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COVID-19 vaccine acceptance is rising — except among Republicans

Over the past few months, all of the available data from clinical trials and real-world studies has shown the approved COVID-19 vaccines are safe and extremely effective. Experts have emphasized again and again the inoculation represents America’s only way out of the pandemic. According to a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll, most Americans have absorbed this message and become more likely to say they will get vaccinated since the vaccine rollout began in the wake of last year’s presidential… Source link

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Apple Ramps Up Pace of Bond Sales as Stock Buybacks Seen Rising

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. is selling bonds to take advantage of cheap borrowing costs, tapping the market for a third time since May as it looks to return more cash to shareholders. The company is issuing debt in six parts, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The longest portion of the offering, a 40-year security, may yield between 115 and 120 basis points above Treasuries, said the person, who asked not to be identified as the details are private. Until 2020, Apple hadn’t… Source link

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Opinion | The Rising Union Movement at Amazon, Google and Twitter

These criticisms are understandable. The decades-long decline of the labor movement has left it so weak that many Americans know little about its history. In fact, workers have often organized not only to improve their wages, but also to gain more control over their work — especially when it had an outsize effect on the world. In the 1970s, employees at Polaroid and IBM, two major tech firms of their day, protested their companies’ business with South Africa’s government while it… Source link

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Stocks fall with rising COVID-19 cases, stimulus in focus

TipRanks Billionaire Ray Dalio Picks Up These 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Sometimes, the experts will tell us what we already know. Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, has built a legendary reputation in financial circles, for taking his firm from a home business in his two-bedroom apartment to the international hedge fund giant, employing over 1,500 people and managing more than $138 billion in total assets. But when questioned on how he did it, or how today’s investors can… Source link

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