5 days ago | By Washington Post
Palladium is the most valuable of the four major precious metals, with an acute shortage driving prices to records in recent years. A key component in pollution-control devices for cars and trucks, the metal's price has been on a tear, more than tripling in the four years through the end of 2020 - lifting it above the price of gold.
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5 days ago | By Business Insider
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While the economy is "very likely" to have a good year in 2021, stock prices may not repeat their record-shattering performance of 2020 as a V-shaped recovery has already been priced into the market, said Morgan Stanley's Mike Wilson. The chief investment officer explained that the stock market is a discounting machine that looks forward, and it already priced in optimism around the economic recovery last year. Against this backdrop, "unprofitable growth stocks with big valuations" may underperform in 2021, while assets that will benefit from accelerating...
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Summary List Placement Chinese billionaire businessman Jack Ma appeared during a videoconference on Wednesday after weeks of speculation about his whereabouts , according to a... Read more ...
Summary List Placement Inauguration Day 2021 is unlike those in the past. President-elect Joe Biden and VP-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in amid a coronavirus pandemic that... Read more ...
LANSING, Mich. - Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday unveiled a $5.6 billion plan to combat and recover from the coronavirus pandemic, proposing the use of billions in federal... Read more ...
TOKYO - Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration as U.S. president. Japan's benchmark lost early gains as worries grew about the surge in... Read more ...
HONOLULU - Hawaii's leaders say limited supply is the main thing constraining distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in the state. Read more ...
Summary List Placement In recent months, Moderna has been ramping up operations as it rolls out and distributes its much-awaited coronavirus vaccine. Behind the scenes... Read more ...
Goldman Sachs Group made an exceptionally strong performance in the last quarter of 2020, raking in more than double the profits compared to the previous year despite global... Read more ...
Summary List Placement Oracle has formed a new cloud and artificial intelligence organization, and executive VP Don Johnson - the former Oracle Cloud Infrastructure boss once... Read more ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - West Virginia's speedy coronavirus vaccination drive is facing a roadblock, with state leaders saying they didn't receive an expected increase in doses this... Read more ...
INDIANAPOLIS - Gov. Eric Holcomb touted Indiana as rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic and called during the annual State of the State speech Tuesday night for the... Read more ...