Feb 22 (Monday)
YRI
Daily Markets Overview
YRI Podcast. In our latest video podcast, Dr. Ed discusses the main points of today’s Morning Briefing.
Today’s Morning Briefing
Market
Bond Selloff Prompts Stock Investors to Confront Rising Rates | W
Inflation Angst Is About to Rewrite the Stock Market Playbook | B
US
On the Post-Pandemic Horizon, Could That Be … a Boom? | N
The shape of things to come – Economic forecasters are penciling in heady growth rates | Finance & economics | E
Blue-Collar Jobs Boom as Covid-19 Boosts Housing, E-Commerce Demand | W
Midwest Labor Markets Shake Off Covid-19 Downturn | W
Texas winter storm: Houston mayor says state should pay for high power bills | C
Europe
Northern Ireland parties take legal action against Brexit deal | R
Whatever it takes – Mario Draghi begins the toughest job in European politics | Europe | E
China
China regulator finalizes guidelines on banks’ internet loan businesses | R
US politics
Infrastructure Projects Are as American as Complaints About Their Costs | BR
Under pressure – Andrew Cuomo faces a reckoning for a pandemic-related cover-up | United States | E
Geopolitics & trade
Op-Ed: Biden sought to rally allies in Munich as China influence grows | C
Industries & companies
Airlines: United Boeing 777 suffers engine failure after takeoff from Denver, debris found but no injuries | C
Consumer: Clorox expanding production of disinfectant wipes amid Covid: CEO Linda Rendle | C
Media: The New Disney CEO’s Covid Strategy Leans on Streaming Hits Like ‘WandaVision’ | W
Restaurants: Restaurants and Startups Try to Outrun Uber Eats and DoorDash | W
Tech: Oracle Is Turning Into a Cloud Giant. Why Its Stock Is a Buy. | BR
Tech: Chip Crisis Flummoxes Congress in a World Where U.S. Output Lags | B
Virus
Pfizer-BioNTech Shot Stops Covid Spread, Israeli Study Shows | B
South Africa Covid variant detected in New York resident for first time | C
For Covid-19 Survivors, One Shot May Be Enough, Preliminary Studies Show | W
China Deploys Covid-19 Vaccine to Build Influence, With U.S. on Sidelines | W
Fauci cautions against complacency as Covid infections decrease | C
Grocers Wrestle With Mask Mandates as Pandemic Wears On | W
Climate
The race to zero – Bill Gates has a plan to save the world | Books & arts | E
America and climate change – How America can rid itself of both carbon and blackouts | Leaders | E
Corporate finance
SPACS v IPOs – The Spactacular boom on Wall Street | Leaders | E
Offbeat
Could This Be the Lab-Made Dinner Party of Our Future? | N
Twitter Kicked Donald Trump Out and Its Stock Surged to a Record | B
Bill Gates Says Social-Media Bans Aren’t Answer to Divisiveness | B
Online Speech Is Now an Existential Question for Tech | W
