Friday, January 22, 2021
Afternoon
- U.S. Stocks Pare Weekly Gain; Dollar Advances: Markets Wrap
- Yellen wins unanimous Senate panel vote for Treasury despite Republican tax, debt concerns
- U.S. existing home sales increase; inventory tumbles to record low
- U.S. factory activity near 14-year high; home sales rise in December
- Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly
- New Brazil coronavirus variant found in nearly half of Amazon city cases
- Cuomo Says New York to Run Out of Vaccine Allocation Friday
- Record Options and White Knuckles for Shorts Fuel GameStop Mania
- China authorises coast guard to fire on foreign vessels if needed
General
- Rally Stumbles With Virus Concerns Back to Fore: Markets Wrap
- Stocks are set to retreat from records to end the week, Dow futures drop 250 points
- Global stocks ease as gloomy data takes shine off U.S. stimulus hopes
- Oil down 2% as China COVID-19 cases trigger clampdowns
- Italian risk premium highest since Nov on political noise after ECB
- Dollar inches up after three-day losing streak; risk currencies fall
- Bitcoin’s Worst Week Since March Rattles Faith in Crypto Boom
- BofA Warns U.S. Policy Is Fueling a Bubble in Wall Street Prices
- Trading volume is up from 2020′s breakneck pace as retail investors jump in
- Senate chaos threatens to slow Biden's agenda
- Biden to sign executive orders to boost food benefits, workers’ rights as part of Covid relief push
- Biden names U.S. SEC Commissioner Herren Lee acting head of regulator
- Biden’s team talks tough on China as early signs show policies won’t differ sharply from Trump’s
- Biden’s Student Loan Freeze Shows Path to Erase Billions of Debt
- Covid live updates: U.S. hospitalizations fall to pre-Christmas levels; Walmart expands vaccinations
- Germany Cuts 2021 Economic Outlook Amid Lockdowns, Bottlenecks
- Cryptos Won’t Work as Actual Currencies, UBS Economist Says
- Investment-Grade Bonds Stumble on Rising Yields
- Companies Are Selling Stock at Record Pace to Start the Year
- Markets Are Convinced: The Fed Won’t Come for the Punch Bowl
- Eurozone on Brink of Recession Amid Covid Wave, Slow Vaccine Rollout
- SPACs Rescued Wall Street From the Covid Doldrums
- Studies of South African Coronavirus Strain Raise Concerns About Immune Response
- Chinese purchases of US exports fall far behind trade deal pledge
- Wall Street frets as Elizabeth Warren ally takes consumer protection role