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The spotlight is on
solar stocks, which fell 5% from late October highs following the election results—will they recover? We're also looking at Walmart's self-driving deliveries pilot project and what Las Vegas needs to recover from the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Also, don't miss this explainer on why the Pfizer vaccine announcement could be a game-changer for tackling diseases.

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In The News Today

Texas has become the first U.S. state to pass the grim milestone of 1 million Covid-19 cases to date, as the country breaks a new record in infections recorded in a single day.

TikTok’s parent company ByteDance has asked a federal appeals court to vacate the Trump administration’s order asking it to divest its operations in the U.S.

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Top Take-Aways

Mark Zuckerberg, who has vowed to sell the majority of his Facebook shares over his lifetime to support philanthropic initiatives, had not sold a single Facebook share this year—until this month.

In Asia, this year’s most keen philanthropists encompass entrepreneurs committed to causes in the region: Forbes Asia narrows in on the names with the financial capital to put their stamp on issues of importance.

Clean energy stocks soared
on the expectation of a Democratic sweep in last week's elections. As those expectations failed to materialize, solar stocks have since fallen about 5% from late October highs—analysts, however, see a bright future ahead.

Walmart is planning to test deliveries via self-driving electric cars in a pilot program due to start early 2021 in Arizona, in collaboration with Cruise, a General Motors-backed startup.

Las Vegas may be closely associated with excess and vices, but the backbone of the city’s economy is the more corporate business of events and conferences, an industry that has taken a dire hit in the coronavirus pandemic, and has yet to recover.

A
little-known European Union agency is reportedly training police forces across the world, from within Europe and in Africa, on how to use malware and other tools to gain access to citizens’ phones and monitor social networks.

With last week’s election result leaving many feeling like the U.S. is
more divided than ever, here are some ways to start bridging the divide by building trust and finding common ground to move forward as a united front.

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No Office, No Problem: Software Unicorn Gitlab’s CEO Warns You’re Probably Doing Remote Work Wrong
 
 
 
No Office, No Problem: Software Unicorn Gitlab’s CEO Warns You’re Probably Doing Remote Work Wrong

Dutch-born Sid Sijbrandij built a developer-tool business valued at nearly $3 billion without ever opening an office.

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The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, developed with German company BioNTech, represents a new way to make a vaccine. Success with this platform has the potential to accelerate the development of vaccines for new diseases, a process which can typically take close to a decade. Here’s what you need to know.  

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