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(Bloomberg) — President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Brian Deese, an executive at BlackRock Inc. and former economic adviser to President Barack Obama, to lead his National Economic Council, people familiar with the matter said. Read More

Biden Picks BlackRock’s Deese to Lead National Economic Council — Financial Post

Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse serving Wall Street and the corporate world. Read More

S&P Global to buy IHS Markit for $44 billion, expanding data empire — Financial Post

Wall Street stocks fell on Monday as investors took profits after a sharp rally that has put the benchmark S&P 500 index on course for its best November ever. Read More

Wall St retreats, S&P 500 still set for best November ever — Financial Post

Diamond mining giant De Beers on Monday outlined plans to ethically source its diamonds and be carbon neutral by 2030 due to growing investor pressure on companies to be environmentally and socially responsible. Read More

De Beers plans to clean up diamond supply chain, be carbon neutral by 2030 — Financial Post

DETROIT — General Motors Co and Nikola Corp on Monday announced a reworked agreement on a fuel-cell partnership that eliminates an equity stake in the startup for the Detroit automaker as well as plans for building Nikola’s electric pickup truck, sending Nikola shares tumbling almost 25%. Read More

GM, Nikola announce reworked agreement; Nikola shares tumble 25% — Financial Post

DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW — OPEC members moved closer on Monday to extending existing oil production cuts for three months from January but still need to convince the wider OPEC+ group led by Russia to support the move, ministers and delegates said on Monday. Read More

OPEC leans towards extending oil cuts into first quarter if allies agree — Financial Post

CHICAGO — U.S. wheat futures fell about 3% on Monday on prospects that Russia, the world’s top supplier of the food grain, may raise its export quota, analysts said, along with long liquidation and profit-taking at the end of the month. Read More

Wheat slides 3% on Russian export prospects; soy, corn also sag — Financial Post

This kid’s parent is clearly up on layering technology. | iStockphoto/Getty ImagesHow to dress for cold weather, according to an arctic researcher. This winter is going to suck. We know this because the rest of this year has sucked, but we also know this because the main respite from the suckiness was summer — for…

Spending more time outside this winter? Here’s how to stay warm. — Vox – All

The time you spend indoors can also be made fun and entertaining with games that test your memory. Indulging in some healthy competition with your family and friends never hurts. Playing board games is a great way to unwind and proves to be a welcome distraction.   When you make winning trivia board games a…

Skills You Need to Win Trivia Board Games — Market Business News

NEW YORK — U.S. crude oil production rose 286,000 barrels per day in September to 10.86 million bpd, as production increased in North Dakota and in offshore waters in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Read More

U.S. crude oil output rises to 10.86 million bpd in September — Financial Post