NewsWatch: Top fund manager of 2020 warns more than half the S&P 500 is at risk from technological upheaval

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Technological innovation puts at risk whole swaths of industries — energy, industrials, consumer discretionary, communications services, health care, and financial services, says a leading fund manager. See full story.

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Stimulus checks are on their way — economists give one important reason why it bodes well to wait

Boston University and Brown University economists who looked at what happens when people have time to mull over a financial windfall. See full story.

‘I need my stimmy!’ This is what it feels like waiting for Wells Fargo to deposit your stimulus check

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U.K. health service pushes back interval for delivering second Pfizer coronavirus vaccine to a duration company says is untested

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Also, investors look ahead after a surprising 2020. See full story.