December 30 (Thursday)

YRI
Daily Markets Overview
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Markets
Cash Floods Municipal-Bond Market | W

Global
Economists warn of inflation inequality in 2022 | C
Covid-19, Inflation Make a Mess Out of Predictions | W

US
The rich benefit as Democrats forgo tax on unrealized capital gains | C

China
China Evergrande shares fall after report of missed coupon payments | R

Geopolitics & trade
Biden, Putin Plan Call at What U.S. Says Is a ‘Moment of Crisis’ Over Ukraine | W

Industries & companies
Pharma: Who Invented Covid-19 Vaccines? Drugmakers Battle Over Patents | W
Retail: Should Retailers Split E-Commerce From Stores? A High-Level Debate | W

Corporate finance
IPOs Had a Record 2021. Now They Are Selling Off Like Crazy. | W

Virus I
U.S. Hit With Record Number of New Covid-19 Cases | W
U.S. Covid cases rise to pandemic high as delta and omicron circulate | C
Analysis: Experts question new U.S. CDC policy on COVID isolation period | R

Virus II
Covid variant: Fauci says data suggest omicron less severe than delta | C
Covid: WHO says omicron has not spread widely among vulnerable, severity unclear | C
Omicron ‘not the same disease’ as earlier Covid strains: Oxford scientist | C
Covid-19: U.S. Deaths Fall Even as Omicron Cases Jump | B

Virus III
Covid Treatments: What Are They and What Does Omicron Mean for Them? | B
Covid-19: Infectious Omicron Drives More Americans to Up Mask Game to N95s | B
How Delta Variant Spread in India: Deadly Errors, Inaction, Covid Crisis | B