Investors are showing signs of increasing exuberance, reflecting optimism about a vaccine-fueled global recovery and the changed economics of the post-coronavirus world. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1.6% for the first week of 2021, marking its fourth-straight weekly gain despite a mob storming the U.S. Capitol Wednesday and a […]
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US deaths surpass 150,000; AG Barr tests negative; Pelosi mandates masks on House floor
The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus pandemic surpassed 150,000 Wednesday with little indication the historic global health crisis is diminishing. Later in the day, the results of Attorney General William Barr’s coronavirus test came back negative. Barr took the test after coming close to Texas GOP congressman Louie Gohmert the previous […]