Be in the know. 15 key reads for Saturday…

  1. Travis Barker Debuts Old Skool Sneaker Collab With Vans: Shop the Shoes (billboard)
  2. US and China start trade talks ahead of high-stakes Trump-Xi summit (ft)
  3. US Says China Talks ‘Very Constructive’ as Trump Jets to Asia (bloomberg)
  4. China Vows to Keep Markets Stable, Deepen Yuan Reform (bloomberg)
  5. U.S. natural gas sector deals surge in 2025 on AI, LNG demand from Asia (reuters)
  6. AI’s insatiable need for power is driving an unexpected boom in oil-fracking company stocks (fortune)
  7. Rothschild says lithium nearing bottom and supply crunch to lift Albemarle (streetinsider)
  8. ‘Cooler’ Than Expected CPI Data Leaves Fed On Track For Rate-Cuts (zerohedge)
  9. The Fed Will Soon End QT to Avoid a Financial ‘Plumbing’ Problem (barrons)
  10. US Consumer Sentiment Drops to Five-Month Low on Prices (bloomberg)
  11. With two months to Christmas, here’s what retail leaders expect for holiday shopping (cnbc)
  12. U.S. And European Business Activity Pick Up in Continued Show Of Resilience (wsj)
  13. ESPN, ABC risk going dark on YouTube TV as Disney contract fight heats up (nypost)
  14. Oracle-Linked Data Center Loan Deal Is a Test for AI Debt Market (barrons)
  15. Ned Davis Research Grows Wary on US Stocks Versus Rest of World (bloomberg)