2021: WALL STREET JOURNAL (365)

JANUARY

Stocks Surge in Crazy Year for Financial Markets

Musk Steers Tesla to Record Deliveries

Investors Bet the ‘Everything Rally’ Will Continue

U.S. Stocks Slide in Broad Selling to Start New Year

Georgia Votes in Runoff to Determine Senate Control

Warnock Brings Democrats Closer to Senate Control

Congress Confirms Biden Win; Schumer Calls for Trump

Democrats Intensify Calls to Remove Trump After Capitol Riot

House Democrats Prepare to Impeach President Again

House Prepares for Trump Impeachment Vote This Week

House Democrats Begin Efforts Seeking to Remove Trump

Republicans Weigh Trump Censure, Impeachment

House Moves Closer to Impeaching Trump for Second Time

Trump Impeachment Sets Up Another Trial in the Senate

CDC Says U.K. Virus Strain May Become Dominant in U.S.

Biden Proposes Bigger Federal Role in Vaccinations

Vaccines Are Getting Stuck at the Last Step

China Still Grew as Covid-19 Shook the Global Economy

McConnell Says Trump Provoked Mob That Attacked Capitol 

Biden Sworn In as 46th President; Harris Is First Female VP

Biden’s Agenda Faces Early Hurdles With a Divided Senate

Impeachment Article Against Trump to Be Delivered on Monday

Wall Street’s Euphoria for Blank-Check Firms Grows

Bullish Stock Bets Explode as Indexes Keep Hitting Highs

Watchdog Probes if DOJ Officials Tried to Overturn Election

GE Reports Surge in Year-End Cash Flow

GameStop and AMC Shares Soar Further, Driven by Retail Investors

GameStop Shares Tumble as Some Brokers Curb Traders

GameStop, AMC Shares Soar as Robinhood Loosens Curbs

TikTok Rival’s $5.4 Billion IPO Draws Big Following

Melvin Capital Lost 53% in January, Hurt by GameStop, Others

FEBRUARY

Robinhood Raises Another $2.4 Billion From Shareholders

GameStop Shares Tumble; Silver Retreats From High

GameStop, AMC Waver as Reddit Rally Loses Steam

Merck’s Kenneth Frasier to Retire as CEO at End of June

Weak Pace of Job Gains Points to Slow Recovery

Amazon’s New CEO, Andy Jassy, Can Either Help Workers and Sellers – or Automate Them Away

Tighter Oil Supplies Inject Momentum Into Price Rally

Tesla Invests $1.5 Billion in Bitcoin

Trump impeachment Trial Opens With Debate Over Senate’s Power

Democrats Lay Out Their Case at Impeachment Trial

Democrats Say Rioters Acted at Trump’s Direction

Trump Team to Set Out Impeachment Defense

Deal Reached Not to Call Witnesses in Trump Trial

Impeachment Trial Sharpens GOP Rifts

Debt Binge Reaches Riskiest Companies

Bitcoin Trades Above $50,000 for First Time

Retail Sales Rose Strongly in January, Driven by Stimulus

Lawmakers Examine GameStop Trading Frenzy

Pfizer Vaccine Highly Effective After One Dose, Study Shows

Covid-19 Vaccination Delays Could Bring More Virus Variants

Blue-Collar Jobs Boom in Pandemic

Boeing Tells Airlines to Ground Some 777s After Engine Failure

Tech Stocks Pare Losses on Powell’s Dovish Outlook

J&J’s Single-Shot Vaccine Is Safe and Effective, FDA Says

Stocks Slide, Led Lower by Tech, as Bond Yields Rise

House Set to Pass $1.9 Trillion Covid Relief Measure

Warren Buffett Defends Berkshire Hathaway’s $25 Billion in Buybacks

Iran Rejects Offer of Direct U.S. Nuclear talks

MARCH

U.S. Stocks Rally as Bond Markets Calm

Merck to Help J&J Make Its Vaccine

Google to Stop Using Individual Browsing History to Sell Ads

OSHA Often Fell Short on Worker Safety in Pandemic

Surge in Payrolls Sets Up Economy for Spring Gains

Job Losses During Pandemic Strain Black, Hispanic Women’s Personal Finances

Russians Mount Campaign Against Vaccines, U.S. Says

Dow Rallies While Tech Shares Stumble

Stocks Rise as Tech Shares Rebound

GE to Wind Down Financing Unit After Jet-Leasing Merger

Jobless Claims Ease as Hiring Picks Up

Ant Group Chief Executive Resigns

Xiaomi Wins Court Ruling Halting U.S. Investment Ban

Short Sellers Boost Bets Against SPACs

AstraZeneca Vaccine Suspended by Italy, France, Germany

U.S. Retail Sales Fell 3% in February

Fed Likely to Hold Steady on Rates, Bond Buying

Europe Clears AstraZeneca Vaccine After Blood Clot Concerns

DOJ Investigating Visa Over Debit-Card Practices

Governor’s Office floats special session on cannabis bill

Covid-19 Vaccine Manufacturing in U.S. Races Ahead

Leon Black Steps Down as Apollo Global’s Chairman

U.S. Health Officials Raise Concerns Over AstraZeneca Data

Stuck Container Ship in Suez Canal Blocks Traffic

Biden Tries to Stem Border Surge With Diplomacy, More Shelter Space

WeWork Plans to Go Public in $9 Billion SPAC Merger

$15-an-Hour Minimum Wage Could Further Sting Teen Employment

High Tide in Suez Canal Raises Hopes of Freeing Ship

Credit Suisse, Nomura Face Losses From Fund Selloff

Archegos Blowout Heaps Pressure on Credit Suisse

Biden Is Set to Unveil $2Trillion Infrastructure Plan

APRIL

Pfizer Says Vaccine Still Highly Effective After Six Months

Strong March Hiring Signals Broader Spring Rebound

NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter Gets Set for Historic First Flight on Another World

Individual Investors Retreat After Winter of Frenetic Trading

High Court Rules for Google in Copyright Battle With Oracle

Credit Suisse Takes $4.7 Billion Hit on Archegos Meltdown

U.K. Advises Limits on AstraZeneca Shot for People Under 30

Credit Suisse Ignored Warnings on Archegos, Greensill

Amazon Workers in Alabama Vote Against Unionizing

Amazon Vote Deals Blow to Expanding Union Membership

Companies Plan New Push on Voting Laws

Jack Ma’s Ant Group Bows to Beijing With Company Overhaul

U.S. Seeks to Pause J&J Shot After Rare Blood-Clot Cases

Coinbase Tops $100 Billion Valuation in Market Debut

Stimulus, Vaccinations Fueled Retail Sales Surge

J&J Privately Asked Rival Vaccine Makers to Probe Clot Risks

Bond Giant Pimco Attempts to Change Its Culture

Stock Rally Broadens in Encouraging Sign for Bull Market

Nvidia’s Deal to Buy Arm Faces U.K. Security Probe

EU Calls for J&J Vaccine Warning, But Says Benefits Outweigh Risks

U.S. Launches Minneapolis Police Probe After Floyd Killing

Russia Orders Troops to Withdraw From Ukraine Border

Stocks Rise But Remain on Track for Weekly Declines

Apartment Rents Rise, Ending Many Perks for Renters

Wild Market Ride Lifts Assets From Lumber to Stocks

U.S. to Share AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Doses With World

CDC Relaxes Mask Guideline for Vaccinated people

Biden to Propose $1.8 Trillion Families Plan, Tax Increases

Economy Rebounds From Pandemic With Consumer-Led Gains

Stimulus Checks Drove Record Rise in Household income

MAY

Buffett to Discuss Pandemic, Markets at Annual Meeting

Americans Can’t Get Enough of Stocks

Berkshire Says Abel Would Succeed Buffett in CEO Role

Inside ‘Facebook Jail’: The Secret Rules That Put Users in the Doghouse

Facebook Panel Upholds Trump Ban but Orders Review

Millions Are Unemployed. Why Can’t Companies Find Workers?

Hiring Slowed in April as U.S. Added Only 266,000 Jobs

Key U.S. Energy Pipeline Closes After Cyberattack

Consumers Feel the Pinch as Prices Rise

FBI Suspects Crime Group in Hack of Colonial Pipeline

Stocks Extend Fall, Dow Drops More Than 500 Points

Consumer Prices Jump as Economy Picks Up

Amazon Adding 75,000 Workers

Facebook Loses Bid to Block Ruling on EU-U.S. Data Flows

Israeli Airstrike Demolishes Gaza Tower Housing AP, Al Jazeeera

AT&T, Discovery in Talks to Combine Media Assets

AT&T to Combine WarnerMedia Assets With Discovery

Walmart Sales Rise at Slower Rate as Pandemic Wanes

Stocks, Bitcoin Drop in Broad Retreat From Riskier Assets

Jobless Claims Extend Decline to New Pandemic Low

Fragile Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Holds Despite Jerusalem Clashes

Blockbuster Movie Season Comes With Studio Angst

For Startup Leaders, SPACs Lose Their Allure

Beijing’s Renewed Crackdown Shakes Crypto Markets

Exxon CEO Faces Showdown in Battle Over Future of Oil

Shell Ordered by Dutch Court to Cut Carbon Emissions

Senate Republicans Unveil $928 Billion Infrastructure Offer

Senate Republicans Block Jan. 6 Riot Commission

When Tulsa’s Black Wall Street Went Up in Flames, So Did Potential Inheritances

U.S. Manufacturers Blame Tariffs for Swelling Inflation

China to Ease Limit on Births to Refresh Aging Population

JUNE

Oil Price Hits Two-Year High as OPEC Sees More Demand

Dogecoin Rallies on Prospect of Coinbase Trading Debut

AMC Shares Spiral on Stock Sale Plan, Warning to Buyers

Pickup in May Hiring Adds to Labor Market Recovery

G-7 Nations Agree on New Rules for Taxing Global Companies

GameStop’s True Believers Settle In for the Long Haul

FDA Approves First Alzheimer’s Drug in Nearly Two Decades

Internet Outage Hits Major Websites

Biden Revokes Trump Actions on TikTok, WeChat

Inflation Rate Hit Nearly 13-Year High in May

Amazon Could Be Forced to Shed Assets Under Bill

Biden Pushes G-7 to Criticize China Over Xinjiang Allegations

Israel Gets New Government to End Netanyahu’s Rule

Lordstown Motors Leaders Resign Amid Faulty Disclosures

China Repackages Its History in Support of Xi’s National Vision

Apple Struggles in Push to Make Health Its Greatest Legacy

Supreme Court Leaves Affordable Care Act Intact

Dow Industrials on Track for Worst Week Since January

Hot Housing Market Locks Out Many Would-Be Buyers

Facebook, Alphabet Outpace Peers as Big Tech Stocks Diverge

Supreme Court Rejects NCAA Limits on Athlete Benefits

U.S. Existing-Home Prices Hit Record High in May

White House to Replace Fannie, Freddie Overseer

Google Delays Removal of Cookies to Late 2023

Justice Department Sues Georgia Over Its New Voting Law

J&J Settles New York Opioid Case for $230 Million

Unemployment Rolls Shrink Faster in States Cutting Aid

Florida Condo Rescue Stretches Into Fifth Day

United Bets on Travel Revival With Biggest Ever Plane Order

Robinhood to Pay $70 Million to Settle Regulatory Probe

JULY

U.S. Wins Backing for Global Minimum Corporate Tax

U.S. Jobs Market Heats Up After Springtime Lull

Ransomware Group Behind Meat-Supply Attack Threatens New Targets

China Orders Ride-Hailing Company Didi’s App Removed From App Stores

Tech Firms Threaten to Quit Hong Kong Over Data Law Plan

China to Tighten Rules for Overseas Stock Listings

Haitian President Assassinated at Home, Officials Say

Stocks Skid on Economic Worries

Biden Targets Big Business in Sweeping Executive Order to Spur Competition

Biden Orders Open New Front in Battle With Big Tech

Branson Reaches Edge of Space in Virgin Galactic Flight

TikTok’s Chinese Owner Put IPO on Hold After Warning

Inflation Accelerated in June as Economic Recovery Continued

Bank of America’s Profit Jumps on Economic Rebound

Two Large Hospitals Won’t Give New Alzheimer’s Drug

U.S. Retail Sales Rose in June

Stablecoins Draw Focus of Yellen, Fed and SEC

Red-Hot U.S. Economy Expected to Cool From Here

Stocks, Oil Tumble as Delta Variant Sends Investors to Bonds

Stocks Rebound After Steep Drop

U.S. Stocks Rise to Extend Rebound

Jobless-Benefit Rolls Shrink, But New Applications Rise

Gas Engines, Workers Cast Aside for Electric Vehicles

FICO Score’s Hold on the Credit Market Is Slipping

Global Investors Are Buying American

Aon, Willis Towers Scrap $30 Billion Merger

Chinese Tech Stock Selloff Deepens

U.S. Stocks Wobble Ahead of Fed Policy Update

U.S. Economy Grows Beyond Pre-Pandemic Level

Household Spending Rose in June, Before Delta Upswing

Delta Fears Spur More Americans to Get Vaccinated

AUGUST

Investors Bet Price Pressures Will Ease

Retailers Take Steps to Follow Shifting Guidance on Masks

Cuomo Sexually Harassed Multiple Women, Probe Finds

Cuomo Faces Call for Impeachment; Biden Urges Him to Quit

Exxon Considers Pledging ‘Net Zero’ Carbon by 2050

Job Gains Surged in July Ahead of Delta Variant Threat

Highly Vaccinated States Keep Worst Outcomes in Check

Companies Are Scrapping Their Plans for Fall

U.N. Report Says Some Climate-Change Effects May Be Irreversible

Andrew Cuomo Resigns as New York’s Governor

Inflation Stays High as U.S. Economic Rebound Continues

Vaccine Scammers Target Authorities in Dozens of Countries

Taliban Seize No. 2 Afghan City, Prepare to March on Kabul

Afghan President Says He Seeks to Avoid More Bloodshed

Afghan Leader Flees Country as Taliban Takes Over Kabul

Chaos As Taliban Take Control In Afghanistan

Taliban Consolidate Control in Kabul

Covid-19 Boosters to Be Offered to Pfizer, Moderna Recipients

Amazon Plans Retail Locations Akin to Department Stores

China Passes One of the World’s Strictest Data-Privacy Laws

Citadel to Redeem About $500 Million from Melvin Capital

Tropical Storm Henri Makes Landfall in Rhode Island

FDA Gives Full Approval to Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine

Taliban Say They Will Block Afghans from Kabul Airport

J&J Says Booster Prompts Strong Immune Response

Casualties Reported After Blasts Outside Kabul Airport

Crowds Return to Kabul Airport; U.S. Warns of More Attacks

U.S. Moves Into Final Stages of Afghanistan Withdrawal

U.S. Carries out Airstrike to Prevent Kabul Airport Attack

Louisiana Assesses Storm Damage After Ida Slams State

In Leaving Afghanistan, U.S. Shifts Global Power Balance

SEPTEMBER

Taliban Battle Opposition Militias, Wield Power in Kabul

At Least 17 Dead as Ida Remnants Pummel Northeast

U.S. Hiring Slowed Sharply in August as Delta Dented Gains

Biden Urged to Delay Covid Booster Push

Inside the Biden Administration’s Afghanistan Withdrawal

Business Travel Rebound Stifled by Covid Resurgence

Taliban Unveil New Afghan Government

Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes’s Fraud Trial Begins

Biden to Require All Federal Workers to Get Covid Vaccine

Judge Orders Apple to Loosen App Store Restrictions in Mixed Verdict

Car Dealerships Seek New Model as Sales Move Online

Stocks Face Possible Autumn Pullback, Analysts Warn

Democrats Release Details of Proposed Tax Increase

Inflation Eased in August, Though Prices Stayed High

Newsom Remains California Governor as Recall Bid Fails

U.S. Retail Sales Rebound Despite Delta Variant

U.S. to Target Crypto Use in Ransomware Attack Payments

Beijing’s Debt Clampdown Shakes Real-Estate Giant

Natural-Gas Prices Surge With Winter Still Months Away

Stocks Fall on China Property Fears

U.S. Stocks Wobble After Global Selloff

U.S. Stocks Rise Prior to Fed Update

China Prepares for Downfall of Debt-Laden Evergrande

Evergrande’s Bondholders Didn’t Receive Payment

Stablecoins Eyed as U.S. Lays Ground for Crypto Rules

U.S. Supply Chain Struggles to Adapt as Delays Worsen

Facebook to Pause Work on Instagram Kids Version

U.S. Stocks Slide as Bond Yields Hit Three-Month High

U.S. Stocks Move Higher in Wake of Wall Street Rout

Pelosi Says House Heading Toward Infrastructure Bill Vote Thursday

OCTOBER

Democrats Try Again to Pass $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill

Infrastructure Delay Shows Democratic Progressives’ Clout

Robots Take Over Italy’s Vineyards as Wineries Struggle With Worker Shortages

OPEC Opts Against Big Output Boost; Oil Hits 7-Year High

Facebook Whistleblower Faces Senate Panel

Facebook Slows New Products to Examine Possible Impact

Democrats, GOP Reach Short-Term Debt-Limit Deal

Labor Shortage Holds Back Hiring

Global Supply-Chain Woes Escalate, Threatening Recovery

Investors Watch for Rising Costs in Earnings This Week

Oil Jumps Above $80, Turbocharged by Supply Shortages

GM Says It Will Recover $1.9 Billion in Bolt-Recall Costs in Deal With LG

Inflation Remains High as Supply-Chain Woes Persist

Boeing Runs Into Trouble With New Dreamliner Defect

Moderna Vaccine for Adolescents Delayed by FDA to Review Rare Side Effect

Democrats Bet on Taxing the Wealthy, Big Business

Traders Pile Into Bullish Oil Bets

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Dies at 84

Xi Faces Resistance to Property Tax Planned to Combat Real-Estate Bubble

Exxon Debates Abandoning Some Oil, Gas Projects

Facebook Is Rebuked by Oversight Board Over Transparency

Evergrande Makes Overdue Payment, State Media Says

Private-Company Bets Ease Hedge Fund Pain

Energy-Stock Surge Tests Investors’ Focus on Climate

Hertz Orders 100,000 Teslas as It Electrifies Its Fleet

FDA Panel Reviews Pfizer’s Covid Shot in Young Children

Third Point Urges Shell to Split After Taking Big Stake

Biden Releases Framework on Social-Spending, Climate Package

Consumer Spending Held in Check by Covid, Supply Woes

At G-20, U.S. Agrees to Relax Tariffs on European Steel

G-20 Disagreements Point to Challenges for COP26 Summit

NOVEMBER

Barclays CEO Steps Down Amid Pressure Over Epstein Ties

Elon Musk Says Tesla Hasn’t Signed Deal With Hertz

Fed Prepares to Taper, but Markets Crave Insight on Rate Increases

Employer Vaccine and Testing Rules Take Effect Jan. 4

Jobs Bounce Back Despite Restrained U.S. Labor Force

House Approves Infrastructure Bill

Natural-Gas Exports Lift Prices for American Utilities

Tesla Stock Falls After Musk Promises to Sell 10% of Stake

GE to Split Into Three Public Companies

U.S. Inflation Reached 30-Year High in October

Elon Musk Sells Around $5 Billion in Tesla Stock

J&J to Split Into Two Public Companies

As U.S. Races to Vaccinate Kids, Some Nations Wait

Democrats Try to Heal Rifts and Pass $2 Trillion Bill

Inflations Surge Fuels Demand for Gold

Shoppers Boost Spending Despite Higher Inflation

Biden Asks FTC to Examine Gas Pricing for Illegal Conduct

Instagram’s Effects on Children Are Being Investigated by States

House Approves Roughly $2 Trillion Social Spending Bill

U.S. Covid-19 Deaths This Year Surpass Toll in 2020

Global Supply-Chain Problems Show Signs of Easing

Powell to Be Nominated for New Fed Term

U.S., Others to Tap Oil Reserves in Bid to Tame Inflation

U.S. Recovery Accelerates on Jobs, Spending Growth

Small Investors Keep Piling Into Flashy Growth Stocks

Dow Suffers Worst Trading Day of 2021

First Omicron Cases Detected in U.K. 

More Countries Find Omicron Variant as Israel Shuts Borders

Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO

Stocks Drop on Omicron Worries, Powell Warning

DECEMBER

Stocks Rebound as Omicron Fuels More Market Volatility

U.S. to Tighten Rules for Travelers Over Omicron Concerns

Hiring Slowed Last Month but More Sought Work

Bitcoin Price Tumbles After Wall Street Selloff

Small-Cap Stocks Hit Hard by Covid-19 Omicron Variant

Stocks, Oil Rise on Hopes of Milder Covid Variant

Stocks, Oil Gain on Omicron Optimism

Pfizer Says Booster Neutralized Omicron Strain in Testing

American Airlines to Reduce International Flights Due to Dreamliner Delays

Abortion Clinics Can Challenge Texas Law, High Court Rules

Marck Falters on Covid-19 Vaccine, Then Makes One for Rival J&J

Buybacks Hit Record After 2020 Pullback

Stocks Fall Ahead of This Week’s Fed Policy Decision

Omicron Study Finds Two Doses of Pfizer Vaccine Cuts Risk of Hospitalization

Retails Sales Slow as Holiday Shoppers Face Inflation

Europe’s Top Central Banks Take Different Tacks on Inflation

Stocks Fall on Rate-Rise Worries

Omicron’s Rapid Spread Spurs Rush to Understand It

Manchin Says He Won’t Support build Back Better Plan

Stock, Oil Fall on New Covid-19 Curbs

Stocks Rise, Recouping Some Losses After Selloff

Omicron Spread Prompts More Interest in Boosters

Omicron Starts to Slow Some U.S. Economic Activity

U.S. Airlines Cancel Flights as Omicron Disruptions Grow

Governments Weigh Mitigation, Containment in Omicron Fight

Wall Street Bets S&P Is Due for a Slowdown in 2022

Tech Shares Rise in Broad Stock Rally

Biden Eyes Raskin as Top Fed Banking Regulator

Drugmakers Battle Over patents for Covd-19 Vaccines

Strong Labor Market in 2021 Faces Down Omicron Threat

Stocks Decline as Year Nears End

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