Moderate Millionaires’ wsj ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/business/autos/recall-air-bag-not-fixed-050694a2?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqfllz5r9cPbIQoHzMpb_RT8R6jvthECzPISflLdItDmNekm84YuD_Yy&gaa_ts=69375340&gaa_sig=Sl-NeK22uk-W7fHyAnbDtIdecQGW_ioD_znK5RapvmgxV_O_E8XAs-ZG-xdwbwrnB7sCMqaHGlNijznYMGJOCg%3D%3D [ Millions of Defective Air Bags Have Been Recalled—but They’re Still Not Fixed wsj ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/chinas-exports-rebound-in-november-97f24e06?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqeSbAFE-2LQ6asujuowVTgQao4bNQN8fhm9QsmYRil1D9-Hbnooqo8j&gaa_ts=69375340&gaa_sig=HAaJ6mDsIwO4dxRwFTBS6x-4Op6RsfFHC4t1P31tZDqy5vIswh9bp7UGDZAY31R5KVkJKbfJi4XFBfQBPDs9KA%3D%3D [ China’s Trade Surplus Tops $1 Trillion, Underscoring Its Export Dominance wsj ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/business/china-trade-surplus.html [ China s Trade Surplus Climbs Past $1 Trillion for First Time the new york times ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/business/china-rmb-currency.html [ China s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports, Drawing Criticism the new york times ] B
• https://www.ft.com/content/c3a91229-30d5-44d4-ad81-b9beb3d7c6bc [ America, the western hemisphere and the laws of war myFT ] B
• https://www.ft.com/content/8e5a4fcf-dc99-4014-853a-b2585e2396b9 [ Retail investors help drive gold and US stocks to bubble territory, BIS warns myFT ] B
• https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/opinion/government-retirement-savings-china.html [ How My Retirement Savings Are Betraying America the new york times ] B
• https://www.wsj.com/business/c-suite/berkshire-hathaway-shuffles-top-ranks-in-runup-to-warren-buffetts-retirement-6ab1eaeb?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqcuP-E8SunE2xY6y4jKgY01-trF509IYWVbd0tk2SkRn68D_rqssGQT&gaa_ts=6937537c&gaa_sig=W4RWwHo3lw0s6YYMP57HWaauGZEVjVqfbLrJEH56qPhYC5Pem2zsnk9n56TCpuIOwoIVkUuBmfaNC7QsSkHqxw%3D%3D [ Berkshire Hathaway Shuffles Top Ranks in Runup to Warren Buffett’s Retirement wsj ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-12-08/mark-zuckerberg-isn-t-giving-up-on-his-metaverse-dream [ Zuckerberg Isn’t Giving Up on His Metaverse Dream bloomberg ] B
• https://www.ft.com/content/f2f023b3-eb8f-4786-b6f8-69192072ff30 [ Risks, realism and global realignments – the latest books on economics ft.com ] B
• https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-08/china-s-politburo-vows-to-keep-fiscal-monetary-policy-stances [ China Politburo Makes Boosting Domestic Demand Top Goal in 2026 bloomberg ] B


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