Thursday, December 17, 2020
Afternoon
- S&P 500, Nasdaq at record highs as stimulus bets offset higher jobless claims
- Oil prices rise, touch 9-month high on U.S. stimulus progress
- Covid live updates: Congress closes in on relief bill; 46,000 businesses slash 401(k) funding
- U.S. Sees ‘Grave Risk’ as Scope of Russia-Linked Hacking Widens
- As coronavirus aid talks drag on, U.S. Congress prepares stopgap vote to avoid shutdown
- New York’s Plummeting Real Estate Sales Cost City $1.2 Billion
- Home-flipping profits are the highest in 20 years, but fewer are doing it
- Risky Loans Secure Private-Equity Payouts Despite Downturn
- US cyber hack poses ‘grave risk’ to critical infrastructure
General
- Stocks Rise With Weak Data Fueling Aid-Deal Bets: Markets Wrap
- Stimulus hopes boost stocks to record; bitcoin soars
- Dollar gets global beating as stimulus, Brexit boost risk appetite
- Gold Bulls Take Heart From the Fed’s Resolve as Dollar Softens
- Close but not yet: Deal near on COVID-19 economic aid bill
- U.S. Congress wrangles over details of coronavirus economic aid as deadline approaches
- U.S. weekly jobless claims increase further
- U.S. Housing Starts Rose For a Third-Straight Month in November
- States grapple with next steps on evictions as crisis grows
- Powell Sees Light at End of Tunnel and Policy Staying Very Easy
- European Parliament Sets Sunday Deadline for Deal: Brexit Update
- Covid live updates: French President Macron tests positive; snow blasts U.S. Northeast amid vaccine rollout
- Vaccinations reach nursing homes as California faces crisis
- Macron tests positive for COVID-19, forcing leaders to self isolate
- Tokyo says COVID-19 strain on hospitals severe, raises alert to highest
- Germany to Sell Record Debt of Up to $576 Billion in 2021
- 10 States Accuse Google of Abusing Monopoly in Online Ads
- Workers Tap Retirement Savings as a Last Resort
- Powell preserves his dovish credentials at tricky moment for Fed
- US intelligence agencies warn large-scale cyber hack is ongoing