May 23 (Saturday)
YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets
Markets I
Stock market today: Stocks close little changed, but Dow posts biggest weekly gain since April C
Markets Get a Shot of Fed Adrenaline W
Stock-market traders brace for ‘dogfight’ as S&P 500 lingers below its 200-day moving average MW
Markets II
Calendar Reads 2020 But the Stock Market Has Moved On to 2021 B
Uppers and downers – A perky stock market v a glum economy E
How Do You Value Stocks When Earnings Plummet to Zero?
Credit & commodities
Corporate Bond Rally Picks Up Momentum W
Struggling Corporate Borrowers Raise Risks in Loan Funds W
Oil Price Disruption Eases as Physical Crude Demand Jumps W
Central banks
ECB Is Ready to Expand Stimulus Program, Minutes Show W
US
The Covid Surcharge: Companies Confront the Unforgiving Economics of Coronavirus W
US politics
Coronavirus stimulus: Trump wants to send out more relief money C
China
Dropping Growth Target, China Acknowledges Severity of Its Economic Challenges W
Geopolitics & trade
China to Allow State-Security Agents to Police Hong Kong W
China’s Move to Dismantle Hong Kong’s Autonomy Poses Dilemma for U.S. Policy W
Industries & companies
Autos: GM’s Plans to Increase Truck Production Delayed by Parts Shortage W
Industrials: Deere Lowers Sales, Profit Outlook on Coronavirus Impact W
Tech: IBM Announces First Job Cuts Under New Chief Executive W
Virus I
Coronavirus Case Counts in 50 States Indicate Vast Differences W
America Is Reopening for Summer, and Tensions Are High W
Trump Says Places of Worship Are Essential Services W
Coronavirus: Dr. Anthony Fauci says staying closed for too long could cause ‘irreparable damage’ C
South America a new COVID epicenter, Africa reaches 100,000 cases, WHO says R
Virus II
Defense secretary says coronavirus vaccine will be ready by end of year C
Exclusive: U.S. plans massive coronavirus vaccine testing effort to meet year-end deadline R
Moderna vaccine researcher: It’s ‘mind-boggling’ to be done in 2020 C
Coronavirus vaccine in China produces neutralizing antibodies in early-stage trial C
Hospitals Are Rationing Remdesivir W
U.S. veterans agency has given hydroxychloroquine to 1,300 coronavirus patients R
Drug touted by Trump to treat COVID-19 linked to higher death risk: study R
Corporate finance
Hertz Preparing Bankruptcy Filing as Soon as This Weekend W
Offbeat
We Need a Name for the Greatest Economic Crisis in a Century B
Americans’ vacation habits are changing as cabin fever sets in C
Elon Musk Speaks Frankly on Coronavirus, SpaceX, and Rage Tweets B
