China's ByteDance signs deal to form joint venture in step to avoid US TikTok ban  Reuters TikTok signs agreement to create new U.S. joint venture, memo says  CNBC Oracle Stock Jumps After Forming TikTok Joint Venture  Barron's Larry Ellison Is $15 Billion Richer After Oracle’s TikTok Deal  Forbes Scoop: TikTok signs deal for U.S. unit after yearslong saga  Axios

Stock Market Today: Japan Rate Hike Spurs Bond Yields; S&P 500 Futures Gain — Live Updates  The Wall Street Journal The Bank of Japan Raised Rates. Here’s Why You Should Care.  The Wall Street Journal Yen Weakens Despite BOJ Hiking Rate to Highest Level Since 1995  Yahoo Finance Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years  The New York Times Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Hits 2% for First Time Since 2006  Bloomberg.com

HII to Build Small Surface Combatants for US Navy  HIIView Full Coverage on Google News

4 common scams to watch out for this holiday season  NPR Take a Beat: Don't Let Fraudsters Ruin Your Holidays  fbi.gov Scammers using AI to target online holiday shoppers  KWCH A warning about a new gift card scam called draining  WTOP The fake refund scam: Why scammers love holiday shoppers  Fox News

Monetary policy statement (with Q&A)  European Central Bank ECB upgrades growth outlook, closing door to more cuts  Reuters Here are four key takeaways from Europe's central banks' final rate decisions of 2025  CNBC ECB Holds Rates With Growth Firmer and Inflation Near Target  Bloomberg.com Monetary policy decisions  European Central Bank

China boosts AI chip output by upgrading older ASML machines  Financial Times How close is China’s EUV project to eliminating ASML’s monopoly?  Techzine Global China Reproduced ASML Technology and Is Moving Toward Domestic Production of Advanced Chips  Мілітарний In the shadow of U.S. export controls, China rallies its own chip industry  NPR China’s EUV “breakthrough”? Move along people, nothing to see here  Bits&Chips