• Apple Plans Thinner MacBook Air With Magnetic Charger in Mac Lineup Reboot
  
  Apple Inc. is working on a thinner and lighter version of the MacBook Air, the company's mass-market laptop, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The new computer is planned to be released during the second half of this year at the earliest or in 2022. It will...
• Baker Hughes Says Energy Downturn to Bottom out This Year
  
  Oilfield equipment and services provider Baker Hughes on Thursday posted better-than-expected quarterly results and joined a chorus of energy companies saying the industry's worst downturn in decades would turn a corner this year.Oil and gas producers have been forced to...
• Greenlight Calls Owning Tesla Stock a Fad Amid 'Silly' Surge
  
  Tesla Inc.'s dizzying surge through 2020 showcased an investor craze for snapping up shares of the company and not in buying its cars, David Einhorn's Greenlight Capital said in a letter to investors on Thursday."The fad is in owning Tesla stock," according...
• Israel's 'Fauci': 1st Pfizer Dose Less Effective Than Billed
  
  Israel's coronavirus czar said a single dose of Pfizer's vaccine might be less effective than the drugmaker indicated.
• Mike Lindell: MyPillow Products Dropped After Vote Fraud Allegations
  
  MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell says his products have been dropped by major retailers in the wake of his claims of voter fraud in the presidential election. In an interview on NBC affiliate KARE, Lindell, a vocal supporter of President...
• Supermarket Chain Aldi to Pay US Workers Who Get COVID-19 Vaccination
  
  Grocery retailer Aldi said on Tuesday it would give U.S. employees up to four hours of pay if they get a COVID-19 vaccination, nearly a week after retailer Dollar General provided a similar incentive. The German supermarket chain...
• Twitter's Dorsey Praises Bitcoin as Model for Social Media's Future
  
  Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said the decision to ban U.S. President Donald Trump was necessary, but raises questions about the power of social-media companies and Twitter's failure to promote healthy conversation.
• Qualcomm Eyes Challenge to Apple, Intel With $1.4B Deal for Chip Startup
  
  Qualcomm Inc on Wednesday said it will acquire Nuvia Inc, a chip startup founded by Apple Inc veterans, for $1.4 billion, with plans to put the firm's technology into its smartphone, laptop and automotive processors. The deal marks a big push by Qualcomm to reestablish a...
• Target Holiday Sales Jump 17 Percent on Strong Online Demand
  
  Target Corp reported a 17.2% rise in comparable sales for the holiday season on Wednesday as online sales more than doubled, thanks to faster deliveries and higher demand for home goods, electronics and beauty products. A large chunk of the sales growth came from same-day...
• ViacomCBS: An Undervalued Dividend Stock
  
  Media stocks were out of favor for most of 2020. The pandemic caused consumer spending to slow down dramatically for a period of time, which led advertisers to cut their spending, and media companies generally suffered as a result. However, media companies are in recovery,...
• Walmart Halts GOP Contributions for Electoral Objectors
  
  Walmart, the world's biggest retailer, joined other major companies in indefinitely suspending donations to U.S. lawmakers who voted against President-elect Joe Biden's election certification.
• GoFundMe Bans Raising Funds for Protest Travel
  
  GoFundMe has prohibited fundraisers raising money for travel to political protests on its platform following the riot by President Donald Trump's supporters in the Capitol last week.
• Moderna Says Immunity Should Last at Least a Year
  
  Immunity from Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine should last at least a year, the company said Monday at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.
• AT&T Halts Contributions to Pols Opposing Biden Vote
  
  Telecommunications giant AT&T joined a growing list of companies that plan to suspend financial donations to lawmakers who opposed the Electoral College voting certification.
• Cumulus Orders On-Air Hosts to Stop Suggesting Election Fraud
  
  Giant talk radio company Cumulus Media has reportedly issued a directive to its on-air personalities to stop suggesting the 2020 election was fraudulent - or get canned. According to The Washington Post, Brian Philips, Cumulus' executive vice president of content and...
• Parler CEO Denies Site's Role in Violence, Vows Return
  
  Parler CEO John Matze Monday denied his social media platform had anything to do with the violence at the Capitol and said his site is examining alternatives after Amazon Web Services' decision to suspend the platform...
• Gilead Raises 2020 Profit Forecast on Remdesivir Strength
  
  Gilead Sciences Inc raised its full-year profit forecast on Monday, as a recent resurgence in COVID-19 cases boosted demand for its COVID-19 treatment, remdesivir. The level of new COVID-19 cases in the United States is starting to rise again, amidst the slow rollout of...
• Airbus to Meet Suppliers Amid Jet Output Concerns
  
  Airbus is planning a summit meeting with major suppliers in coming days, amid mounting speculation that it may have to delay planned jet output increases as Europe faces a resurgent coronavirus crisis, industry sources said...
• Roku Buys Video-Streaming App Quibi's Content Library
  
  Video-streaming device maker Roku Inc said on Friday it had acquired the global distribution rights to Quibi's content library, nearly three months after the short-form video streaming app was shut down following an unsuccessful run. Financial terms of the deal were not...
• Exxon Mobil: A Dividend Champion With High Potential Returns
  
  Companies that are able to raise dividends over long periods of time have shown strength over the ups and downs of the economic cycle. Companies with more than 25 consecutive years of dividend growth have proven themselves to be especially resistant to economic...
• Starbucks Insider Ruggeri to Take over as CFO, Grismer to Retire
  
  Starbucks Corp said on Thursday long-time executive Rachel Ruggeri would take charge as chief financial officer next month, replacing Patrick Grismer who will be retiring.
• Bristol-Myers Squibb: Reliable Dividend Stock for Yield and Growth
  
  Dividend stocks tend to be popular investments because they generally offer investors stable and growing earnings, as well as regular dividend income. These characteristics can be especially valuable during market downturns, when dividend stocks tend to outperform stocks...
• Ackman's Pershing Square Breaks Own Record With 70 Percent Return
  
  Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management reported a second straight record performance in 2020, as a bet in the early days of the pandemic helped the fund return 70% on investments. The billionaire investor said Pershing Square had a net return of 4.6% in December...
• McDonald's Challenges Chicken Chains With 3 New Sandwiches
  
  McDonald's Corp is hoping 2021 is the year it cracks the crispy chicken sandwich by rolling out three different versions in the United States, the company told Reuters.The world's biggest burger chain will add the new sandwiches - including a spicy version - on Feb. 24 as...
• GE Builds 'Monster' Wind Turbine
  
  General Electric has built a monster wind turbine in the Netherlands. The test model stands above a strip of land at the mouth of Rotterdam's harbor, according to The New York Times. The diameter of its rotor is longer than two football fields end to end. The newspaper noted...

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