A Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine be cleared for broad use, setting the stage for the FDA to grant an expected emergency use authorization late Friday.217
The legal action by 38 states alleges the tech giant maintained monopoly power over internet search through anticompetitive contracts and conduct.
Lawmakers are weighing another stopgap government-spending measure to win more time to wrap up negotiations on a roughly $900 billion coronavirus relief bill.
Coinbase will be the first major bitcoin-focused company to test the public markets.
The maker of the leading streaming-media player has taken up brash negotiating tactics over its terms to carry services like WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and NBCUniversal’s Peacock. At issue is how to divvy up the spoils of video streaming—and who will reign in the new order of entertainment distribution.29
The deal resolves an SEC investigation that looked at Robinhood’s failure until 2018 to reveal on its website how it makes money from its deals with high-speed trading firms.
The president-elect would be appointing the second Black chief of the Environmental Protection Agency in its 50-year history in an effort to better protect poor and minority communities disproportionately affected by pollution.
Business & Finance
Shipping volumes at the delivery giant’s Ground unit rose 29% in the latest quarter, as consumers continued to buy everyday goods online and retailers urged them to do their holiday shopping earlier than normal amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the Covid-19 slowdown, companies controlled by large and smaller private-equity firms have borrowed heavily to pay dividends to their owners. The payouts can load their companies’ balance sheets with heavy debt at a precarious moment.29
Accelerating its restructuring efforts, Coke will make the job cuts through buyouts and layoffs.
At a time when much of Hollywood is reeling from Covid-19, Weta Digital, the visual-effects company behind “Avatar” and “Avengers: Endgame,” is looking to pull a growth story out of its magic hat.17
China’s electric-vehicle makers have surged in value, boosted by bold national green-energy targets and individual investors hoping for a repeat of Tesla’s stunning performance.90
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U.S. laboratories are finding significantly fewer flu cases among tested patients so far this year, compared with previous flu seasons, thanks to efforts to stamp out the coronavirus.
The U.S. government is expanding the number of businesses that can grow marijuana for federally approved study after years of delay under the Trump administration.
A bipartisan pair of senior senators asked the IRS to immediately provide them with a briefing about the SolarWinds hack that has ripped through several federal agencies, citing concerns that personal taxpayer information may have been stolen in the breach.
World
The 1988 bombing that killed all 259 passengers on the plane also devastated the Scottish town below, where 11 died and memories of the tragic night persist more than three decades later.
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European contractors say Beijing-backed conglomerates undercut rivals in the EU’s public-procurement market.
French President Emmanuel Macron tested positive for Covid-19, his office said, delivering a blow to a country that has been among Europe’s hardest hit by the pandemic.
Russian President Vladimir Putin accused political opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was poisoned earlier this year with a military-grade nerve agent, of working with U.S. Special Forces, but provided no evidence.
Life & Arts
The real-estate market in Williamson County, Tenn., is booming amid coronavirus and corporate relocation and expansion.
Remember when a box of oranges was the most thrilling gift? It still is. Use our guide to varieties and sources to find the best heirloom fruit—the kind you can’t find at the supermarket—picked at its prime.3
Sick of cooking but craving something sensational? With these Spanish seafood conservas in the cupboard, you’re covered.
Deep in the ocean, fish hide from predators by using their shiny scales as a mirror.
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