China's ByteDance signs deal to form joint venture in step to avoid US TikTok ban  Reuters Oracle stock jumps 5% as cloud provider joins investor group to run TikTok's U.S. business  CNBC TikTok reaches agreements on new US joint venture with closing set for 2026  Fox Business TikTok Finally Strikes a Deal to Be Taken Over by Trump Allies  Gizmodo TikTok has signed the deal to spin off its US entity with American investor group  CNN

Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years  The New York Times 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 Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Hits 2% for First Time Since 2006  Bloomberg.com Investors react to BOJ's decision to hike rates  Reuters

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

UnitedHealth Group commits to improvements after independent audit, patient backlash  CNBC UnitedHealth pledges operational changes after external audits  Yahoo Finance UnitedHealth Flags Compliance Gaps in Outside Consultant Reviews  Bloomberg.com UnitedHealth gets results of first external reviews (UNH:NYSE)  Seeking Alpha UnitedHealth Reportedly Calls for Operational Changes After External Audits Find Gaps  marketscreener.com

‘This is a wacky number’: economists cry foul as new government data has zero housing inflation  Fortune NY Fed President Williams says some 'technical factors' distorted November's CPI reading downward  CNBC Inflation cooled in November to 2.7%, but economists say to take it with ‘the entire salt shaker’  CNN US says price increases eased last month but data may be distorted and Americans aren't feeling it  AP News 5 takeaways from the surprising November inflation decline  thehill.com