Be in the know. 18 key reads for Monday…

  1. Estée Lauder stock soars toward best day in 13 years after earnings, job cuts (marketwatch)
  2. Falling US inflation opens door to rate cuts within months, says OECD (ft)
  3. Fed expects to make three rate cuts this year, says Powell (ft)
  4. Alibaba Cloud Advances Its Gen AI Capabilities with Serverless Solution (alizila)
  5. Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall Group pushes new AI tools to support merchants (scmp)
  6. China Vows Plan to Attract Investment, Offers No New Detail (bloomberg)
  7. Powell Tells ‘60 Minutes’ Fed Is Wary of Cutting Rates Too Soon (bloomberg)
  8. China stocks rebound off five-year lows as stimulus comes into effect (cnbc)
  9. Powell: ‘Confidence Rising’ That Inflation Is Falling (barrons)
  10. Citigroup Fell Behind With Rich Customers. Can It Win Them Back? (wsj)
  11. China bets on open-source chips as US export controls mount (reuters)
  12. China Tightens Some Trading Restrictions for Domestic and Offshore Investors (bloomberg)
  13. 1 Magnificent Dividend Stock That’s Down 25% and Trading at a Once-in-a-Decade Valuation (fool)
  14. Alibaba’s DingTalk among Chinese apps launching on Apple Vision Pro (scmp)
  15. Fourth-quarter earnings are almost halfway done. Results overall have gotten better. (marketwatch)
  16. Powell Says Fed Has New Focus: When to Cut Rates (wsj)
  17. The College Professor Who Got a Weird Year for the Economy Right (wsj)
  18. Big Brands Are Playing the Long Game in China (wsj)