Новости за 17.12.2020

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.

European contractors say Beijing-backed conglomerates undercut rivals in the EU’s public-procurement market.

Coinbase will be the first major bitcoin-focused company to test the public markets.

During the Covid-19 slowdown, companies controlled by 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.

Accelerating its restructuring efforts, Coke will make the job cuts through buyouts and layoffs.

The 27-country bloc intends to start vaccinating citizens against Covid-19 as soon as Dec. 27, following criticism over the pace of its regulatory review of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot.

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.

Target vaccines to the most vulnerable, and don’t give them to people who have already been infected.

Despite tough talks over a trade deal with Brussels, the real excitement in the U.K. is now domestic.

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.

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.

Sick of cooking but craving something sensational? With these Spanish seafood conservas in the cupboard, you’re covered.

Swiss prosecutors allege the lender didn’t comply with provisions against money laundering, allowing a Bulgarian criminal organization to launder money through the bank between 2004 and 2008.

Food stocks like General Mills and Campbell Soup are shaping up to be one of the rare value plays in today’s market.

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.

EU antitrust officials approved Google’s $2.1 billion acquisition of health tracker Fitbit, but will enforce conditions on the deal aimed at protecting users’ health data and preserving competition in the wearable-tech sector.

Research guru, who died Dec. 12, formed Gartner to sell advice on information technology in the form of punchy notes, client consultations and eventually mammoth conferences.

U.S. stock futures rose, suggesting indexes could rise for a third straight day.

The pandemic has exacerbated South Korea’s burgeoning corporate debt, too much of which is going to ossifying firms and dragging on the country’s economic potential.

Army Gen. Mark Milley spoke with Taliban leaders to prod stalled peace talks. The meeting came as Taliban-instigated violence is on the rise, military officials said, and just weeks before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

Investors cheered signs of progress toward a fresh stimulus package that could gird the economy until the end of winter and widespread vaccinations have the potential to bring the virus under control.

When Covid-19 swept across Europe this spring, Germany gained plaudits for its handling of the pandemic. Now authorities fear they are losing control of the virus.

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.

Subscribers’ picks beat both the market and our columnists in Heard on the Street’s fourth annual stock-picking contest.

Investors bidding up newly public shares of DoorDash and its competitors shouldn’t take for granted the historically fragile relationship between food-delivery platforms and the restaurants they serve.