BUSINESS | January 2021
Roche partners with quantum computing firm for drug discovery
American and Southwest report record losses in 2020
GM announces plans to become carbon neutral by 2040
Short squeeze volatility continues
Johnson and Johnson and Novavax announce coronavirus vaccine trial results
Apple surpasses $100B in quarterly revenue
Short squeezes continue
Beyond Meat announces snack and beverage partnership with PepsiCo
GameStop short squeeze continues
Budweiser forgoes Super Bowl ad for first time since 1983
Twitter introduces Birdwatch, community-based content moderation initative
Google announces $150M coronavirus vaccine pledge
SpaceX launches record 143 satellites on a single rocket
Google suggests it may stop offering Google Search in Australia in response to new law
Google-parent Alphabet announces Loon to shut down
Federal judge rejects Parler bid to have Amazon restore web hosting
Facebook independent Oversight Board accepts a request to review Trump ban
SpaceX launches 60 additional Starlink satellites into orbit
GM’s autonomous vehicle subsidiary Cruise raises $2B in a new funding round, including Microsoft
Netflix surpasses 200M global subscribers in Q4
Parler partially returns online
Taco Bell announces partnership with Beyond Meat
CES concludes
Talkspace set to go public via SPAC merger
Apple announces first projects from $100M racial equity initiative
Airbnb cancels all reservations in DC during Inauguration week
WhatsApp clarifies data sharing practices with Facebook
Visa terminates Plaid acquisition, citing DOJ lawsuit
GM launches new commercial EV business unit
Walmart announces fintech startup
Major coporations restrict or suspend political donations
Lilly announces positive results from Phase-2 trials for Alzheimer's drug
Parler sues Amazon
CES kicks off (virtually)
Roku acquires Quibi content library
KFC, McDonald's set to launch new chicken sandwiches
Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos to become world's richest person
SoFi set to go public via SPAC
Boeing agrees to settle criminal charges related to 737 Max
Amazon launches $2B equitable housing initiative
NYSE reverses course (again), says it will delist Chinese telecom companies
Slack experiences widespread outages
Haven Healthcare set to shut down in February
NYSE reverses plans to delist Chinese telecom companies
Google workers form Alphabet Workers Union
Tesla reports Q4 and 2020 deliveries
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