Dow 40k is just around the corner so it’s only appropriate to revisit a favorite ahed about Dow20k, coauthored by my former WSJ Markets dream teammate Aaron Kuriloff wsj.com/articles/its-a…

Nice showing from Team Wall Street in the What’s News column today ✅✅✅✅

⁦WSJ Banking⁩ ⁦Lauren Thomas⁩ ⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ ⁦Gina Heeb⁩

Private-equity firms are desperate to cash out of investments. But enthusiasm for initial public offerings is low after several stock-market debuts flopped. 

Enter “private IPOs.”

⁦Laura Cooper⁩ ⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ wsj.com/finance/wall-s…

The meme stock generator is handing a chunk of itself to its people. Ready the WallStreetBets machine. 💎🤲⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ wsj.com/finance/stocks…

When I moved down to DC in 2022, the The Wall Street Journal DC bureau reporters were so welcoming. I’ve learned so much working alongside the brilliant, hardworking Econ and business teams here. It’s shocking so many were laid off yesterday. A lot of top talent is now back on the market.

This is not how the 2024 US IPO season was supposed to start! BrightSpring set to price its bellwether IPO below expectations, sources say wsj.com/finance/stocks…

SCOOP: SEC hasn’t responded to Shein’s confidential filing in writing. Shein also needs Beijing’s nod on the deal, having filed its IPO paperwork with CSRC. Can it satisfy both🇨🇳&🇺🇸in this political climate? w/ ⁦⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ ⁦Rebecca Feng⁩ wsj.com/business/shein…

Chart by Liz Hoffman, Corrie Driebusch and me in March 2022. Headline from SEC today.

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Startup founders looked with envy on Sam Altman for much of last year. When he was briefly ousted, he stirred up a new sensation among entrepreneurs: Don’t get Altmaned.
⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ wsj.com/business/entre…

While the rest of us have gone about our jobs, going home to our families, our coworker Evan Gershkovich has spent most of the past year in a Russian prison, jailed for being a journalist. Think of him and his own family as you gather with yours.

Our 24-hour strike has begun.

For the first time in 50 years, The Washington Post workers are walking off the job because our company is refusing to bargain in good faith and breaking the law.

'...the most boring book in the world lives on.' Instant classic ahed from Corrie Driebusch wsj.com/finance/ipo-pr… via The Wall Street Journal

A letter to our dedicated readers:

On Dec. 7, we ask you to respect our walkout by not crossing the picket line: For 24 hours, please do not engage with any Post content. That includes our print + online news stories, podcasts, videos, games and recipes.
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China-founded Shein has confidentially filed for an IPO. Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley have been hired as lead underwriters. with Corrie Driebusch
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31 WEEKS. The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being held in a Russian prison, accused of a crime that the U.S. and the Journal say he absolutely did NOT commit. He's a journalist, and he was there to do his job—a job he loves #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #Journalismisnotacrime

One of the last big IPOs of the year is delayed (likely til 2024) in a sign of how bad the market is. Scoop w. Laura Cooper wsj.com/finance/waysta…

Deals (most broken by WSJ) abound on front pages today ⁦Lauren Thomas⁩ ⁦Laura Cooper⁩ ⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ ⁦AnnaMaria Andriotis⁩ ⁦Peter Rudegeair⁩

6 months since Evan’s wrongful imprisonment in Russia. As a parent, I cannot fathom what his family is going through. How many stories have gone untold due to his detainment? We won't stop demanding his release. #journalismisnotacrime #freeevan wsj.com/world/evan-ger…

The looming government shutdown could be a cruel twist for the (slowly) reopening IPO market.. wsj.com/livecoverage/s…

ARM TWIST: Instacart emboldened after big Arm debut. Late night scoop from ⁦Jaewon Kang⁩ ⁦Corrie Driebusch⁩ wsj.com/business/retai…