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Market Headlines 👀 

• US December ADP report shows employers added 164k jobs for the month, highest number since August.

• US weekly jobless claims come in at 202k; est: 216k, hitting a two month low.

• Walmart, Unity (WMT, U) announce a partnership to provide Unity gaming platform developers access to Walmart API data to introduce an immersive shopping experience for gamers.

• Microsoft (MSFT) announces they will add an AI key to its keyboard to launch co-pilot when clicked, first change to keyboard since 1994.

• Qualcomm (QCOM) announces a new chip which will power Samsung and Google VR devices which are being developed in partnership with the firm.

• TikTok is aiming to reach $17.5b in ecommerce sales in the US this year the company said.

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Recap Around the Street 🧠

US Federal Reserve December meeting minutes released yesterday. The minutes don’t look at dovish as the press conference and the question remains do we see a rate cut as early as Q1 or not until Q2?

Key highlights from the minutes below:

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