Dec 10 (Thursday)

YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets

Markets
Euro Rally Weighs on Inflation, Sapping Appetite for Stocks | W
Wall Street forecasters see the ‘gradual reflation story’ lifting bond yields in 2021 | MW

US
U.S. Job Openings Slipped in Early December | W
Housing is doing something it hasn’t done since the bubble | C

China
Chinese Consumer Prices Show First Annual Decline Since 2009 | W

US politics
Government shutdown: House votes to fund government for one week | C
What if Democrats Sweep the Georgia Senate Runoffs? | Morningstar
Trump’s Challenges to Election Results Face End of the Legal Road | W
Opinion: Biden’s economic picks show that we are in good hands – CNN
Joe Biden son Hunter Biden under federal tax investigation | C

Industries & companies
Communication services: Facebook faces U.S. lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp | R
Media: Disney to Reveal Plans to Turbocharge Streaming Offerings | N
Restaurants: Starbucks shares jump as coffee chain predicts strong rebound next year | C

Virus
‘Lockdown Lite’ Spares Economies but Doesn’t End Pandemic | W
Covid vaccine: FDA will likely scrutinize allergic reactions to Pfizer’s vaccine in UK before clearing use in U.S. | C
Canada Authorizes Covid-19 Vaccine From Pfizer and BioNTech | W
Covid vaccine: Dry ice sales skyrocket as hospitals prepare to deliver shots | C
U.S. Supplies of Covid-19 PPE Fall Short of Targets | W
Pandemic Closures Devastate Restaurant Industry’s Middle Class | N

Corporate finance
AT&T Fields DirecTV Offers Above $15 Billion Including Debt | W
DoorDash IPO: DASH starts trading on the NYSE
Airbnb IPO raises at least $3.5 billion, challenging DoorDash and Snowflake for largest IPO of the year | MW

Offbeat
SpaceX Starship rocket SN8 explodes after high-altitude test flight | C