In MACROECONOMIC & REGULATION NEWS, China's industrial production goes higher, sterling appreciates on Brexit deal hopes and the EU ups the ante on tech regulation. In RETAIL NEWS, JD Sports expands in the US via acquisition, Inditex stages a recovery but, along with H&M, it's not over yet. In PROPERTY-RELATED NEWS, London property owner Shaftsbury gets a kick in the teeth, Segro goes continental and Purplebricks gets on track. In INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEWS, Moderna's vaccine is looking good, Dyson brushes off the disastrous foray into EVs and LV= sells itself to Bain. AND FINALLY, I bring you a kitten in a Christmas tree...