Jan 23 (Saturday)
YRI
Video Podcast. In our latest video podcast, Dr. Ed discusses the main points of today’s Morning Briefing.
Daily Markets Overview
Today’s Morning Briefing
Markets
Dow, S&P close lower as IBM, Intel weigh, coronavirus concerns rise | R
EV Surge Sends Cobalt Prices Soaring | W
US
U.S. Existing-Home Sales Reach Highest Level in 14 Years | W
U.S. factory activity races to more than 13-1/2-year high in early January: IHS Markit | R
China
China Played Its Hand Well in 2020. Will It Keep Winning? | W
Anger at China’s Covid-19 Response Smolders in Wuhan | W
US politics I
Biden Signs Executive Orders to Boost Covid-19 Aid, Expand Worker Protections | W
Covid stimulus update: Biden to sign executive orders on hunger, workers’ rights | C
Biden executive order to speed up stimulus checks for 8 million people | C
Biden Wants to Raise Taxes, Yet Many Trump Tax Cuts Are Here to Stay | N
Joe Biden faces an unemployment crisis and millions of workers without jobs | Vox
US politics II
Janet Yellen’s nomination as first female Treasury secretary clears key Senate hurdle | C
Trump impeachment: House will deliver article to Senate on Monday | C
Geopolitics & trade
China Pushes for High-Level Meeting to Ease Tension With U.S. | W
Industries & companies
Manufacturing: Hand Sanitizer Sales Jumped 600% in 2020. Purell Maker Bets Against a Post-Pandemic Collapse | W
Retail: Home Depot shares are a buy at these levels, according to trader | C
Tech: Tech shares could retake market reins as earnings heat up | R
Virus I
Boris Johnson: Evidence new UK Covid strain may be [slightly] more deadly | C
Studies of South African Coronavirus Strain Raise Concerns About Immune Response | W
New York state is running 1,000 genome tests per week to look for new Covid variants | C
WHO Caught Between China and West on Frozen-Food Coronavirus Transmission | W
CDC Finds One in 400,000 Had Anaphylaxis After Moderna Shot | B
Covid-19 Contracted by Scores of National Guard Members in Washington | W
Special Report: How U.S. CDC missed chances to spot COVID’s silent spread | R
Virus II
CDC changes Covid vaccine guidance to OK mixing Pfizer and Moderna shots in exceptional situations | C
More Than 56.7 Million Shots Given: Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker
The Architecture of Covid Vaccine Distribution | B
Biden Aims to Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Distribution by Using 1950s Law | W
Biden’s 100-Day Vaccine Goal Was Nearly Met Before He Arrived | B
United Airlines CEO wants to make Covid vaccines mandatory for the company’s employees | C
Remote work & school
3 predictions for the future of remote work | Fast Company
These colleges went remote but raised tuition during Covid pandemic | C
Corporate finance
Companies Are Selling Stock at Record Pace to Start the Year | W
