Thursday, December 30, 2021
Evening
- US children hospitalized with COVID in record numbers
- NY COVID Cases Shatter All-Time Daily Record With 74K Positives; Omicron Taxes Hospitals
- NJ New COVID Cases Rise 35% in a Day as Hospitalizations Near Worst Winter Levels
- COVID-19 hospitalizations hit new record as Ohio cases spike
- Florida Reaches Another Daily COVID-19 Case Record, Surpasses 4k Hospitalizations
- Omicron surge: Georgia shatters COVID-19 records for second day in a row
- Daily COVID Cases Top 20,000 In Los Angeles County
- Biden pushes Putin for Ukraine de-escalation in second call this month
- ‘This is a crisis of the Kremlin’s making’: Biden and Putin speak as tensions mount over Ukraine
- FAA Warns of Covid-19’s Impact on Staffing as Airlines Cancel Nearly 1,200 Flights Thursday
- UK Covid test shortages highlight pressure on supply chain as demand surges
- Dealmaking surges past $5.8tn to highest levels on record
Afternoon
- Stocks Sink in Late-Day Selloff as Big Tech Falls: Markets Wrap
- Omicron 'blizzard' to disrupt U.S. for next month: experts
- Southern storms damage homes, buildings, power lines
- Low-vaccinated Eastern Europe braces for omicron surge
- ‘Extraordinary is no longer extraordinary’: US scientists on a year of climate disasters
- The world’s 10 richest people added $402 billion to their fortunes in 2021.
- AMLO Says He Would Like Banxico to Help Boost Growth
- Thousands message late Chinese COVID whistleblower doctor 2 years on
- Global surge drives Omicron cases to record highs in 20 countries
General
- U.S. Stocks Rise; Treasuries Gain: Markets Wrap
- Omicron, dollar gains stall world stocks' rally
- Oil Steadies After Its Longest Run of Increases in 10 Months
- Weekly jobless claims total 198,000, less than expected and around 52-year low
- Biden, Putin to hold call as Russia-Ukraine tension smolders
- Economists warn of inflation inequality in 2022
- COVID-19 hospitalization surge among U.S. children spurs new Omicron concerns
- Samsung, Micron warn Xian lockdown may disrupt memory chip manufacturing
- Global Cases Top 1 Million, Cathay Scraps Flights: Virus Update
- Xian battles COVID-19 in worst outbreak to hit a Chinese city this year
- Erdogan’s Push for Low Rates Backfires as Borrowing Costs Soar
- Hedge Funds Salvage 2021 Gains as Private Investments Shine
- Goldman Leads Wall Street Rainmakers in Record Dealmaking Year
- U.S. at risk of paying 'unbearable price' over Taiwan - senior Chinese diplomat
- Hong Kong editors charged with sedition, US criticizes raid
- China Is Running Out of Water and That’s Scary for Asia
- Strong Labor Market in 2021 Faces Down Omicron Threat
- The Supply-Chain Crunch Is Like a Traffic Jam. Allow Us to Explain.
- Air strikes or invasion: what are Putin’s military options for Ukraine