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January 12 (Wednesday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 10. Markets U.S. Stocks Finish Higher as Tech Shares Climb | W Bank Stocks Set for Big Gains Ahead of Potential Fed Rate Increases | W Central banks Fed Chair Powell says rate hikes, tighter policy will be needed to control inflation | C Fed’s Powell Says Economy No Longer Needs Aggressive Stimulus | W After Months of Ethics Controversy, Fed’s New Trading Rules Will Be Implemented Soon, Powell Says | W Global Omicron, Supply-Chain Troubles to Slow Growth, World Bank Says | W Empty grocery shelves return as sick employees, supply chain delays collide | C US December’s consumer prices are likely to be hot, but the peak could come soon | C It’s time to choose, Biden tells Republicans in fiery voting rights speech | R Michael Shvo’s Big Bet on Offices and Retail Faces Pandemic Test | W Japan Japan manufacturers’ mood slips as rising costs pressure profit margins – Reuters Tankan | R As costs soar, some Japanese companies do the unthinkable: raise prices | R Geopolitics & trade N.Korea’s Kim calls for more ‘military muscle’ after watching hypersonic missile test | R Industries & companies Airlines: United cuts flights as about 3,000 workers call out sick from Covid | C Financials: UBS Targets Less-Wealthy Customers With Advice by Device | W Pharma: Medicare to Pay for Biogen’s New Alzheimer’s Drug in Clinical-Trial Patients | W Climate ‘Furnace’: Argentina roasts in record-setting heat wave | R Virus Omicron variant: U.S. sets fresh records for Covid hospitalizations and cases with 1.5 million new infections | C WHO says omicron is life threatening for unvaccinated, elderly, underlying conditions | C U.S. Strikes Deal for Additional Supply of Covid-19 Antibody Treatment | W As Omicron Spreads, Some Nations Offer a Second Covid-19 Booster | W China Covid-19 Lockdowns Hit Factories, Ports in Latest Knock to Supply Chains | W Chicago’s Parents Prove to Be Key in Getting Schools Back in Session | W

January 11 (Tuesday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 10. Markets Stocks fall further as U.S. yield climb unnerves investors | R Higher interest rates upset stock market as hot inflation tests the Fed | C Nasdaq Composite Erases Losses, Finishes Positive | W Furious Rally Sends Nasdaq to Biggest Rebound Since March 2020 | B ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK): The Strategy Is Dead Central banks Four Fed Hikes May Be Just the Start as Traders Lift Rate Bets | B Goldman predicts the Fed will hike rates four times this year, more than previously expected | C Jamie Dimon sees the best economic growth in decades, more than 4 Fed rate hikes this year | C Jerome Powell Testimony Released Before Senate Hearing | B Fed Vice Chair Clarida to step down early following scrutiny over his trades during pandemic | C IMF says emerging economies must prepare for Fed policy tightening | R US Workers Sick With Omicron Add to Manufacturing Woes. ‘The Hope Was That 2022 Would Get Better.’ | W Mortgage rates just jumped again. What that means for homebuyers | C IRS Warns of Service Delays When 2021 Tax-Filing Season Opens on Jan. 24 | W Europe Euro zone investor morale rises slightly as mood stabilises | R China I China’s Xian locks down its 13 mln residents as COVID-19 cases rise | R China’s COVID Lockdowns Add to Concerns About Economy : NPR China’s Covid-19 Lockdowns Starting to Sting | W China’s Zero COVID Strategy Braces for Omicron China II COVID-19 rattles major Chinese manufacturing province | R Factories shut and Ningbo restricts truckers in Zhejiang province lockdowns China Offers Digital Yuan at Beijing Winter Olympics to Test Overseas Appeal | B Geopolitics & trade China Locks Down City Containing One of World’s Busiest Ports, Could Impact Supply Chain China covid quarantines, lockdowns impact global supply chain | Quartz China’s goal for blue sky Beijing Winter Olympics set to cause ‘supply-side shock’ as factories close | SCMP China restricts factory operation for Olympic… ‘Emergency’ for South Korean manufacturers China Names Former Xinjiang Commander to Lead Troops in Hong Kong | W U.S., Russia See Little Progress in Early Talks on Ukraine Crisis | W An anti-Soviet protest in Kazakhstan haunts the country’s current unrest Industries & companies Tech: Microsoft Hit by Defections as Tech Giants Battle for Talent to Build the Metaverse | W Corporate finance Take-Two Interactive to Buy FarmVille Maker Zynga in $11 Billion Deal | W SEC Pushes for More Transparency From Private Companies | W Virus I U.S. Covid-19 Cases Set to Triple Pre-Omicron Record | W U.S. breaks COVID-19 hospitalization record at over 132,000 as Omicron surges | R As less-lethal Omicron surges, Europeans ease restrictions | R Hospitals Cut Beds as Nurses Call In Sick With Covid-19 | W Virus II Pfizer CEO says two Covid vaccine doses aren’t ‘enough for omicron’ | C Pfizer Begins Making Shot That Targets Omicron, Original Virus | B Merck expects COVID-19 pill molnupiravir to be effective against Omicron | R The Supreme Court appears more afraid of Joe Biden than it is of Covid-19 | Vox Researchers develop an RNA-based breath test to detect COVID-19 Facebook (Meta) delays office return to March, Covid boosters required | C Technology Chatbots: Still Dumb After All These Years China’s $1 trillion ‘artificial sun’ fusion reactor just got five times hotter than the sun Climate The EU Finally Admits Natural Gas And Nuclear Are Key To Decarbonization Beyond markets Yale, Georgetown, Other Top Schools Illegally Collude to Limit Student Financial Aid, Lawsuit Alleges | W U.S. man recovering after ‘breakthrough’ pig-heart transplant | R The First NFT Billionaires: OpenSea Founders Each Worth Billions After New Fundraising | FO

January 10 (Monday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 3. Markets Stock Funds Rose 22.5% in 2021 | W Inflation, rising rates and the Federal Reserve could whip stocks | C Bond Selloff Rattles Markets | W Why It’s Time to Invest in Commodities, and How to Do It | BR Central banks Forget Fed Rate Hikes. How It Handles Its $9 Trillion in Assets Is What Really Matters. | BR Global Inflation Has Always Been Hard to Control. This Time Is No Different. | BR US Americans’ Finances Got Stronger in the Pandemic—Confounding Early Fears | W Confused about America’s job market? Economists are, too | NN Supply-Chain Issues Leave New Homes Without Garage Doors and Gutters | W States Could Drive Rising Prices Even Higher. Here’s How. | BR Covid-19 School Closures Reignite Political Jockeying Ahead of Midterms | W Europe Will Mario Draghi move to Italy’s largely ceremonial presidency? | E Geopolitics & trade How to talk to Mr Putin | E Industries & companies Energy: Royal Dutch Shell Stock Is One of Barron’s Top Picks for 2022 | BR Financials: Banks Are Making It Easier to Get Credit Cards | W Health Care: How health care is turning into a consumer product | E Retail: Stock Pick: Nordstrom Looks Like a Cheap Play on High-End Retailing | BR Tech: IBM Could Be One of the Big Turnaround Stories of 2022 | BR Tech: The Metaverse’s Effects on Mental Health: Trivial or Troubling? | W Corporate finance Spinoffs Fared Poorly in 2021 as Victoria’s Secret, Vimeo, and Organon Slumped | BR Virus U.S. Covid-19 Seven-Day Case Average Tops 700,000 | W Latest Covid Wave Likely Peaking on East Coast, Gottlieb Says | BR Labs Limit Covid-19 Test Access as Demand Soars | W Omicron Comes to China, Prompting Mass Testing and Quarantines | W Europe’s Omicron Battle Plan: Hassle the Unvaccinated | W Cyprus reportedly discovers a Covid variant that combines omicron and delta | C Climate Study Forecasts Greater Hurricane Risk in Northeastern U.S. | W Beyond markets Economists are agreeing with each other more | E The rise of performative work | E

January 08 (Saturday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 3. Markets U.S. Stocks Close Lower After Jobs Report | W Investors Brace for Slowing Corporate Bond Sales | W Central banks Fed on the cusp of ‘maximum employment’ goal; not everyone has benefited | R U.S. labor market eyes maximum employment despite underwhelming December payrolls | R Jobs Report Likely Keeps Fed on Track for Rate Rise in March | W Larry Summers Says Fed, Markets Too Sanguine on Anti-Inflation Steps | B ECB’s Lane says inflation to fall this year | R US December Jobs Report: U.S. Added 199,000 Jobs | N Hiring Hit Annual Record Despite December Slowdown | W These Workers Wanted to Quit Their Jobs. They Got Promoted Instead. | W Omicron variant likely to fuel inflation, as Americans keep shopping, economist says | C Consumer Borrowing in U.S. Surges by a Record $40 Billion | B Biden Administration Begins to Redirect Rental Assistance | W Europe Eurozone Inflation Hits a Record, Further Pressuring ECB | W Geopolitics & trade A Dangerous Moment for Europe | W Taiwan Stages Military Drills to Deter Chinese Aggression | W Industries & companies Autos: Elon Musk says Tesla will raise price of ‘FSD’ to $12,000 in US | C Tech: Cloud stocks plunge as investors sour on pandemic’s top performers | C Tech: Republicans wasted no time dragging Big Tech into the culture wars in 2022 | NN Virus I Opinion | Here’s When We Expect Omicron to Peak | N Omicron surge pushes U.S. COVID hospitalizations toward record high | R Omicron and the Week America Is Calling In Sick | W Frustrated They Can’t Get Covid-19 Tests, Americans Go About Their Lives | W Rapid nose swab tests for COVID may not detect Omicron quickly enough -expert says | R Virus II FDA shortens Moderna booster waiting period to 5 months for adults | C Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine protects children against rare COVID-19 complication – CDC | R Citigroup to Staff: Follow Our Vaccine Mandate Or We Really Will Fire You | W Climate Is Nuclear Power Part of the Climate Solution? | W

January 07 (Friday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 3. Markets Stocks End Lower After Choppy Session | W CMBS Deals Are Lining Up for This Quarter | B Hedge funds are selling tech shares at their fastest pace in a decade as rates spike | C   Central banks The Fed is scaring markets with the triple threat of policy tightening | C The Fed is going to tighten, the only question is how fast | R Fed’s Bullard Eyes Three Rate Rises This Year, Says Fed Must Defend Inflation Credibility | W Fed’s Richard Clarida Sold Then Bought Stock Fund Before 2020 Bank Pledge | B A Fed Official’s 2020 Trade Drew Outcry. It Went Further Than First Disclosed. | N Global Supply Chain Woes Prompt a New Push to Revive U.S. Factories | N US Consumer Demand for Goods Drove U.S. Import Surge During Holidays | W China Anger at Xi’an Lockdown Spreads in China | W China’s smallest firms failing at historic pace as 4.37 million close up shop and registrations plummet | SCMP Geopolitics & trade Walmart in China’s Spotlight Again as Regulator Cites Infractions | W Industries & companies Consumer: Coca-Cola’s Fresca to Join Crowd of Canned Cocktails | W Financials: Société Générale Bets $5.5 Billion on Car-Leasing Business | W Retail: Walgreens Posts Higher Sales and Profit From Covid-19 Demand | W Tech: Morgan Stanley (MS) Suggests Rout in Expensive Tech Is Almost Over | B Tech: SpaceX: Starlink internet service has more than 145,000 users so far | C Virus America calls out sick – CNN Biden, in Shift, Prepares Americans to See Covid-19 as Part of Life | W Omicron may be less severe in young and old, but not ‘mild’ – WHO | R Japan Criticizes U.S. Response After Omicron Spreads Near American Bases | W Moderna CEO says fourth Covid shot may be needed, citing efficacy issue | C Cost of Covid-19 Testing Exceeds $100 for Some Families as Omicron Surges | W Cryptocurrency Bitcoin, Ether Prices Fall Along With Tech Stocks | W GameStop Entering NFT and Cryptocurrency Markets as Part of Turnaround Plan | W Beyond markets Larry Fink Wants to Save the World (and Make Money Doing It) | W

January 06 (Thursday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Replay of Dr. Ed’s webinar on January 3. Markets Dow drops nearly 400 points in first loss of 2022, as traders brace for a more aggressive Fed | C Interest-Rate Worries Batter Stock Market | W Asian shares skid as rising U.S. yields hit tech stocks | R Treasury Selloff Deepens as Fed Opens Door to Faster Rate Hikes | B China’s Covid-19 Lockdowns Cast a Pall Over Oil Demand Growth | B Global A New Barometer of Global Supply Chain Pressures | FRB-NY Central banks Fed Minutes Point to Possible Rate Increase in March | W Fed minutes December 2021: Federal Reserve puts wheels in motion for balance sheet reduction | C Hawkish Fed signals it may have to raise rates sooner to fight inflation | R US Underused Office Buildings Get New Life as Deluxe Apartments | W U.S. Hospital Staff Shortages Hit Most in a Year on Covid Surge | B Microbusinesses flourished during the pandemic. Now we must tap into their full potential. | Brookings China China’s Unpredictable, Heavy-Handed Governance Threatens Growth | W As pressure mounts, China Evergrande seeks delaying onshore bond payment | R Industries & companies Airlines: Airlines Cancel More Than 1,000 Flights for 11th Straight Day | W Airlines: 5G Truce Expected to Avert Many—but Not All—Flight Disruptions | W Autos: Can Tesla (TSLA) Be Stopped? Toyota, VW Pour Billions Into Electric Cars 2022 | B Autos: GM Reveals Electric Chevy Silverado to Counter Ford’s F-150 Lightning | W Fitness: Nike sues Lululemon for patent infringement over at-home Mirror gym and fitness apps | C Virus I The CDC’s new isolation guidelines are a communications disaster | msnbc.com COVID testing policy put under the microscope as Omicron sweeps world | R ‘Flurona’ Is Coronavirus Plus Flu. How Bad Is That?: QuickTake | B Biden Steps Up Vaccine Push as U.S. Cases Surpass Records | W CDC Advisers Endorse First Covid-19 Boosters for 12- to 15-Year-Olds | W Fourth Covid jab: We can’t vaccinate the planet every six months, says JCVI chief | telegraph.co.uk Virus II As the Supreme Court Prepares To Weigh Covid Rules, the Logic of Federal Mandates Starts to Fade | nysun.com Omicron School Disruptions Stress Already-Frayed Parents—Again | W Chicago Public Schools Cancel Classes After Teachers Vote Against In-Person Instruction | W Michael Bloomberg: Children Can’t Afford Teacher Walkouts | B Inside a Covid-19 School Closing: A Pennsylvania Superintendent Agonizes Over Going Remote | W Virus III Omicron Pushes Wall Street Toward Work-From-Home Future | W Walmart cuts paid Covid leave in half, as CDC isolation guidance changes | C Grammy Awards postponed indefinitely amid omicron-fueled Covid surge | C Technology Deere Rolls Out Fully Autonomous Tractor at CES | W   Beyond markets The NFT craze has stopped being funny | The Week

January 05 (Wednesday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Markets Dow posts closing record high for 2nd day, boosted by banks | R Central banks Fed’s Powell, Brainard to get Senate hearings next week; Biden promises diversity | R Fed’s Neel Kashkari Now Sees Two 2022 Rate Rises Amid Inflation Surge | W US Record U.S. quits, hiring slowdown may show Omicron’s impact on labor supply | R JOLTS November 2021: Record 4.5 million workers quit their jobs | C U.S. manufacturing cools but globally factories take Omicron risks in their stride for now | R Joe Manchin says he’s had no talks about Biden’s Build Back Better bill | C China Commentary: China’s economy is faltering. The world just doesn’t know it yet | CNA The Made in China Plan Is Back, With a Focus on Industrial Robots and Automation | B Lockdown of Chinese City Leaves 13 Million Stranded | W Evergrande Is Told to Tear Down 39 Buildings on Man-Made Island | W Olympic Committee Becomes Latest Target of Critics of Treatment of Uyghurs | W Geopolitics & trade North Korea Fires Missile Off Its East Coast | W Russia’s Military Buildup Near Ukraine Is an Open Secret | W Cyber attack prompts Italy to rethink use of Chinese surveillance cameras | theallineed.com Industries & companies Airlines: Airlines cancel another 1,400 flights as omicron, severe weather continue to snarl travel | C Autos: Toyota Overtakes GM as Bestselling Auto Maker in U.S. | W Autos: EVs Could Revive Detroit’s Supply-Chain Woes | W Pharma: Why Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm is so controversial | C Retail: Macy’s cuts store hours at all of its stores as Covid cases spike | C Virus U.S. Covid-19 Infections Top One Million After Holiday Backlog | W Omicron makes up 95% of sequenced U.S. Covid cases as infections hit record | C Universities’ Covid Policies Defy Science and Reason | substack.com CDC declines to add Covid testing recommendation to updated isolation guidance despite criticism | C CDC Backs Pfizer-BioNTech Booster for Immunocompromised Children | W Walmart, Kroger Raise Prices of Covid-19 Test Kits | W Beyond markets WeWork Co-Founder Adam Neumann Is Becoming an Apartment Mogul | W

January 04 (Tuesday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Markets I U.S. Stocks Close Higher to Start 2022 | W Stock Market Slows. Surging Inflation. Dismal Bonds: What Wall Street Expects in 2022 | B Markets II New Year Sends Treasury Yields Higher | W OPEC+ report sees short-lived, mild impact from Omicron variant | R Don’t reinstate the ban on US crude oil exports | Washington Examiner Chinese Companies Listed at Home Surge While Crackdowns Clobber Those Abroad | W   Central banks Fed’s Moves in 2022 Could End the Stock Market’s Pandemic Run | N Markets and the economy brace as the Fed’s first hike could come in two months | C   Global U.S., European Factories See Easing Supply Strains, but Omicron Threatens Setbacks | W US Democrats Blast Corporate Profits as Inflation Surges | N Monthly Child-Tax-Credit Payments Cease, Ending Cushion for Family Budgets | W Families who got the child tax credit need to look out for this letter | C Biden Launches Plan to Fight Meatpacker Giants on Inflation | B A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager | N China China Is Haunted by Its One-Child Policy as It Tries to Encourage Couples to Conceive | W China Evergrande gets building demolition order; share trading halted | R   Industries & companies Airlines: Airline stocks surge as investors shrug off thousands more flight cancellations | C Autos: GM, Volkswagen Build Up Their Battery Supply Chains Amid Electric-Vehicle Push | W Restaurants: Opinion | How Much More Can the Restaurant Industry Take? | N Tech: Tesla stock closes up 13% after reporting record vehicle deliveries for 2021 | C Tech: GAF Energy taking on Tesla, to make solar shingles cheaper | C Tech: Apple AirPods business grew like gangbusters over the holidays | C Geopolitics & trade Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war | R Virus I Covid-19 Cases Soar to New Records in U.S. | W Covid Cases Are at Record Highs, But U.S. May Still Be Undercounting | B Omicron Cases Are Hitting Highs, But New Data Puts End in Sight | B FDA expands Pfizer booster eligibility to kids ages 12 to 15, authorizes third shots at 5 months | C Coronavirus Tracker | W Virus II Happy New Year: Chaos, Omicron Kill Hopes of Return to Normal in 2022 | B U.S. schools delay openings as Omicron rages; New York City hits 33% positivity rate | R New York City Covid Infections May Be at Peak, Nate Silver Says | B Starbucks readies its workforce for Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate | C Corporate finance Apple’s $3 trillion market cap shows value of share buybacks, dividend | C

January 03 (Monday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Markets S&P 500 ends 2021 with a nearly 27% gain, but dips in final trading day | C Stocks Face Rockier Path in 2022 as Fed Rate Increases Loom | W Stocks could ride the 2021 tailwind into the new year, but the jobs report and Fed will be in focus | C A Top Emerging Markets Fund Puts the Spotlight on Indian Stocks | BR OPEC+ report sees short-lived, mild impact from Omicron variant | R Central banks Fed Rate-Setting Panel Gets New Members in 2022 Amid Rate-Rise Expectations | W US I Omicron Takes a Toll on Businesses, From Airports to Bars and Supermarkets | W Amid another Covid surge, schools and businesses find plans disrupted | C Democrats Seek Filibuster Changes to Pass Elections Bills | W The Republicans are still Donald Trump’s party, and they can still win | E Retired generals warn U.S. military deeply divided and future coup attempt possible | The Globe and Mail Infrastructure Investments Need to Focus on Resilience to Generate Maximum Impact | BR US II Headaches and Backlogs Loom as Tax Filing Season Nears Again | W The Great Resignation Was Inevitable, Says the Texas A&M Professor Who Coined the Term. Here’s What Comes Next. | BR Financial Advisors Are Moving to Florida In Droves. Why, and What That Means for You. | BR China China Evergrande Revises Payment Plan for Wealth-Management Products | W Geopolitics & trade China and Russia Military Cooperation Raises Prospect of New Challenge to American Power | W China harvests masses of data on Western targets, documents show | WP Industries & companies Airlines: Rocky start to 2022 air travel as bad weather, omicron drive thousands of cancellations | C Airlines: Omicron-related disruptions cause over 4,000 flight cancellations to kick off 2022 | R Autos: The 18 Best EVs Coming in 2022 | WIRED Autos: Tesla TSLA Q4 2021 vehicle delivery and production numbers | C Manufacturing: Can Paper Replace Plastic? A Packaging Giant Is Betting It Can | W Media: AT&T, Verizon Refuse FAA Request to Delay 5G Launch | W Tech: Chip Stocks Are Booming. Where to Find Bargains Now. | BR Virus I U.S., Europe Weigh Isolation Requirements as Omicron Disrupts Daily Life | W U.S. is considering recommending that individuals exposed to Covid end isolation if they’ve tested negative for the virus after five days, Dr. Fauci says | C Omicron causes a less severe illness than earlier variants | E Kulldorff & Bhattacharya Respond: The Collins and Fauci Attack on Traditional Public Health | theepochtimes.com Virus II A cluster of covid-19 cases in China prompts a citywide lockdown | E Israel to offer fourth COVID vaccine shot to over 60s, medical staff | R Why travel bans are usually the wrong way to curb Omicron | E Why Cloth Masks Might Not Be Enough as Omicron Spreads | W COVID outbreak ends cruise for thousands on German ship in Lisbon | R   Corporate finance Global M&A volumes hit record high in 2021, breach $5 trillion for first time | R A Booming Startup Market Prompts an Investment Rush for Ever-Younger Companies | W Cryptocurrency Is a greener, faster and more decentralised alternative to Bitcoin possible? | E The $2 Trillion Cryptocurrency Market Is Drawing Interest From Investors, Scrutiny From U.S. Regulators | W Beyond markets Jeffrey Sachs Took Millions From UAE to Research “Well-Being” | theintercept.com Betty White: ‘You don’t give up’ and 4 other pieces of sage advice | C

December 31 (Friday) YRI Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing. Markets In a Wild Year for Markets, Stocks Pull Off Big Gains | W Investors Are Piling Into Supply-Chain Technology | W Central banks The Fed’s Higher Fed Funds Rate Projections Mean What? | AIER The Fed’s Doomsday Prophet Has a Dire Warning About Where We’re Headed | PO US Congress news: Democrats to take up Build Back Better, Fed picks in 2022 | C Strong Labor Market in 2021 Faces Down Omicron Threat | W John Robson: California is a mess. And wishing it otherwise won’t change anything | National Post China China’s big challenge for 2022: Getting people to spend money | C Geopolitics & trade Biden and Putin speak as tensions mount over Ukraine | C Industries & companies Airlines: Airlines Cancel More Than 1,300 Flights | W Cruise Lines: U.S. CDC says people should ‘avoid cruise travel, regardless of vaccination status’ | C Retail: Walmart drew one in four dollars on click and collect: market researcher | C Virus I COVID-19 casts bleak shadow over New Year celebrations, again | R U.S. Hits Record Number of New Covid Cases Twice in Same Week | W Covid-19 Rapid Test Shortages Seen Compounded by Slow Federal Action | W Omicron cannot escape T cells; boosters protect households from Omicron | R How Likely Is Reinfection Following Covid Recovery? | Brownstone Institute Virus II Israel approves fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot for most vulnerable | R Covid in Canada: Ontario Limits Testing to Vulnerable as Cases Hit Record | B COVID-19 deaths in Eastern Europe surpass 1 million | R Chevron delays return to office for office workers over Omicron | R Technology How Elon Musk’s Software Focus Helped Tesla Navigate Chip Shortage | W