As companies seek to close growing gaps in skills and talent,

Deloitte US CEO Jason Garzatus believes it's important for organizations to understand their baseline of skills.

There's so many organizations that can't ask and answer the fundamental questions about how much computer science or data management skills do I have or AI development skills in a given domain? By performing a

skills inventory, leaders can truly understand where their efforts should be focused. Being blind

to those gaps is the real miss. Visit Deloitte.com to learn how your enterprise can help successfully

cultivate talent. U.S. home sales hit their highest level in months, and how the art market is adapting to a new demographic of bidders.

You do get the feeling that they're still just sort of testing the field of what do the younger buyers want and how kooky do they want to be.

Plus, a media deal that went for peanuts.

It's Friday, December 19th.

I'm Sabrina Siddiqui for the Wall Street Journal,

sitting in for Alex Osce.

This is the PM edition of What's News,

the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

Kicking things off with some breaking news?

The Justice Department has released a batch of files related to the government's investigation

of Jeffrey Epstein, marking a milestone in a long-running fight over the sex offenders

case.

The move comes after Congress voted overwhelmingly

last month to mandate the disclosure of records into Epstein and his associate Gilain Maxwell.

The first badge came today, and additional releases are expected in the coming weeks. For more

details, visit WSJ.com.

New data shows that U.S. home sales rose last month to their highest level since February.

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