Here are the top news, trends, and analysis that investors need to get their trading day started: 1. Dow to complement Thursday’s late session comeback Traders work on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Pedestrians wearing protective masks carry shopping bags in San Francisco, California on Wednesday, February 17, 2021. David…

In this photo illustration, the UK multinational pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) logo is displayed on a smartphone with a computer model of the COVID-19 coronavirus in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA pictures | Getty Images GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology filed Friday with the Food and Drug Administration for emergency approval for their monoclonal antibody…

A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 and a United Airlines A320 Airbus approaching San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco. Louis Ribbon | Reuters United Airlines will fly back to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York on Sunday for the first time in more than five years as the airline takes a break in air…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases, testifies on the federal response to the coronavirus on Capitol Hill during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on March 18, 2021 in Washington, DC. Susan Walsh | Pool | Getty Images The recent spike in new Covid-19…

A sign photographed from outside the annual San Diego Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center on Sunday July 15, 2012 in San Diego, California. stevezmina1 The coronavirus pandemic has paralyzed the live events business, especially the lucrative comic convention industry. In order to raise much-needed funds, San Diego Comic-Con postponed its show to…

An empty parking lot is located outside a closed JC Penney Co. store in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee on Thursday, April 16, 2020. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Just months after serving as JC Penney’s interim CEO, Stanley Shashoua said he saw signs of growth in the business. “JC Penney is a great American…

WeWork CEO SanWep Mathrani told CNBC on Friday that the office sharing company expects a strong recovery in demand as Covid vaccines help fight the pandemic. “There will be a big shift in the return to work and we are a flex provider. So we are exactly the person who would see it first because…

Texas had a rough winter in 2021. In mid-February, when temperatures dropped in the single digits, demand for electricity hit a record high across Texas. The supply was running low, causing the state’s utility operator to introduce rolling blackouts. At the height of the crisis, more than 4.5 million customers lost electricity. The unusual winter…

Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo # 34 heads to the basket against Bam Adebayo # 13 of Miami Heat in the second half at the American Airlines Arena on March 2, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Michael Reaves | Getty Images A city trying to rename itself as the center of the crypto world could soon have…

Satellite imagery offers a unique perspective of the stalled ship Ever Given as the crews work to free the mega container ship that has been blocking the Suez Canal for four days. Maxar Technologies’ WorldView-2 satellite captured high-resolution images on Friday morning and viewed the dredging work to free the ship up close. Ever Given,…