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From financial regulation to minority lending, Biden’s pick is poised to change course sharply from the policies of Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Yellen Readies Big Changes for Treasury — NYT > U.S. > Politics

Rookies should start from the fundamentals when they are going to deal with something new such as Forex. This giant marketplace is not new to investors, but for beginner traders, it may seem overwhelming at the start. Every investor should consider the market fundamentals before jumping into this huge FX platform. Image created by Market…

Best Tips for Professional Currency Traders — Market Business News

The man was arrested on Friday with more than 500 rounds of ammunition in his truck, the police said. He told a reporter he was heading to a security job in Washington and got lost.

A man with a gun arrested by Capitol Police at a security checkpoint calls it an ‘honest mistake.’ — NYT > U.S. > Politics

(Bloomberg) — Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and PSA Group, which merged to create an auto giant, is in talks with China’s Chery Automobile Co. Ltd. and Guangzhou Automobile Group to create a joint venture, local media Yicai reported. Read More

Fiat-PSA in Talks With Chinese Car Makers for Tie Up, Yicai Says — Financial Post

(Bloomberg) — Europe is kicking off the year’s first earnings season with expectations running high after a strong equity rally, setting the stage for disappointment if companies signal further pandemic pain. Read More

High Bar for European Profit Rebound Leaves No Room for Setbacks — Financial Post

LONDON — Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country’s courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade partners is flawed, foreign minister Dominic Raab said. Read More

UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says — Financial Post

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s caretaker health minister signed a final deal on Sunday to secure 2.1 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine as the country battles a steep rise in infections. Read More

Lebanon inks final deal for 2.1 mln doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine — Financial Post

New variants may change everything. They’ll be 1% of all cases by end of next week, with hot spots in Florida and Southern California. But doubling every week, they’ll be about 30% of all cases in 5 or 6 weeks. It’ll be harder to hide from them, schools will be more vulnerable. That is from…

Let us not again forget knowledge of exponentials — Marginal REVOLUTION

NEW YORK — A blistering rally in the shares of regional banks may be tested when a spate of lenders report results in the coming week. Regional banks in the S&P 500 have surged 11% since the beginning of the year, beating out the gains in larger, more diversified banks by about a percentage point…

Wall St Week Ahead-Earnings season to test surge in regional banks stocks — Financial Post