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Friday, December 25, 2020
General
- Politics blunts Christmas as U.S. government shutdown nears, COVID-19 aid uncertain
- Many just want a hug for Christmas this year, Queen Elizabeth says
- Pope Calls on World Leaders to Share Vaccines: Virus Update
- Vanguard Wins ETF Flow War as State Street Slips Further Behind
- Covid’s ‘viral tsunami’ floods California’s hospitals
Thursday, December 24, 2020
General
- Wall Street closes with a modest gains on Brexit deal, stimulus hopes
- U.S. House speaker Pelosi presses Trump to sign bill avoiding government shutdown before Monday -Statement
- Coronavirus aid at risk as U.S. lawmakers block Trump's changes
- U.S. dollar share of global reserves slide in Q3 -IMF data
- U.S. Comfort Gauge for Economy Posts Steepest Slide Since April
- Republicans Will Keep Trying to Limit Fed’s Emergency Loan Power
- House Efforts to Alter Coronavirus Package Fail, Leaving Aid in Limbo
- Dave Collum: 2020 Year in Review
General
- U.S. Stocks Rise; Pound Gains as Brexit Finalized: Markets Wrap
- Brexit deal anticipation fuels stocks and sterling
- GOP blocks House Democrats’ attempt to pass $2,000 stimulus checks after Trump voices support
- Trump threatens COVID relief bill, testing loyalty of GOP
- UK and EU strike historic post-Brexit trade deal
- Covid live updates: Some Americans still planning trips for the new year despite rising cases, new strain
- 'Santa Claus rally' threatened by COVID-19 resurgence, Georgia elections
- Youth unemployment: a scourge of the COVID-19 economy
- Millions of U.S. vaccine doses sit on ice, putting 2020 goal in doubt
- Brexit Deal Gets Held Up by Last-Minute Haggling Over Fish
- China Targets Jack Ma’s Alibaba Empire in Monopoly Probe
- M&A Deals Come Roaring Back as Executives Plot Post-Covid Future
- Singapore confirms first case of new coronavirus variant found in UK
- McConnell, GOP Face Double Split With Trump Over Relief, Defense
- Dollar Loses Luster Against Asia's Top Performing Currency of 2020
- New Virus Strain’s Transmissibility to Cause More Deaths: Study
- The Year the Fed Changed Forever
- With Alibaba Investigation, China Gets Tougher on Tech
- UK and EU agree historic Brexit trade deal
- Tett: Central banks are starting to put more value on anecdotal evidence
- US banks rack up $200bn in fines and penalties over 20 years
- Covid crisis opens chasm between hedge fund winners and losers
- How British Scientists Tracked Down the New Covid-19 Variant
- How the U.S. Misread China’s Xi: Hoping for a Globalist, It Got an Autocrat
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Evening
- S&P 500 closes flat, giving up most of the gains in the final minutes of trading
- U.S. dollar dips as Brexit trade deal nears; sterling gains
- Defying Congress, Trump vetoes defense bill and threatens government shutdown
- Covid live updates: New variant Covid case confirmed in Northern Ireland; 1 million vaccinated in America
- The U.S. has vaccinated just 1 million people out of a goal of 20 million for December
- China Targets Jack Ma’s Alibaba Empire in Monopoly Probe
- China investigates Alibaba over suspected monopolistic practices, regulators to meet Ant Group
- ‘Complete clusterf---’: Trump leaves Washington in limbo
- Trump blames Iran for rocket attack on U.S. Embassy in Iraq, issues fresh threats
- House GOP Poised to Block Pelosi’s Bid for $2,000 Relief Checks
- Trump Vetoes Defense Policy Bill; Covid Aid in Limbo
- States Square Off Over Taxing Remote Workers’ Income
- Has the Fed Rewritten the Laws of Investing?
- 5G Auction Shatters Record as Bidding Tops $69 Billion
Afternoon
- Stocks Advance as Aid Bill Uncertainty Downplayed: Markets Wrap
- Treasury Yield Curve Steepens to Four-Year High on Brexit Hopes
- U.S. faces risk of government shutdown as Trump balks at COVID-19 relief deal
- Brexit Negotiators Reach Outline of Historic Trade Accord
- Trump's COVID bill delay leaves millions of desperate Americans in limbo
- U.S. new home sales drop sharply in November
- U.S. economy losing speed as year winds down
- Flash Surge in World’s Biggest ETF Linked to ‘Outlandish’ Trades
- Russian Hackers’ Motive Baffles U.S.: Mere Espionage, or Worse?
General
- U.S. Stocks Climb With Europe; Dollar Dips: Markets Wrap
- Trump threatens to not sign COVID-19 bill, wants bigger stimulus checks
- Trump threatens to torpedo COVID relief with new demands
- Weekly jobless claims rise less than expected, but hold above 800,000
- Homebuyer demand for mortgages eases to end a record-breaking 2020
- Covid live updates: U.S. orders 100 million more Pfizer vaccine doses, signs deal for Merck’s Covid treatment
- U.S. under siege from COVID-19 as hospitals overwhelmed before holidays
- Nearly 4 in 10 Americans do not want to take the Covid vaccine.
- As mutated variant spreads, PM Johnson mulls stricter lockdown
- No End in Sight for Blank-Check Companies After Year of the SPAC
- Global cargo logjam deepens, delaying goods bound for retailers, automakers
- How China Lost Patience With Jack Ma, Its Loudest Billionaire
- States Impose Strictest Covid-19 Lockdowns Since Spring
- U.S. Household Spending Drops for First Time in Seven Months
- Private-Debt Funds Withstand Covid-19, but Bigger Test Comes Next Year
- Private equity dealmaking defies pandemic to hit post-crisis high
- Companies dump US office space at rapid rate
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Evening
- U.S. Stock Futures Slip on Possible Stimulus Delay: Markets Wrap
- Asian shares set for mixed open on resurgent virus worries
- Trump calls Covid relief bill unsuitable and demands Congress add bigger stimulus payments
- Trump threatens to veto massive COVID bill, demands Congress make this big change
- Trump signs stopgap funding bill; Congress awaits his approval of $892 billion COVID aid
- More Than 670,000 Californians Face a Christmas Eve in the Dark
- Trump Asks Congress to Amend Covid-19 Package, Boost Direct Payments
- Money market funds need reform to prevent runs, US regulators say
Afternoon
- S&P 500 ends lower as new COVID storm clouds overshadow stimulus passage
- Stocks Extend Slide Amid Lingering Virus Concern: Markets Wrap
- New Virus Strain Could Be in U.S.; Fauci Gets Shot: Virus Update
- Covid live updates: France to reopen borders to UK travelers, CDC says new Covid strain could be in U.S.
- U.S. Treasury-led report calls for overhaul of money market funds
- New York City’s Budget Faces $2 Billion Risks, State Comptroller Says
- It’s Been 1,246 Days Since Vanguard’s Global ETF Had an Outflow
- New Coronavirus Strain Splits Scientists, as U.K. and Others Act to Curb Spread
General
- Stocks recover as U.S. stimulus offsets angst over new coronavirus strain
- Spread of virus mutation keeps euro and pound under pressure
- Oil Extends Loss With Virus Mutation Threatening Energy Demand
- U.S. third-quarter GDP growth revised slightly higher
- Senate Passes Giant Package Wrapping Relief, Funding, Tax Breaks
- After months of inaction, U.S. Congress approves $892 billion COVID-19 relief package
- Covid live updates: BioNTech confident vaccine will work on UK variant
- Congress takes aim at climate change in massive relief bill
- Default Story Far From Over for Virus-Hit Emerging Economies
- IPO Frenzy Drives Record $435 Billion in U.S. Stock Sales
- Commercial Real Estate’s Pandemic Pain Is Only Just Beginning
- U.S. Bankruptcy Tracker: Virus Sparks Worst December Since 2011
- Investors Turn to Far-Flung Bonds for Juicy Returns
- Fed backstop masks rising risks in America’s corporate debt market
- What we know about the new coronavirus strain
Monday, December 21, 2020
Evening
- Stock futures little changed as Congress prepares to vote on stimulus deal
- S&P 500 ends lower as COVID worries lightened by stimulus
- U.S. House begins debate on $900 billion coronavirus package as funding deadline looms
- Isolated U.K. Battles to Reopen Trade Route Amid Port Chaos
- Covid live updates: WHO says Covid mutates slower than seasonal flu; Biden takes Covid vaccine live on TV
- Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes "next level" battery technology - sources
- Georgia Runoff Turnout Nears 1.5 Million and Heads Toward Record
Afternoon
- S&P 500 Slips on Virus Angst After European Rout: Markets Wrap
- Dow erases 400-point loss and turns positive as Nike, bank shares jump
- Oil tumbles 3% as new virus strain revives demand fears
- Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley lead U.S. bank rally after stress test
- Relief Checks Out Next Week, Fed Fight Lingers
- 'Better than nothing'- the U.S. $900 billion COVID-19 stimulus helps but underwhelms
- 'Help is on the way' with U.S. Congress ready to pass $900 billion COVID-19 aid bill
- GOP Sen. Pat Toomey explains why he fought to end emergency Fed lending programs in Covid bill
- California hospitals discuss rationing care as virus surges
- Cut off: Britain hit with travel bans over new virus strain
- NIH to Study Allergic Reactions Linked to Covid-19 Shots
- Tesla Fuels $166 Billion Bonanza in a Risky Corner of Finance
General
- Stocks tumble on fears over new coronavirus strain
- Stocks Slump on Virus Curbs; Bonds Rally: Markets Wrap
- Pound Plummets as Virus Threatens U.K.’s Supply Chains With EU
- World closes borders to Britain as new coronavirus strain breeds panic
- Covid live updates: Experts expect vaccines to combat new UK strain as shippers prepare to move Pfizer, Moderna drugs at same time;
- After months of delay, Congress to vote on massive coronavirus aid package
- Congress seals agreement on $900 billion COVID relief bill
- What's in the $900 billion U.S. COVID-19 aid package?
- China's stunning export comeback has factories scrambling for workers
- Japan's record $1 trillion budget highlights COVID-19 challenge to growth, debt
- Small Businesses, Hit Hard by Pandemic, Are Being Starved of Credit
- SolarWinds Hack Victims: From Tech Companies to a Hospital and University
- Countries Ban Travel From U.K. in Race to Block New Covid-19 Strain
- U.K. Braces for Possible Shortages of Some Foods as France Closes Border to Trade Over New Covid Strain
- US options traders bet Wall Street stocks will build on record highs
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Evening
- Stock futures flat as lawmakers reach last-minute stimulus deal
- Dollar Rises, Stocks Slip; Virus Curbs Hit Pound: Markets Wrap
- McConnell says deal reached on $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill
- Stimulus Compromise Doesn’t Resolve Fed Emergency Powers Debate
- Biden chief of staff says hack response will go beyond 'just sanctions'
- Covid live updates: House passes one-day funding measure to avoid government shutdown
- Yellen Pressed to Back Strong Dollar in Reversing Trump-Era Tone
- UK PM Johnson to chair emergency response meeting on COVID travel, freight
- Europe Moves to Isolate U.K. as Mutant Virus Ruins Christmas
- Flights cancelled, holidays in disarray as Sydney battles pre-Christmas COVID-19 outbreak
- Desperate Need for Yield Pushes Investors Into Frontier Markets
- Stimulus Deal Provides Economic Relief, for Now
General
- Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise
- Covid live updates: Stimulus deal in reach after Fed compromise; Moderna vaccine shipping soon
- Britain warns new Covid-19 virus strain 'out of control', UK flights banned
- Christmas Travel Chaos Hits U.K. as Europeans Suspend Flights
- 'Powerful tradecraft': how foreign cyber-spies compromised America
- A Speculative Frenzy Is Sweeping Wall Street and World Markets
- EU-UK trade talks floundering over fish as cutoff day nears
- Yields at Risk of Shooting Up as Fed Defers Bond-Buying Changes
- Taiwan sends ships, aircraft as Chinese carrier passes island
- China’s Planning Body Vows to Prioritize Risk Prevention in 2021
- Coronavirus: Scientists alarmed at infectiousness of viral variant
- Debt dilemma: how to avoid a crisis in emerging nations
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