Dec 15 (Tuesday)
YRI
Morning Briefing PDF
Daily Markets
Markets
Dow stages 325-point U-turn as COVID lockdowns seen intensifying amid U.S. vaccine rollout | MW
Tech Stocks Extend Rally | W
China Set to Plug Liquidity Gap as $92 Billion of Funds Mature | B
Central banks
‘Dissonance’ confronts Fed, with vaccine weighed against joblessness | R
Federal Reserve emergency-lending program deserved to die | P
US
U.S. consumers uncertain about labor market, finances -New York Fed survey | R
US politics
U.S. Congress in sprint to fund government, approve COVID-19 emergency aid | R
Coronavirus stimulus updates: Bipartisan relief bill will be released | C
Election results: Electoral College votes to cement Joe Biden’s victory over Trump | C
Geopolitics & trade
Trade With China Roars Back As Americans Are Stuck At Home | N
US companies riddled with members of Chinese Communist Party | P
Industries & companies
Airlines: Boeing Widens 787 Dreamliner Inspections After Finding More Assembly-Line Defects | W
Communication services: Is Google Down? Gmail, YouTube Suffer Outages | W
Energy: Exxon Promises to Cut Greenhouse-Gas Emissions, End Flaring by 2030 | W
Financials: ‘The Best Year Ever’: 2020 Was Surprisingly Good to Small Banks | W
Pharma: Where Do Covid-19 Vaccine Stocks Go From Here? | W
Tech: Apple Fitness Plus review: A strong Peloton competitor for less money | C
Tech: Semiconductor Analysts Bullish on 2021, But Valuation a Concern | B
Virus
U.S. administers first shots of Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, launching a historic rollout | C
Covid vaccine: U.S. plans to ship 6 million Moderna doses once FDA gives OK | C
Kentucky doesn’t need more lockdowns | WashingtonExaminer
Gov. Cuomo destroys restaurants and jobs — for no reason | P
Covid vaccine: Pfizer negotiating with U.S. to provide an additional 100 million doses, CEO says | C
Corporate finance
Blackstone Raises Wager on Life Sciences With $3.5 Billion Property Deal | W
Adidas Explores Sale of Reebok | W
Cybersecurity & data privacy
U.S. Homeland Security, thousands of businesses scramble after suspected Russian hack | R
Suspected Russian Hack Said to Have Gone Undetected for Months | W
FTC orders Amazon, Facebook and others to explain how they use personal data | C
Apple adds privacy labels in App Store listings | C
Offbeat
Google CEO email delays return to Sept 2021, no permanent remote work | C
