A stark reality for the euphoric stock market? The coming week may present the closest thing to a reckoning for bullish investors so far in 2021. It is the busiest week of the fourth-quarter earnings season, highlighted by hotly anticipated results from heavyweight companies like...
Outbreaks/Epidemics
U.K. Covid-19 Variant Could Be More Deadly, British Officials Say
LONDON—British officials warned Friday that a coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. might be more lethal as well as more transmissible than previous versions of the pathogen. The conclusions of scientists advising the British government are still highly uncertain. But British Prime Minister Boris...
Stock Futures Rise as Earnings Season Ramps Up
U.S. stock futures climbed ahead of testimony by Janet Yellen in which she is expected to support higher coronavirus relief spending. Futures tied to the S&P 500 rose 0.8%, pointing to a rally after the opening bell. Those linked to the Nasdaq-100 added 1%, suggesting...