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UNITED STATES VETOES UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEMAND FOR IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE IN GAZA

*US IN TALKS WITH GULF ALLIES ON MILITARY ACTION AGAINST HOUTHIS

*PUTIN WILL RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN MARCH 2024: TASS

82 COUNTERPARTIES TAKE $821.408 BLN AT FED REVERSE REPO OP

🔸Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" is the first tour to gross $1 billion, according to new data. The superstar's tour brought in an estimated $1.04 billion this year, concert trade publication Pollstar said Friday. And it's set to gross even more as the tour heads overseas. Swift surpassed the previous record holder, Elton John, whose long-running "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour grossed more than $939 million, Pollstar said.

🔸X Is Working to Lure Smaller Advertisers as Elon Musk Keeps Alienating Big Brands Social-media platform has had preliminary talks with Amazon to sell ads through e-commerce giant’s ad-buying software X's advertising team is trying out partnerships with other ad platforms that might help it attract small and midsize businesses, which has been a key ingredient in the success of tech titans like Meta and Alphabet's Google. X has discussed a potential partnership with Amazon that would make X ads available through Amazon's ad-buying software, according to people familiar with the matter. This deal, if reached, could draw in some of the millions of small and midsize businesses that peddle everything from paper clips to slipcovers on the e-commerce giant's marketplace and buy ads through its tools, the people said. The talks were preliminary and might not lead to a deal, the people said. wsj.com/business/media/x-is-…

$AMZN 🔸X Has Discussed Partnership to Sell Some Ads Via Amazon, Sources Say -- WSJ

🔸JORDAN'S FOREIGN MINISTER: SITUATION ON THE WEST BANK IS BOILING

$MSFT 🔸US FTC IS EXAMINING THE NATURE OF MICROSOFT CORP.’S INVESTMENT IN OPENAI INC. AND WHETHER IT MAY VIOLATE ANTITRUST LAWS

🔸Binance founder Changpeng Zhao is too rich to leave the U.S. before criminal sentencing, judge says Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao cannot leave the United States ahead of his criminal sentencing because of his “enormous wealth” and lack of U.S. ties, a federal judge ruled. The ruling reverses a previous decision allowing Zhao, also known as CZ, to travel to his home in the United Arab Emirates before he is sentenced on Feb. 23. In siding with federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Richard Jones acknowledged, “This is an unusual case.” cnbc.com/2023/12/08/binance-…

🔸Biden admin facing congressional probe for sending billions to solar company accused of scamming elderly Republican leaders in the House and Senate are probing the Department of Energy (DOE) over its recent $3 billion award to a solar energy company that has been accused of scamming vulnerable customers. In a letter to DOE Loan Programs Office Director Jigar Shah, the Republicans — House Energy and Commerce Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., and Senate Energy and Natural Resources Ranking Member John Barrasso, R-Wyo. — expressed concern about rewarding the Houston-based Sunnova Energy Corporation. They cited reports highlighting how Sunnova has previously scammed and misled consumers. foxnews.com/politics/biden-a…

$LLY 🔸 LILLY ANNOUNCES 15% DIVIDEND INCREASE, FIRST-QUARTER 2024 DIVIDEND

$CRSP 🔸 FDA Approves Vertex Pharmaceuticals and Crispr Therapeutics' Casgevy for Sickle-Cell Disease -- WSJ 🔸 Casgevy Is the First Approved Treatment Using Crispr Gene-Editing Technology -- WSJ 🔸 Casgevy Helped Stop Nearly All Pain Crises from Sickle-Cell Disease in a Study -- WSJ

🔸 US DOES NOT SUPPORT CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, SAYS 'WOULD ONLY PLANT SEEDS FOR NEXT WAR' - DEPUTY US ENVOY TO UN

🛢️ OPEC SECRETARY GENERAL URGENT LETTER DATED DEC. 6 TO OPEC MEMBERS: URGES OPEC COUNTRIES TO PROACTIVELY REJECT ANY COP28 DEAL TEXT OR FORMULA THAT TARGETS FOSSIL FUELS RATHER THAN EMISSIONS 🛢️ OPEC SECRETARY GENERAL LETTER TO OPEC MEMBERS: UNDUE AND DISPROPORTIONATE PRESSURE AGAINST FOSSIL FUELS MAY REACH A TIPPING POINT WITH IRREVERSIBLE CONSEQUENCES #oott

$SOL #SOLANA EXTENDS GAINS TO BEYOND $72

$SBUX 🔸 STARBUCKS SENDS LETTER OUTLINING `DESIRE' TO RESUME UNION TALKS

$COIN $MARA 🔸CRYPTO STOCKS GAIN AS BITCOIN CLIMBS 1.3% 🔸COINBASE SHARES UP 4.3%, 🔸SHARES OF MARATHON DIGITAL, BIT DIGITAL CLIMB OVER 5% 🔸U.S.-LISTED SHARES OF BITFARMS UP 15.4% 🔸PROSHARES BITCOIN STRATEGY ETF UP 1.9%

🇯🇵 BOFA KEEPS THEIR Q1 VIEW OF THE YEN AT 155 PER DOLLAR AFTER BOJ HIKE TALK

🔸Senators Introduce ‘Fans First’ Bill Intended to Reform Live-Event Ticketing System Ticket Sales Transparency: Requires all live event ticket sellers and resellers to disclose: The total cost of the ticket, including fees, when the fan initially selects a ticket for purchase; A breakdown of the ticket cost; Clear terms and conditions of purchase; Which seat or section they are selling in to avoid ticket misrepresentation; and whether or not they are the original seller. variety.com/2023/music/news/…