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From the Editor's Desk The global market valuation of sectors | COVID Response Center | McKinsey & Company Track the changes in market valuations of industries since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis. Continued here TradeBriefs: Newsletters for Decision-Makers! Our advertisers help fund the daily operations of TradeBriefs. We request you to accept our promotional emails. Want the newsletters, without the promotional mailers? Get an (ad-free) subscription to TradeBriefs Premium for just $2 per month. Access to premium content | No advertisement mailers Work Ray Dalio Says America's Decline Will Upend Lives, Not Just Portfolios Work 10 Ways to Build Belief in Yourself So You Can Continue Going Strong Starting and running a business on your own takes balls. Whether it's running a big company or working as a solo freelancer, the only one able to make it a success is you. There's no one to hold your hand or talk you through it. It's all up to you, your imagination, and willpower. 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Work China: editorial says Communist party members must have three children Article that says 'no party member should use any excuse' to have only one or two children goes viral then disappears Work Pressure Mounts to Drop Activision's Bobby Kotick From Coca-Cola's Board A union-led investment group plans to ask the beverage maker not to renominate Bobby Kotick as a director, a call that comes after the group called for him to resign from Activision. Work Beijing Olympics to bring in athletes on chartered, temporary flights The Beijing Winter Olympics will mainly rely on temporary and chartered flights from cities such as Tokyo and Singapore to bring athletes due to travel curbs. Work Taiwan Loses Nicaragua as Ally as Tensions With China Rise The nation switched diplomatic allegiance to Beijing, leaving 13 nations and the Vatican still recognizing Taiwan as a sovereign nation. Work What happens if you own shares of China companies that delist For Americans looking to play China's growth story, Didi's delisting from the U.S. shows the rising political risk of investing in U.S.-listed Chinese stocks. Work 14 Walmart deals you won't find at Amazon While Amazon does a lot of price-matching, it can't win them all. Here are the best deals available at Walmart that Amazon just can't beat. Work How Do You Tell the World That Doomsday Has Arrived? A new film about a killer comet revives memories of a nail-biting night in The Times newsroom two decades ago. Work What does it mean to be a refugee? About 60 million people around the globe have been forced to leave their homes to escape war, violence and persecution. The majority have become Internally Displaced Persons, meaning they fled their homes but are still in their own countries. Others, referred to as refugees, sought shelter outside their own country. But what does that term really mean? 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Work How feature stores could reduce the 'Groundhog Day' effect for data scientists Splice Machine's Monte Zweben explains how feature stores can help cut down the monotonous parts of a data scientist's job. Work Hyundai flying car may be among first to take off, possibly by 2030 Hyundai already has a dedicated division to work on the development of the S-A1 concept which has been designed in a way that it could achieve a top speed of around 300 kmph. Work The True Story Behind HBO's Gripping True Crime Drama 'Landscapers' Olivia Colman and David Thewlis star in this miniseries based on a couple on the run from a double murder Work Small Value Borrowers Accounted For Half Of Covid Emergency Loan Scheme ECLGS: Smallest borrowers had the highest share. Retail traders accounted for the largest number of borrowers under the scheme. Work How going to Mars improves life on Earth Memory foam, air purifiers, scratch-resistant lenses: these are just a few of the everyday items originally developed for space missions. Aerospace engineer Eric Hinterman invites us to dream big and imagine what technological advancements could come next, explaining why establishing a human presence on Mars is a big step for life on Earth -- and a giant leap toward becoming a space-faring species. Work 3 ways to lower the barriers to higher education Less than seven percent of people worldwide have a bachelor's degree -- and for many, this is simply because the cost of university is too high, says higher education executive Adrian K. Haugabrook. In this barrier-breaking talk, he introduces an innovative approach to expanding access to higher education by driving down costs and rethinking three key things: time, place and how we learn. Work This scientist now believes covid started in Wuhan's wet market. Here's why. 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Work Opinion | For the Elderly, Complacency Could Be a Killer Whatever the Omicron variant may mean for the young, it's already clear that it can be deadly for the old. Work Opinion | I'm Done Trying to Understand or Educate the Unvaccinated They don't leave only themselves vulnerable to the virus; they make everyone more vulnerable. Work China real estate sector can improve on two conditions: Rhodium Group Stabilizing property sales and greater access to funds would help lift the property sector and China's economy, said Logan Wright of Rhodium Group. Work Jefferies names its top stock picks for 2022 Jefferies names a slew of stock picks across the U.S., Europe and Japan that it thinks will do well in 2022. Work Jim Cramer shares his 2022 game plan and best stock ideas with the CNBC Investing Club CNBC's Jim Cramer walks the CNBC Investing Club through his top stock picks, interviews Ford CEO Jim Farley and answers subscriber questions. Work Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation data Stock futures were little changed early Friday after investors pulled back from the market rebound overnight and turned their focus to inflation data due. Work Boric vs Kast: Chile set for polarized presidential election run-off The presidential run-off on Dec. 19 will see voters cast their ballots in favor of one of two outsider candidates promising to chart wildly different paths. Work Asia Markets: US inflation data, China, oil prices Stateside, the Labor Department is set to release November's consumer price index Friday morning local time, which measures the cost of dozens of items. Work Veteran strategist David Roche on investing in crypto Independent Strategy's David Roche isn't convinced cryptocurrencies are a viable investment for now. Work Covid relief money: US has used most, but billions haven't been spent Federal agencies have formally committed to using $4 trillion of $4.5 trillion in approved Covid relief funding, and have paid out $3.5 trillion to date. Work NYC lawmakers pass bill giving noncitizens right to vote in local elections Noncitizens in New York City would gain the right to vote in municipal elections under a measure approved Thursday by the City Council. Work Daimler truck unit spinoff starts trading on the Frankfurt exchange Daimler Truck's focus on zero-emission technology will put it in competition with companies like Tesla and Geely. Work Ford halts waitlist for F-150 Lightning electric pickup due to demand, CEO tells Cramer "We are completely oversubscribed with our battery electric vehicles, Lightning especially," Ford CEO Jim Farley told CNBC on Thursday. Work How raising the SALT deduction limit to $80,000 may affect your taxes The House Democrats’ spending package raises the SALT deduction limit to $80,000 through 2030. Here's how it may affect your tax bill. Work Buffett-backed Nubank rises in trading on the NYSE in blockbuster IPO Brazilian fintech company Nubank makes its market debut Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange trading under the ticker symbol “NU.” India Major e-commerce companies struggle with last mile delivery sector zero emissions: Study Six major global logistics, e-commerce, and retail companies like Amazon, Walmart, Flipkart, UPS, DHL, and Fedex, have all failed to set ambitious tar.. 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India Oracle forecasts upbeat third quarter as IT spending rebounds Revenue at Oracle's cloud services and license support unit, its largest, rose to $7.55 billion in the second quarter from $7.11 billion a year earlie.. India Keep buffer of 8 critical drugs for Covid treatment, Centre to states The government said many ventilators supplied by the Centre were still lying unused at some field hospitals India Ambuja Cement vs UltraTech Cement: Which is Better? These cement brands are fighting to capture post pandemic demand. Find out who has the best chance. India Shiprocket to raise $185 mn in a round led by Zomato, Temasek, Lightrock India Shiprocket said that it will accelerate its mission to democratise e-commerce fulfillment for the fast-growing universe of D2C retailers by utilising the latest fundraise. India RateGain IPO Subscribed 17 Times With Robust Investor Interest The non institutional investors (NII) which largely include corporates and high net worth individuals booked the allocated portion 42.04 times. India Govt urges steel industry to give relief to MSME sector amid rising input cost Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal met steel industry stakeholders on Thursday and stressed on the need for easier and cost-efficient supply of steel to small industries. India Newlyweds Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal Fly Back to Mumbai in Chopper; Video Goes Viral A day after tying the knot, Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal are heading back to Mumbai. A video of Katrina getting into a chopper surfaced online on Friday morning. India Outage shows how Amazon's complex cloud makes backup plans difficult The huge trail of damage from a network problem at a single region that AWS calls "US-EAST-1" underscored how difficult it is for companies to spread .. India Major U.S. retailers urge action by Congress on online stolen, counterfeit goods sales The group called on Congress to crack down on anonymous online sales, citing the growing impact of organized retail crime. India Europe's battle to curb Big Tech As Italy hit Amazon with a massive 1.1-billion-euro ($1.3-billion) antitrust fine Thursday for abusing its market dominance, we look at how Europe has.. India HC asks retail liquor dealers to pay licence fee under New Excise Policy, 500 brands registered by Delhi govt "Keeping in view that today a number of liquor brands stand registered, there is no reason as to why the petitioners (retail liquor dealers) could not.. India How is India's private helicopter market faring? The crash of military helicopter carrying the country's chief of defence staff and 13 others brought the focus on civilian choppers. Find out how the private helicopters fared in India over the years India "I Go When I Feel Like": Justice Gogoi On Rajya Sabha Attendance In his just-published memoir, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, former Chief Justice of India, defended his decision to join the Rajya Sabha 4 months after retiring from the Supreme Court, a move that had come in for widespread criticism. India Why students getting into top colleges are giving up seats India News: The Supreme Court has asked IIT-Bombay to admit a Dalit boy who missed the fee payment deadline because he was struggling to put the money together. I TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy  |  Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. 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