Big news out of Uber this weekend, where the company and its board resolved outstanding issues with Travis Kalanick in order to finalize a deal in which a SoftBank-led consortium of investors will buy up about $1 billion of new stock (and snap up a fair chunk of existing stock) to achieve a 14% stake in the company – NYTimes and WSJ and Bloomberg

China has eased limits on foreign ownership of its banks and securities firms, a move that’s seen as an important first step to opening up China’s domestic financial scene to Wall Street (even if foreign firms may hesitate to rush into the void) – NYTimes

Care to get a little meta on a Monday morning? Try a series of whistleblower complaints against the head of the SEC group charged with investigating whistleblower complaints – WSJ

And, in what’s become par for the course for those watching the cryptocurrency markets, Bitcoin’s roller coaster is plunging back down (29%) from its record high last Wednesday – Bloomberg and MarketWatch

After 20 years, Gretchen Morgenson has penned her last Fair Game column.  Read on for her look back at 2 decades of a front-row seat to Wall Street and the US economy – NYTimes

The SEC’s Corporation Finance Division director hinted last week that the agency will be issuing new guidance to public companies on disclosing cybersecurity incidents – Law360

The Singles Day post-mortem for Alibaba: a cool $25 billion in sales – Bloomberg

Just in time for the holidays, toymaker Hasbro has put rival Mattel on its wish list – NYTimes and WSJ

You may have heard about (or experienced) Apple’s OS 11 glitch that left users trying to get personal talking instead about A [?]. Well, the OSU student body wasn’t about to let that just slide – IBTimes