How the stock market seems vaccinated against the virus

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• The market is up on a lot of assumptions about the presidential transition, Biden presidency and vaccine rollouts

  “All of those things were points of concern when you look back to three weeks ago, and all of them seem to have had news coming out that leads to confidence in the future of business in the United States. That bolsters market prices,” said Susan Schmidt, head of U.S. equities at Aviva Investors.

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• SEC proposes pilot program for tech companies to pay gig workers in part with company shares

  Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer has more.

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• How Pennsylvania plans to handle COVID vaccine distribution

  by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin

  

  Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine says she’s confident in the state’s plan for rolling out vaccines.

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