wiar 11-28-20

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Nov 28 (Saturday)

Markets
Stock market today: S&P 500 closes at another record Friday, gains 2% on week | C
The surprising lesson Black Friday and Cyber Monday can teach stock-market investors | MW
Move Over, Millennials! Boomer Power Fuels Stock Rally’s Latest Leg. | BR
Oil prices post weekly gain ahead of OPEC+ meeting | R

Central banks
Janet Yellen: Why Joe Biden’s Treasury Pick Is Right on the Money | BR
Mnuchin asks Republican senators to trust in future Treasury, Fed actions | R

US
Florida’s Approval of $15 Minimum Wage Sets Up Battle in Other States | W
Hawaii Wants to Lure Visitors—but Keep Out Covid-19—to Revive Its Economy | W

Emerging
‘Their Goal Is to Make You Feel Helpless’: In Xi’s China, Little Room for Dissent | W
Overdue action – Bad debts in China | Finance & economics | E
India’s GDP Shrinks as Covid-19 Keeps Stranglehold on Economy | W

Europe
Brexit Is Nipping at London’s Role as a Financial Powerhouse | N
Brexit goes down to the wire: EU and UK say big differences remain | R

US politics
Joe Biden Wants to Change Tax Policy. Here’s What He Might Accomplish. | BR
Factbox: The top contenders to run Biden’s financial agencies | R
Trump will campaign for Georgia Republican Senate candidates | C
Trump loses appeal of Pennsylvania election case | C

Industries & companies
Airlines: Pilot shortage prompts rare flight cancellations at Delta over Thanksgiving break | C
Autos: Ford Can Be Fixed. Why Its Stock Could Double. | BR
Autos: GM Plans to Seek Banking Charter to Grow Auto-Lending Business | W
Autos: U.S. agency opens probe into 115,000 Tesla vehicles over suspension issue | C
Consumer: Amazon Workers Are Striking on Black Friday. Will It Hit the Stock? | BR
Consumer: Amazon Black Friday: Hiring spree used to meet extreme demand | C
Consumer: Pushed by Pandemic, Amazon Goes on a Hiring Spree Without Equal | N
Retail: Bargain-Hunting Holiday Shoppers Didn’t Wait for Black Friday | BR
Retail: Black Friday in a Pandemic Means Fewer Shoppers, Fewer Deals | W
Retail: Black Friday may have seen ‘fundamental change’ due to Covid pandemic | C

Virus I
America will be the first country to roll out a covid-19 vaccine | United States | E
Vaccine Confidence and Hesitancy: A Q&A With Bruce Gellin | BR
AstraZeneca Faces Difficult Questions About Its Vaccine After Admitting Mistake | N
Oxford, WHO scientists: More data needed on AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine trials
U.K. Pushes For AstraZeneca Vaccine Approval Amid Questions Over Trial Data | BR
Covid-19 Vaccine Studies May Suffer as Volunteers Consider Dropping Out | W

Virus II
U.S. patients hospitalized with COVID-19 surpass 90,000 ahead of expected case surge | R
Evictions have led to hundreds of thousands of extra Covid cases | C