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September 20 (Monday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 19 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets Wall Street slips on tech losses, tax uncertainty weighs | R Stock Market Correction Worries Are Overblown. Here’s Why. | BR Demand for Natural Gas Will Keep Prices High. What to Know. | BR Junk-Debt Sales Soar Toward Record Year | W Central banks The Fed Needs to Change Its Trading Rules After Two Officials’ Moves Raise Eyebrows | BR November? December? Fed’s ‘taper’ timeline tied to volatile jobs data | R Global Why skippers aren’t scuppered | E US I U.S. Economy Shows Resilience During Delta Surge | W Senior House Democrats concede likely scale-back of $3.5 trillion Biden spending bill | R What the Infrastructure Bill Would Help Fix First | W Democrats Are Trashing the American Work Ethic With Their Spending Bill | RCP Companies Use Overtime to Solve Worker Shortages. That May Cost Them More Workers. | W US II Student debt is a main obstacle for millennials wanting to buy a house (cnbc.com) The Impact of Student Loan Debt | NAR California’s SB 9 effectively bans single-family zoning. It’s not enough to make the state affordable. | Slate China Is China already the world’s most dominant economy? | E Op-ed: Will China’s President Xi’s big bet pay off? | C Shanghai encourages ‘duty-free economy’ as part of consumer push | R TikTok Maker Caps Screen Time for Youths in China | W Industries & companies Consumer: Amazon piles ads into search results as big brands pay for placement | C Media: How Our TV Obsession Shapes How We Eat, Dress, Travel and Live | W Tech: The New iPhone 13 Could Still Drive Upside for Apple Stock. | BR Tech: Microsoft and More Companies That Raised Their Dividends This Week | BR Crypto Inside the Coming War Over Money and Cryptos | BR The beguiling promise of decentralised finance | E Corporate finance SPAC IPOs Are on the Rise Because Investors Are Looking for Yield | BR Virus FDA panel recommends Pfizer’s Covid booster doses for people 65 and older | C Covid Oral Drugs Are Coming. These Stocks Stand to Gain. | BR Key data on U.S. J&J, Moderna COVID-19 boosters weeks away, Fauci says | R Climate The Trillion-Dollar Fantasy | Institutional Investor Beyond markets Watch SpaceX livestream Inspiration4 splashdown: Crew Dragon returns | C How to stop children working | E Edtech that helps teachers beats edtech that replaces them | E How Foil Blankets Are Used to Save the World’s Largest Trees | W

September 18 (Saturday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets S&P 500 falls Friday, notches second straight week of losses in September slump | C Stocks Finish Lackluster Week With a Down Day | W Covid-19 Lockdowns in Asia Deepen Commodity Supply-Chain Pain | W Central banks November? December? Fed’s ‘taper’ timeline tied to volatile jobs data | R U.S. debt ceiling impasse? Fed’s ‘loathsome’ game plan for the ‘unthinkable’ | R Fed Chief Powell owned same type of assets bank bought during Covid | C Trump shattered tradition on Fed chair. Some Dems want Biden to do the same. | POLITICO US U.S. Economy Shows Resilience During Delta Surge | W Amid COVID surge, states that cut benefits still see no hiring boost | R Apartments Built on an Assembly Line | N China China faces a potential Lehman moment. Wall Street is unfazed | NN China’s Space Station Tiangong Is Coming Together Bit by Bit | W China’s Tencent Says It Will Make It Easier to Share Links to Rivals on WeChat | W Europe As Germany Election Nears, Merkel Leaves a Strong But Vulnerable Economy | N Industries & companies Autos: Tesla to reverse solar price hike for some customers: legal filing | C Communication services: Senate to grill tech execs after report on Instagram, teen mental health | C Financials: U.S. banking lobby groups oppose proposed tax reporting law | R Financials: Insider trading: Suspicious bets made before Goldman’s $2.2 billion GreenSky acquisition | C Retail: Retailers Rethink Pandemic-Battered Manhattan | N Tech: Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple | N Virus FDA panel recommends Pfizer’s Covid booster doses for people 65 and older | C When You Should Get Your COVID Booster Shot – The Atlantic Crypto U.S. to Target Crypto Ransomware Payments With Sanctions | W Beyond Markets Sequoia trees wildfire: California crews wrap trees fireproof blankets | C DOJ charges 138 with health-care fraud, including opioids, Covid, telemedicine | C

September 17 (Friday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets Stocks End Mostly Lower as Investors Parse Data, Market Decline in China | W Oil steady as U.S. storm-hit supply returns slowly | R Central banks Fed: Powell orders ethics review after top officials’ multimillion-dollar trades | C US U.S. Economy Shows Resilience During Delta Surge | W U.S. retail sales surprise to upside in strong boost to economy | R Biden expects Congress to approve spending, infrastructure bills | R Biden prepares to fight for tax increases on the wealthy, corporations | C Democrats want to extend monthly child tax credit payments through 2025 | C Can Gen Z’ers Become One of the Wealthiest Generations? | C Europe Without Angela Merkel, Germany’s Conservatives Face Possible Election Rout | W China China developer Evergrande: debt crisis, bond default and investor risks | C Geopolitics & trade U.S., China Jockey for Position in Pacific With Moves on Security, Trade | W China Seeks to Join Pacific Trade Pact After U.S. Forms New Security Alliance | W Industries & companies Autos: Ford adds jobs to increase production of electric F-150 pickup; reservations top 150,000 | C Communication services: Facebook Employees Flag Drug Cartels and Human Traffickers. The Company’s Response Is Weak, Documents Show. | W Retail: Sears is shutting its last store in Illinois, its home state | C Shipping: Rising Shipping Costs Are Companies’ Latest Inflation Riddle | W Virus From China, through Telegram: Fake Covid vaccination card market booms | C Italy to Impose Strict Covid-19 Health Pass for All Workers | W Idaho Hospitals, Overwhelmed With Covid-19 Patients, May Begin Rationing Care | W Climate Democrats Rethink Climate Measures, Consider Carbon Tax | W

September 16 (Thursday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets S&P 500, Dow gain on factory data, strong oil prices | R Stocks Climb After Market Pullback | W Stock-market investors brace for ‘quadruple witching’ this Friday | MW US Yellen, IRS Push Democrats to Require Banks to Report Taxpayers’ Annual Account Flows | W Poverty in U.S. Declined Thanks to Government Aid, Census Report Shows | N In California Recall Results, Democrats See a Road Map, Republicans See a Warning | W Hurricane Ida, supply constraints slow U.S. factory production | R China China’s Economic Recovery Is Looking Gloomier | W China’s Biggest Movie Star Was Erased From the Internet, and the Mystery Is Why | W Industries & companies Autos: GM advising some Bolt EV owners to park 50 feet away from other cars | C Retail: Amazon plans October beauty sale to hook early holiday shoppers | C Climate Climate Change Calls for Backup Power, and One Company Cashes In | N Crypto Opinion | Bitcoin in El Salvador Shows the Fantasy Is Getting Real | N Virus Pfizer Covid vaccine boosters: FDA staff declines to take stance, citing unverified data | C Covid booster shots: Moderna releases data on breakthrough cases backing need for third doses | C Biden enlists Disney, Microsoft CEOs in push for vaccine mandates | R

September 15 (Wednesday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets U.S. stocks close lower on worries over recovery, corporate tax hikes | R Stocks Can’t Shake Off Downward Pressure | W Does the market care about ethical investment? It depends | TheHill Central banks Should Biden Reappoint Jerome Powell? It Depends on His Theory of Change. | N US I U.S. inflation coming off the boil as prices increase slowly in August | R August 2021 CPI Report Shows Cooling Inflation | N What’s Your Raise Really Worth? Inflation Has Something to Say About It. | W Census Figures Show Americans’ Incomes Fell in 2020 | W America is short more than 5 million homes, study says | C US II Stimulus checks, unemployment benefits lowered poverty in 2020 | C U.S. HUD eases rules to speed funds to aid homeless | R Opinion | America Can Find a Smarter Way to Help Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs | N US III Democrats Put Off Hard Decisions on $3.5 Trillion Spending Plan for Now | W Democrats’ tax plan would cut bills for most Americans -congressional estimate | R Millionaire taxes would increase 11% in 2023 under House Democrat plan | C Estate Taxes Are Easy to Avoid. House Democrats Want to Change That. | W Gavin Newsom Faces Recall Election in California on Tuesday | W Europe U.K. Job Recruiters Call for Looser Immigration to Save Recovery | B Japan Japan’s machinery orders rebound in sign of capex recovery | R Emerging Yum China warns quarterly profit to take over 50% hit due to Delta variant | R Korea Unemployment Drops to Record Low as Job Seekers Stay Home | B Industries & companies Autos: EV start-up Rivian beats Tesla, GM, Ford as first automaker to produce electric pickup | C Energy: Chevron to Triple Low-Carbon Investment | W Media: Comcast Stock Slides After Warning on Slowing Subscriber Growth | W Retail: Amazon Adding 125,000 Workers in U.S., Opening Dozens of Facilities | W Tech: Apple event 2021 live updates: iPhone 13, new iPads and Apple Watch unveiled | C Crypto Cryptocurrency regulation: SEC Chair Gary Gensler grilled by senators | C Corporate finance DOJ’s Vanita Gupta signals firm stance against ‘killer acquisitions’ | C   Virus COVID Hospitalization Numbers Can Be Misleading | The Atlantic Beyond markets Offices Reopen With Safety Plans, but Big-City Commutes Spook Workers | W Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show | W

September 14 (Tuesday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets S&P 500 Advances While Nasdaq Edges Lower | W Global Oil Demand to Exceed Pre-Pandemic Levels Next Year, OPEC Says | W Global The Struggle to Reverse a Shrinking Population Hits Some Nations Harder | W Central banks Dodd-Frank architects call for reappointment of Fed’s Powell | R US I House Democrats propose tax increases in $3.5 trillion budget bill | C Factbox-Key elements of U.S. House Democrats’ tax-hike plans to fund Biden spending | R Democrats Release Details of Proposed Tax Increase | W House Democrats propose hiking capital gains tax to 28.8% | C Here Comes the Biden Tax Bill | W US II Inflation Expectations Continue to Climb, New York Fed Survey Shows | W Tuesday’s CPI report likely to show inflation continuing to run hot, putting the Fed in tough spot | C Will the US emulate China’s tech takedown? | TheHill How to end the American dependence on driving – Vox Europe Europe’s gas shortage could make the whole world pay more to get warm this winter | C Geopolitics & trade As Taliban Seek International Acceptance, Countries Seek to Engage—but Stop Short of Recognition | W Industries & companies Tech: Apple iPhone event preview — iPhone 13, iPad, AirPods and Watch | C Tech: Apple Cyber Flaw Allows Silent iPhone Hack Through iMessage | W Corporate finance Intuit Agrees to Buy Mailchimp for About $12 Billion | W Virus Covid-19 Deaths in Delta Surge Trend Younger in U.S. | W U.S. Covid cases dip from latest peak, but delta still rising in some states | C Covid booster: Data shows third shots ‘not appropriate’ at this time, scientists say | C

September 13 (Monday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 12 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets U.S. Stock Market Faces Risk of Bumpy Autumn, Wall Street Analysts Warn | W Central banks Fed’s Bostic on What the Fed Can Do to Help Americans Find the Right Jobs | BR US Short-Lasting Inflation Depends on Long-Lasting Goods | W The Housing Market Continues to Be Hot With Remote Workers on the Move | BR Sen. Joe Manchin says there’s no way to pass $3.5 trillion budget bill by September 27 | C Democrats aim to expand Medicare despite looming trust fund insolvency | C China China has become a laboratory for the regulation of digital technology | E A provocative blog post stirs up a firestorm in China | E Geopolitics & trade After Afghanistan Germans rethink their country’s foreign policy | E Industries & companies Autos: U.S. Democrats propose dramatic expansion of EV tax credits that favors Big Three | C Consumer discretionary: How Amazon Would Be Affected by California’s Warehouse Quotas Bill | W Energy: Uranium Is a Winner as Climate Change Boosts Nuclear Power | BR Grocery stores: Kroger gets hit by higher costs, offsetting bigger grocery baskets | C Manufacturing: A Small-Cap Stock to Buy as U.S. Manufacturing Rebounds | BR Tech: Chip Shortage Drives Tech Companies and Car Makers Closer | W Utilities: Utility Stocks Don’t Get Much Respect—but They Have Nice Dividends | BR Technology The Way Amazon Uses Tech to Squeeze Performance Out of Workers Deserves Its Own Name: Bezosism | W Virus Covid-19 Could Become Like the Flu if More People Get Vaccinated | W In America, even full local hospitals do not dent vaccine scepticism | E Biden Vaccine Mandate Should Withstand Legal Challenges, Experts Say | BR The Vaccine Fight Has Given Corporate America Significant New Power | BR Crypto Bitcoin to Bucks: Crypto Fans Borrow to Buy Homes, Cars—and More Crypto | W Beyond markets Societies that treat women badly are poorer and less stable | E Cancer, medical complications surge for 9/11 survivors, CDC report says | C

September 11 (Saturday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 6 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets Dow drops more than 270 points, falling for a fifth straight day | C Stocks Fall for the Week as Investors Turn to Uncertain Autumn | W Wall St Week Ahead Investors eye wobbling energy sector as gauge for Delta fears | R   Central banks Fed Officials Prepare for November Reduction in Bond Buying | W Trading tantrum? Fed officials’ personal dealings stir controversy, call for change | R Fed to hold public event on pandemic recovery on Sept. 24 | R US Strained supply chains keep U.S. producer prices hot | R COVID-19 Expanded Unemployment Insurance Benefits May Have Discouraged a Faster Recovery | Mercatus Center Why $46 Billion in Rental Assistance Couldn’t Prevent Evictions | N U.S. Senate Democrats float stock buyback tax as part of $3.5 trillion bill | R Centrist House Democrats Offer Rival Proposal on Cutting Prescription Drug Prices | W U.S. wholesale inventories rise; inventories-to-sales ratio lowest in seven years | R China Why Evergrande’s Debt Problems Threaten China | N   Geopolitics & trade Biden, China’s Xi Jinping Hold First Call in Months | W Biden Administration Takes Aim at China’s Industrial Subsidies | W U.S. and EU Advance Talks to Preserve Data Transfers | W Industries & companies Media: Disney says ‘Eternals,’ ‘West Side Story’ will be released to theaters only | C Tech: Epic Games v. Apple: Judge reaches decision | C Virus U.S. decision on Pfizer Covid shot for kids age 5 to 11 could come in October, sources say | C New study finds unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from Covid, CDC says | C School Is Back and the Covid Rules Keep Changing: ‘It’s as Chaotic as You Can Get.’ | W What you need to know about President Joe Biden’s new Covid vaccine mandates | C

September 10 (Friday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 6 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets Stocks Close Lower as Concerns Loom Over Growth and Covid-19 | W Oil Prices Fall After China Says It Plans to Release Stockpiles | W Natural gas prices are rising and could be the most expensive in 13 years this winter | C Oxford Economics Expects 10-Year Treasury Yield to Start Modest March Higher | W Central banks ECB Sticks With Easy-Money Policies to Counter Delta’s Impact | W Fed presidents Kaplan, Rosengren to sell individual stock holdings to address ethics concerns | C US U.S. Jobless Claims Hit New Pandemic Low as Employers Retain Workers | W Biden’s Infrastructure Plan: Scarcity of Skilled Workers Poses Challenge | N Biden Boosts Vaccine Requirements for Large Employers, Federal Workers to Combat Covid-19 | W Democrats Advance Plan to Require Employers to Offer Retirement Plans | W Opinion: How the Covid crisis is making retirement inequality worse – MarketWatch Top 1% dodge $163 billion in annual taxes, Treasury estimates | C China Commodity Boom Pushes China’s Factory Inflation to 13-Year High | W Industries & companies Airlines: U.S. Airlines Warn of Dimming Outlook Amid Delta Variant | W Autos: GM debuts off-road Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 as flagship truck ahead of EV pickup | C Consumer discretionary: Amazon Dangles Free Bachelor’s Degrees as New Perk in Fight for U.S. Workers | W Consumer discretionary: Amazon to Launch Its Own TVs in Push to Cement Itself in Living Rooms | W Pharma: Biden Administration Unveils Plan to Cut Prescription-Drug Prices | W Technology A.I. Can Now Write Its Own Computer Code. That’s Good News for Humans. | N Battery Makers Tied to Power Grid Attract Big Investors | W Your Batteries Are Due for Disruption | N Smart Glasses Made Google Look Dumb. Now Facebook Is Giving Them a Try. | N Corporate finance Amazon third-party seller Pharmapacks plans to go public via SPAC | C Virus Moderna shares rise after company reveals single-shot vaccine booster for Covid and flu | C Biden pushes vaccine mandates covering 100 million U.S. workers | C Microsoft Delays Full Headquarters Reopening to Undetermined Future Date | W Climate Climate Policy Should Pay More Attention to Climate Economics | NR Beyond markets A Knee or Hip ‘Replacement’ Without Surgery? It’s on the Horizon | W

September 09 (Thursday) YRI Dr. Ed’s latest video podcast dated September 6 Daily Markets Overview See subscribers’ link below for today’s Morning Briefing Markets Stocks Decline as Nasdaq Fades From Record | W Global Inflation’s Worldwide Surge May Be a Good Sign | N Central banks Fed officials say tapering could still get started this year | R Democrats’ Split Deepens Over Powell Fed Reappointment | W Digital Currencies Pave Way for Deeply Negative Interest Rates | W US U.S. economy “downshifted slightly” in August -Fed’s Beige Book | R Businesses are feeling stronger inflation and paying higher wages, Fed’s ‘Beige Book’ says | C U.S. job openings hit record high as employers struggle to find workers | R Why America has 8.4 million unemployed when there are 10 million job openings | WP Job Openings Remain Robust, Though In-Person Postings Slipped in August | W Yellen warns Pelosi on debt limit, says extraordinary measures likely to run out in October | C Geopolitics & trade Global Economic Warfare Intensifies as Military Conflict Recedes | W Afghan Women Protest Hard-Line Taliban Government, Face Violent Crackdown | W Mexico-U.S. talks to focus on border movement, semiconductors -foreign minister | R Industries & companies Airlines: United Airlines staff granted religious exemptions to vaccine mandate will be put on unpaid leave | C Financials: ESG Financing Comes With Few Penalties for Missing Goals | B Financials: BlackRock, Defying Soros Warning, Breaks New Ground in China | B Financials: PayPal to Buy Japan’s Paidy for $2.7 Billion | W Virus As a Delta Wave Peaks in Some States, Others Brace for What’s Next | W Europe’s Covid-19 Containment Is Tested as Schools Reopen | W Ida and COVID-19: ‘Twin-demic’ slams Louisiana hospitals | MSN Crypto Bitcoin Steadies After Flash Crash | W