Feb 15 (Monday)
YRI
YRI 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
GameStop mania may be over, but retail investors are here to stay | C
Yellen’s GameStop Dilemma: How to Let Indexers Freeload in Peace | MW
As Bond Yields Rise, Income Investors Should Be Choosier on Dividend Stocks | BR
Twin peaks – Why the prices of both oil and the metals that seek to replace it are rising | Finance & economics | E
Global
Inflategate – How rising inflation could disrupt the world’s economic policies | Leaders | E
Picking up pace – Inflation will rise in the coming months | Finance & economics | E
US politics
How Biden Can Make Corporate Impact a Force for Good | BR
Biden warms up to the Green New Deal | The Week
Donald Trump acquitted by Senate in second impeachment trial | C
Trump ‘Alive and Well’ as Republican Party Force, Senator Says | B
Europe
UK downplays risk of EU poaching City of London business | R
Industries & companies
Energy: Oil Prices Are Rebounding. Why Royal Dutch Shell Stock Looks Attractive. | BR
Financials: European Banks Use Pandemic to Clean House | W
Industrials: GE has nearly halved its U.S. workforce in 3 years, with more job cuts likely | MW
Manufacturing: Corning Stock Is Benefiting From 5G, New Cars, Smartphones, and Vaccines | BR
Pharma: Upstart Entrants and Booster Shots: How the Pandemic Is Changing the Vaccine Industry. | BR
Tech: Microsoft Urges U.S. to Make Tech Giants Pay for News | W
Tech: Facebook Meets Apple in Clash of the Tech Titans—‘We Need to Inflict Pain’ | W
Tech: Labour coders – Unions take on Amazon and Alphabet. Big tech watch out | Business | E
Virus
The pandemic – How well will vaccines work? | Leaders | E
Covid: CDC director says lifting mask requirements is a mistake | C
Covid-19 Testing Won’t Be Required Before Domestic Flights, CDC Says | W
The Cuomo Covid Coverup | W
U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ Over China Withholding Data From Pandemic Investigators | W
UK says it shares U.S. concerns over WHO COVID-19 mission to China | C
Covid-19 Vaccines Aren’t Yet Luring Workers Back to the Office | W
Corporate finance
SPACs, long shunned in Silicon Valley, going mainstream in tech | C
Kuaishou held IPO in Hong Kong instead of U.S. after trade war | C
Cybersecurity
Bitcoin approaches $50,000, wider adoption fuels record rally | R
Technology
Forget Self-Driving Cars—the Pentagon Wants Autonomous Ships, Choppers and Jets | W
Offbeat
Inconvenient truths – Censorious governments are abusing “fake news” laws | International | E
