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[Mr. Wood]

12 Emerging Technologies To Watch In 2021
December 18, 2020

As an unusual year draws to a close, here are 12 key technologies compiled by Lux Research that will likely be in the spotlight in 2021.

Autonomous Vehicles
Natural Language Processing
Plastic Recycling
AI-Enabled Sensors
Bioinformatics
Green Hydrogen
Shared Mobility
Alternate Proteins
3D Printing
Materials Informatics
Precision Agriculture
Synthetic Biology

 

[Mr. Wood]

Coca-Cola to Cut 2,200 Jobs
Dec. 17, 2020

The Atlanta company, which had about 86,000 employees at the start of the year, has been trimming expenses and products amid the closures of restaurants, bars, movie theaters and sports stadiums that sell its drinks around the world.

The reductions amount to roughly 12% of the company’s U.S. workforce. Coke will make the job cuts through a combination of buyouts and layoffs, a spokesman said. In August, it offered voluntary-separation packages to about 4,000 employees in the U.S. and Canada. The company didn’t say how many people participated.

 

[Mr. Wood]

AVGO Dec 2020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kRIDDux9MWBvAx_7rI4yCLGrT_X_3kzP/view?usp=sharing

Due to a somewhat expensive valuation, we still only rate the stock a hold

 

[Mr. Wood]

PFE Dec 2020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FIxpaNxfXRK6r5wt8k_a7tpx7ykkQfsV/view?usp=sharing

The company is launching new therapies and the pipeline is robust. The COVID-19 vaccine received FDA approval, but intense competition will probably limit pricing power. At the current stock price, we rate Pfizer a buy.

 

[Mr. Wood]

other analysis updates available if anyone is interested.

ABM Industries Inc. (ABM)
Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT)
Amcor Plc (AMCR)
Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY)
British American Tobacco Plc (BTI)
Brixmor Property Group Inc (BRX)
Broadcom Inc (AVGO)
Brown-Forman Corp. (BF.B)
Costco Wholesale Corp (COST)
Dollar General Corp. (DG)
Fluor Corporation (FLR)
Greif Inc (GEF)
HSBC Holdings plc (HSBC)
Inter Pipeline Ltd. (IPPLF)
John Wiley & Sons Inc. (JW.A)
Nordson Corp. (NDSN)
Pfizer Inc. (PFE)
Welltower Inc (WELL)
Yamana Gold Inc. (AUY)

 

[Mr. Wood]

Covid vaccinations for the general public ‘won’t be chaos,’ assures Walgreens executive
DEC 18 2020

Rick Gates, senior vice president of pharmacy and healthcare at Walgreens, told CNBC that getting vaccines to the general public “won’t be chaos” as the FDA authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use and set plans in motion to get states nearly 6 million doses by early next week.

“What you’re going to see, is we’re going to be very thoughtful on how we’re going to schedule appointments, how we’re going to work with the communities that we’re in, the states that we’re in, on priority populations, to make sure there’s not long lines out pharmacy’s doors and make sure people have safe, convenient, and efficient ways to get vaccines,” Gates said.

 

[Mr. Wood]

2021 Could Be Challenging for Tech Stocks. Here’s Why.
Dec. 18, 2020

The view from my corner of Silicon Valley is that the tech landscape is about to get trickier. Paul Wick, long-time tech fund manager at Columbia Seligman, notes that interest rates have begun creeping higher—and growth stocks historically underperform when rates rise. He thinks the Covid-19 vaccines, in addition to reopening the economy, should drive demand for commodities and add fuel to rising rates. Wick’s mutual fund has returned about 45%, on average, over the past two years, but he warns that returns on growth stocks could moderate or reverse in 2021.

Bigger is better—and now riskier. Early in the pandemic, I advised buying all five tech megacaps— Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT), Amazon.com (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL), and Facebook (FB). I still think you could do worse than a basket of those stocks, but the risks have grown. Apple—its shares are just 4% below an all-time high—has to deliver on the promise of 5G iPhones. Facebook and Google face growing regulatory scrutiny, though fines and new rules seem more likely than divestitures. Among big tech, Microsoft and Amazon might just be the safest bets.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Boris Johnson backtracks on relaxing Christmas rules after scientists warn new Covid-19 variant is spreading faster
December 21, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a series of stricter coronavirus restrictions, tightening rules around household mixing that were due to be relaxed over Christmas in England, while leaders in Scotland and Wales also introduced more stringent measures. The UK has among the highest Covid death rates in Europe, with more than 67,000 fatalities, and over 2 million cases.
The PM broke the news that London, and large parts of southern and eastern England, where cases are surging, will enter Tier 4 restrictions, similar to a lockdown, on Sunday.
"The spread is being driven by the new variant of the virus," Johnson said in a hastily called press conference. "It appears to spread more easily and may be up to 70% more transmissable than the earlier strain."

 

[Mr. Wood]

Exclusive: Apple targets car production by 2024 and eyes 'next level' battery technology - sources
DECEMBER 22, 2020

Apple Inc is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own breakthrough battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

if anyone can rival tesla, it could be apple.

 

[Mr. Wood]

miw is either dumb or crazy to ban tesla. got chance to rejuvenise old economy into new economy but...... chose dyson.......

 

[YouHeypiCanLiao]

miw is either dumb or crazy to ban tesla. got chance to rejuvenise old economy into new economy but...... chose dyson.......

then bad r/s with Musk now no Dyson and we have Hyundai

 

[Mr. Wood]

then bad r/s with Musk now no Dyson and we have Hyundai

tesla alrdy hav proven technology, but dyson and hyundai seems to be using spore as a test bed, explode or crash wun affect their own pple.

 

[Mr. Wood]

US sues Walmart for alleged role in opioid crisis
4 hours ago

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, operates more than 5,000 pharmacies at its stores across the US and for years has also acted as a drug distributor.

According to the lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the company pressured staff to fill prescriptions as fast as possible and withheld information from pharmacists, collected by its compliance unit, which indicated such orders did not have valid medical purposes.

In response, Walmart said it had sent the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) tens of thousands of investigative leads, and blocked thousands of questionable doctors from having their opioid prescriptions filled at its pharmacies.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Elon Musk Floats Idea Of Starting One Parent Company To Hold Tesla, SpaceX, Boring, Neuralink
December 24, 2020

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is a similar setup. Back in 2015, Google was restructured and Alphabet became its parent company along with other Google subsidiaries.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Trump criticizes COVID-19 relief bill, suggests he may not sign
Dec 22, 2020

The bill provides for a $600 payment to most Americans, but Trump said he is asking Congress to amend the bill and “increase the ridiculously low $600 to $2,000, or $4,000 for a couple. I am also asking Congress to get rid of the wasteful and unnecessary items from this legislation and to send me a suitable bill.”

sort of agree. $600 is derisory. rich will not care, poor is not enuff.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Airlines welcome back thousands of furloughed workers after Congress passes stimulus bill
December 22, 2020

The new law includes an extension of the airline industry's Payroll Support Program, which sets aside $15 billion in assistance to bring back more than 32,000 United and American Airlines employees who were furloughed in September. The companies say the additional funds are enough to pay those workers through March 31.

In a Tuesday morning letter, United CEO Scott Kirby and President Brett Hart said their company plans to restore "temporary employment" to thousands of their out-of-work employees.

"This is certainly good news for our economy, our industry, and our airline -- but it's especially good news for those who have been without a paycheck, and we can't wait to welcome them back," Kirby and Hart wrote.

not say amdk satki, but see how they take care of workers, must respect them.
but over here take care of big bosses first.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Kroger to provide COVID-19 vaccinations
Dec. 23, 2020

Kroger Co.'s healthcare division will provide COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide. Kroger Health has 2,200 pharmacies and 220 clinics across the country. Kroger is hiring 1,000 healthcare workers, including pharmacy technicians to help with vaccine administration, and training current staff for the task. Kroger joins Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., CVS Health Corp. and other companies that are hiring staff and making other arrangements to roll out the vaccine.

 

[Mr. Wood]

Top 7 Dividend Champions To Buy Now | 2020 Dividend Champions List
December 23rd, 2020

#7: Old Republic International Corp. (ORI)
#6: AT&T Inc. (T)
#5: New Jersey Resources (NJR)
#4: First of Long Island (FLIC)
#3: Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA)
#2: Telephone & Data Systems (TDS)
#1: Exxon Mobil (XOM)

The top 7 Dividend Champions presented in this article have long histories of dividend growth, and the combination of high dividend yields, low valuations, and future earnings growth potential make them attractive buys right now.

 

[_dXter]

Elon Musk Floats Idea Of Starting One Parent Company To Hold Tesla, SpaceX, Boring, Neuralink
December 24, 2020

Wah, this will be good. SpaceX makes lots of money for them.

 

[Mr. Wood]

American Tower Closes InSite Wireless Group Acquisition
Dec. 23, 2020

We are pleased to close this immediately accretive transaction and expect to quickly begin driving new leasing activity on these high-quality, well-located assets. As 5G densification initiatives in the U.S. accelerate and network deployments in international markets continue, we believe we are well positioned to generate attractive, sustainable long-term growth, including on these new sites, while playing a key role in enhancing mobile broadband connectivity.”