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Florida Cruise Tests Rules; U.K. Opening in Doubt: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. said it had been cleared to resume cruises in the U.S. starting with a…
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Biden to Boast of Economic Rebound That GOP Says He Imperils
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden will try to bolster his case for his massive spending proposals on Thursday, arguing his…
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Bank CEOs Get Rebuke From Waters Over Overdraft Fees, Gaps in Lending
(Bloomberg) — House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters rebuked Wall Street CEOs for charging overdraft penalties during the pandemic…
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Australian City Enters Its Fourth Lockdown as Virus Returns
(Bloomberg) — Melbourne, the Australian city that’s already endured one of the world’s longest and most stringent lockdowns, is ordering…
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Covid Origin Hunt Ordered by U.S.; EU Rips Astra: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said he ordered the U.S. intelligence community to “redouble” its effort to determine the origin…
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Manchester United, Arsenal Tumbled in Value During Pandemic
(Bloomberg) — It’s been an eventful and largely miserable year for Europe’s biggest soccer clubs and their billionaire owners. The…
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Hong Kong Plan for Unused Shots; Moderna for Teens: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong may donate Covid-19 vaccines to countries more in need of them as local demand for Pfizer…
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How Israel’s Arab Citizens Fare in an Unequal Society
(Bloomberg) — The most serious clashes in decades between Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel erupted in several cities in…
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U.S. Warns on Japan Travel; Seychelles Cases Drop: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. said Americans should avoid traveling to Japan, with the country under a state of emergency that…
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Biden to Direct $1 Billion for Severe Weather Preparedness
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden plans to announce on Monday a doubling of federal spending on preparations for severe weather…
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U.S. Outbreak Slows as Concern Rises Over Variant: Virus Update
The spread of coronavirus in the U.S. continues to slow, with the country ending its first week since June with…
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U.S. Cases Halve in a Month; Singapore Shuts Malls: Virus Update
Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost…
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Britons Shun Boris Johnson’s Call to Take 2 Covid Tests Per Week
(Bloomberg) — The number of rapid Covid-19 tests being carried out in England fell to just over five million per…
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U.S. Cases Halve in a Month; Outbreak Hits Everest: Virus Update
Covid-19 cases and deaths in the U.S. continue to plunge, despite the slowed pace of vaccinations. The U.S. recorded almost…
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Oregon Offers $1 Million; U.S. Enlists Dating Apps: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The White House is enlisting popular dating apps to encourage Americans to brandish their vaccination status in exchange…
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Vaccine Shortage Crushes Africa’s Hopes for an Economic Revival
(Bloomberg Markets) — This should have been a promising year for Africa. Instead, a lack of access to vaccines threatens to…
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N.Y. Offers Lottery Tickets; EU Backs Certificates: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — New York state will offer $20 scratch-off lottery tickets as a vaccine incentive, with a maximum payout of…
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Stay or Move to U.K.? Hong Kong Locals Face Hard Choice as China Reshapes City
(Bloomberg) — They’ll miss their parents, their favorite hiking spots and the chatter of their mother tongue on the streets. Some…
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Atlantic City Casinos Cling to Smokers Amid Tobacco-Free Push
(Bloomberg) — It took a pandemic to halt smoking inside more than 1,000 U.S. gambling venues. Now that the economy…
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The Joy of Black Cooking: Netflix Series Gets to the Heart of American Food Culture
(Bloomberg) — The first time I ate an oyster, I was newly out of college, at a mixer on Wall Street…
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Vaccine Holdouts in Africa Reject World’s Route to Recovery
(Bloomberg) — A handful of vaccine holdouts in the world’s least-inoculated continent could pose another big challenge for global efforts…
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China’s Mars Probe Sends Back Its First Photos of the Red Planet
(Bloomberg) — China has released the first photographs and video from its Mars probe, four days after the spacecraft landed…
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Some Vaccines Help Nations Exit The Pandemic Faster Than Others
(Bloomberg) — With hundreds of millions of people now vaccinated against Covid-19, the coronavirus outbreak should begin to die down…
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Dogs Detect Covid-19; Transmission After Vaccine: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The vaccines developed by Moderna Inc. and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE partnership appear more effective in preventing people…
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Families Live in Fear as Long-Haul Covid Afflicts More Children
(Bloomberg) — One of the few statistical comforts of the otherwise nightmarish Covid-19 pandemic — that it largely spares young people…
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NYC Subway’s Recovery Put at Risk by Crime Even as City Rebounds
(Bloomberg) — A spike in assaults and harassment incidents in New York’s transit system is threatening its ability to restore…
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Top Vaccine Maker Sees Export Delays; Dose-Mixing: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The Serum Institute of India Ltd., the vaccine manufacturer that was meant to provide many poorer nations with…
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Nigerian States Hire Drones for Vaccination in Difficult Terrain
(Bloomberg) — Two of Nigeria’s 36 states signed an agreement with Zipline International Inc. to use drones to distribute Covid-19…
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Singapore Approves Pfizer for Teens; India Deaths: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is wiping out “entire families” in villages in India, where more people are saying the scale…
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Rare Middle East Push for Women on Boards Runs Into Culture Wall
(Bloomberg) — Getting more women on corporate boards in the United Arab Emirates was never going to be easy, and…
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Carnage in India, U.S. to Send Vaccines Abroad: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — The pandemic is wiping out “entire families” in villages in India, where more people are saying the scale…
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New Jersey Residents Will Pay the Most in Taxes Over a Lifetime
(Bloomberg) — Residents of New Jersey, Massachusetts and Connecticut will face the highest tax burdens over a lifetime, according to…
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Fear of Vaccine Threatens to Delay Pandemic’s End
(Bloomberg) — After the first vaccines against Covid-19 demonstrated efficacy, public health officials began to foresee a gradual end to…
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Bankers Flee Wall Street, Head Home to Virus-Free Australia
On Wall Street, it might sound like a 9,929-mile ticket to nowhere. And yet here was Catherine McCormack, trading a…
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Singapore Closes Schools; U.S. Near 11-Month Low: Virus Update
Any mandates in the U.S. to require people to be vaccinated against Covid-19 will be set at the local level…
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Brazil’s Sao Paulo Mayor Bruno Covas Dies of Cancer at 41
(Bloomberg) — Bruno Covas, mayor of the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, has died after a two-year battle with cancer.…
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CDC Urges Masks for Schools; U.S. Outbreak Slows: Virus Updates
U.S. schools should maintain mask requirements at least through the end of the academic year, the Centers for Disease Control…
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Uber Drivers Stranded as Gas Shortage Throttles Gig Economy
(Bloomberg) — Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. have been desperate for weeks to recruit drivers to meet a sharp rise in demand…
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Vegas Casinos Lift Mask Rules; U.S. to Ease Travel: Virus Update
Wynn Resorts Ltd. and Las Vegas Sands Corp. will tell vaccinated guests they can stop wearing masks. That makes the…
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Eviction Halt Remains in U.S. as Judge Cites Health Concerns
(Bloomberg) — The judge who threw out a national moratorium on evictions agreed to keep the protection in place to…
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Baby, Brunch, Book Blurb Oiled WE Charity’s Ties to Ex-Minister
(Bloomberg) — When Canada’s finance ministry earmarked hundreds of millions for a pandemic aid program to be run by WE…
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Colonial Pipeline Has Been a Lucrative Cash Cow for Many Years
(Bloomberg) — The U.S. company that just paid a $5 million ransom to East European hackers has been quietly making…
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`Life and Death’ for Patients: Startups Fill LGBTQ Wellness Gap
(Bloomberg) — When Jonas Quinn, a 35-year old trans woman, sought treatment for gender dysphoria two years ago, they said…
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The Pandemic Got Seniors to Buy Groceries Online. That Might Not Last
(Bloomberg) — When the pandemic hit the Brookdale Chambrel senior living community in Williamsburg, Virginia, Nancy Crowell knew hopping in…
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Israeli Tanks, Artillery Join Jets in Offensive Against Hamas
(Bloomberg) — Israeli air and ground troops launched a blistering assault on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, sweeping aside international appeals…
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CDC Eases Mask Rules; NYC Offers Burgers for Shots: Virus Update
(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden’s administration took its biggest step yet toward declaring victory over the coronavirus pandemic — announcing…
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Manhattan DA Subpoenas School Attended by Trump CFO’s Grandkids
(Bloomberg) — New York prosecutors have subpoenaed an elite private school attended by the grandchildren of Allen Weisselberg — the…
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Modi Ally Tries to Quash Reports on India’s Deadly Covid Crisis
(Bloomberg) — As India’s hospitals filled up and long queues emerged outside crematoriums last month, local journalist Anuj Awasthi says…
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Colonial Pipeline Paid Hackers Nearly $5 Million in Ransom
(Bloomberg) — Colonial Pipeline Co. paid nearly $5 million to Eastern European hackers on Friday, contradicting reports earlier this week…
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Republican ‘Pragmatists’ Call on Party to Move Past Trump
(Bloomberg) — A group of Republicans who are threatening to start a third party if the GOP continues its embrace…
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