Category Archives: Daily Digest

• Warren Buffett Called Bitcoin ‘Rat Poison’ — Now It’s Closing In On Berkshire Hathaway’s Valuation
• U.S.’s First Case of U.K. Mutation Sparks Search for Source
• Covid: Trump signs relief and spending package into law
• Tucked into Congress’s massive stimulus bill: Tens of billions in special-interest tax giveaways
• The batteries that could make fossil fuels obsolete
• Exxon Knows Its Carbon Future And Keeps the Data From View
• Siberia’s enormous hole in the ground is getting bigger
• Biden has massive climate plans. Where will he find the money to fund them?

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• Give Yourself A Gift Next Year: Agency
• 2-Acre Vertical Farm Run By AI And Robots Out-Produces 720-Acre Flat Farm
• The Mysterious Link Between COVID-19 and Sleep
• Mises Explains The Santa Claus Principle
• Emergency post-exposure Covid protection being trialled
• Stocks jump to records as Trump signs off on coronavirus aid
• French President Macron who tested positive for Covid-19 after showing symptoms

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• Yellen Pressed to Back Strong Dollar in Reversing Trump-Era Tone
• 2020: The Year We Sold Our Liberties For A Medical Tyranny
• Despair is hurting America’s labor markets
• Federal agency says employers can legally require workers to get COVID vaccine
• Facebook, Twitter Revert To Pre-Election News Feed Algos After Their Preferred Candidate Wins Election
• President Trump makes May Day call to Belém and congratulates Portuguese response to pandemic
• Airlines, unions optimistic that deal on payroll support is close
• Vaccinations at Chicago-area hospital to resume after 4 workers experience adverse reactions
• Modern Iceland’s Climate Is Colder With More Ice Than Any Other Time In The Last 8000 Years Except The 1800s
• CRISPR Helps Researchers Uncover How Corals Adjust To Warming Oceans

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• Wine & chocolate stop Covid? Study finds certain foods can kill the coronavirus
• Are Car Seat Laws Driving Down America’s Birthrate?
• No Privacy, No Property: The World In 2030 According To The WEF
• Raoul Pal Sees Cryptocurrencies Gathering “Trillions Of Value”
• The Top 1% of Americans Have Taken $50 Trillion From the Bottom 90%—And That’s Made the U.S. Less Secure
• Oracle’s Ellison relocates from California to Hawaii
• Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church received $4.4M COVID-19 PPP loan
• More dead fish are washing up along the Hudson River

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• FDA Panel Recommends COVID-19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
• Clorox says product shortages to stretch through mid-2021
• Airbnb Now A $100 Billion Company After Stock Market Debut Sees Stock Price Double
• Loss of snowbirds due to pandemic another hit to US tourism
• Why Untapped Billions in Pandemic Aid Funds Are in Limbo
• Inside a vaccine cold storage room
• Covid-19 Is Creating a New Kind of Financial Midlife Crisis
• Coronavirus can travel farther and faster inside restaurants than previously thought, South Korean study suggests

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• He Thought Day Trading Would Be A Thrill. He Ended Up Losing $127,000
• San Francisco’s 35% Plunge in Rents Shows Effects of Tech Fleeing City
• U.S. suffers deadliest week from coronavirus since pandemic broke out
• Why French Protests Pivoted to Police Power and Abuse
• How Effective Are Antibody Treatments For COVID-19?
• Federal appeals court rejects Trump administration permit for offshore oil project in Arctic Alaska
• Coral Recovery During a Prolonged Heatwave Offers New Hope
• Shift to a Not-So-Frozen North Is Well Underway, Scientists Warn

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• U.K. to begin mass coronavirus vaccinations: Here’s how it will work
• China Posts Record Month For Trade Thanks To Homebound, Bored Americans
• Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. more vaccine doses.
• Eviction looms for struggling US renters as stimulus talks drag
• Hundreds hospitalized with mysterious illness in India (McPherson)
• Nearly two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck during COVID pandemic
• The challenges and perils of transporting millions of COVID-19 vaccines with dry ice across the U.S.
• U.S. Judge Halts Trump’s TikTok Ban, The 2nd Court To Fully Block The Action
• What you need to know about the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines

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• U.S. Jobs Recovery Slows as Virus Rages, Boosting Aid Chances
• Google Illegally Fired And Spied On Workers Who Tried To Organize, Labor Agency Says
• More coronavirus ‘relief’ needed to aid economic recovery: Former Fed president
• Avocados Are the ‘Pandemic-Proof’ Crop in Lockdown Health Craze
• Think Your Health Care Costs Are Covered? Beware The ‘Junk’ Insurance Plan
• Regulators warn risks to financial stability remain ‘elevated’ in U.S.
• Facebook Bans Debunked Claims About COVID-19 Vaccines

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• Moderna Plans to Begin Testing Its Coronavirus Vaccine in Children
• Florida Gov. DeSantis says Disney layoffs mainly hit California, though thousands of Orlando staff lost jobs
• Columbia University students threaten to withhold ‘exorbitant’ tuition costs next semester citing ‘economic depression’
• Why Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary is the perfect choice at the perfect time
• Brian Deese, Veteran of Auto Bailout, Will Lead National Economic Council
• The Economics of America’s Nurse Shortage
• The Nation Learning To Embrace Flooding

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• Shop Small gets smaller in Illinois, with 11,200 fewer shop owners (thc0655)
• Unemployment benefits drop below poverty line in 13 states
• CDC to release revised guidance reducing COVID-19 quarantine time from 14 days to 7-10
• Bitcoin peaks at record high close to $20,000
• Fed Economists Warn of Debt Overhang Problem From Covid Crisis
• S&P 500, Nasdaq clinch record closes on renewed hopes for fiscal aid package
• U.S. Briefly Became Net Petroleum Importer This Year
• New Study Links Texas Oil Refineries To Elevated Cancer Risk

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