Today's Headlines

Bloomberg:

• Putin Says He Doesn’t Want Return to Soviet-Era Lifetime Leaders..

• Attack Kills 30, Wounds 50 on Military Base in Yemen.  

• Chinese Factories Hold Up Economic Growth Despite Broad Weakness.  

• Charting the World Economy: 2020 Banking on Friendlier Trade.

• One $4 Trillion Corner of the Market Isn’t Afraid of the R Word.

• Extreme Valuation Cases Wanted for a Red-Hot Rally in Equities.

• Tepper, Druckenmiller Say They’re ‘Riding’ Market Rally.  

• Best Buy Looks Into Allegations of Misconduct by CEO Barry.

• Volatility Strategists on 2020: Ignore Sanders at Your Own Risk.

• Libya’s Sarraj Says Oil Squeeze Shows War Rival Wants No Peace.

Wall Street Journal:

• The Vanishing Executive Assistant.

• 8 Predictions for the Future of Fashion.

• Boomer Socialism Led to Bernie Sanders.

• New York Tries Again to Muzzle Pro-Life Groups.

• CDC Removes Advice to Refrain From Vaping.

• Spotify in Talks to Buy the Ringer.

• Impeachment Vote Will Test Senate’s Most Endangered Democrat.

• China’s Slowing Growth Underlines Stress Facing Its Economy in 2020.

CNBC:

• Major medical records vendor Epic Systems warns it will stop working with Google Cloud.

• A theory on who’s doing all the buying that’s pushing stocks higher and higher.

• Buy these top stocks ahead of earnings, including Netflix and Guess, Wall Street analysts say.

• Amazon(AMZN) reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card.

• NBCUniversal revealed a critical number about Peacock that shows why media companies are walking slowly into streaming.

• 4 restaurant chains that are opening spinoffs for faster dining.
  

• Americans are flocking to these 10 cities where salaries have risen 25% or more in the last 5 years.
  

• America is about to get a powerful tool in the war against cancer.
  

Barron's:

• Had bullish commentary on (DIS), (TSLA), (GSK), (BBBY), (RDFN), (C), (BIDU) and (SPOT).

• Had bearish commentary on (AAPL) and (EBAY).

MarketWatch.com:

• Big winner during financial crisis says the stock market will slow, but till then ‘I love riding a horse that’s running’.

• Opinion: How and when prudent investors ought to buy these 5G stocks.  

• Earnings recession set to end with a fourth-quarter comeback.  

• Tesla and 25 Other Stock Picks from Barron’s Roundtable Panelists.

Fox News:

• Harry, Meghan lose official titles, will no longer represent the Queen: palace.

Zero Hedge:

• Now, Everyone Pays The Piper: The End Of China's Economic Miracle.

• US Military Jams GPS Across East Coast As FBI Seizes Night-Vision Devices.

• All The World's Wealth In One Visualization.

• Virginia Gun Sales Soar As Dems Consider Draconian "Assault Weapons" Ban.
• "We Need A Full Investigation": Bannon Accuses Pelosi, Schiff And MSM Of Colluding On 11th Hour Impeachment Bombshells.

• Northeast Next Stop For Large-Scale Winter Storm.

• Pentagon's No.2 General Says North Korea Building New Missiles "Fast".

• Climate-Kids' "Trump Is Endangering Our Future" Case Crushed By 9th Circuit Court.

• Retail Carnage Continues: Bose Lays Off 100s, Shutters All Retail Stores.

• Winter Storm To Blast Northeast Through Saturday.

• Human Rights Watch: China Is "Existential Threat" To Global Freedom.

• "Make Iran Great Again" - Trump Says "Noble Iranian People" Should "Abandon Terror".

• Melt-Up Mania: Stocks Reach Most Expensive, Most Overbought Levels, Surpassing DotCom Bubble.

Business Insider:   

• Best Buy is investigating claims that its CEO was romantically involved with a fellow executive.

• How Microsoft's next Xbox will end console wars with Sony.