Bloomberg - Evening Briefing - Get a shot or get lost

Using formal federal approval as cover, a growing number of U.S. employers are imposing coronavirus vaccine mandates on workers, increasingly limiting the places people who have shunned shots can work, shop and play. In New York, Goldman Sachs required bankers prove they’d been vaccinated. In Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University will demand vaccination or negative Covid-19 tests to see a game at Tiger Stadium. CVS has mandated shots for corporate employees and those working with patients. And fossil fuel companies Chevron and Hess added requirements for employees on oil platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. Delta Air Lines even said it would levy a $200 monthly charge on workers who refuse to protect themselves. And the list goes on. — David E. Rovella

Bloomberg is tracking the progress of coronavirus vaccines while mapping the pandemic worldwide.

The European Union will discuss whether to reimpose curbs on U.S. visitors as new coronavirus cases soar among Americans who refuse to be vaccinated. Scotland reported 5,021 new infections Aug. 24, a daily record. In the U.S., Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a potential Republican presidential candidate, has repeatedly sought to ban mask mandates in public schools. Within days of classes beginning, at least 20,000 kids and teachers in the state’s five largest school districts contracted or were potentially exposed to the virus. Here’s the latest on the pandemic.

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler has a warning for hundreds of Chinese companies that have raised billions of dollars in U.S. markets: Submit to more scrutiny soon or get kicked out. 

U.S. officials said they know of about 1,500 Americans who are still in Afghanistan, but contend some don’t want to leave. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that diplomats have spoken to about 500 of them and are “aggressively” trying to reach the others ahead of President Joe Biden’s Aug. 31 withdrawal deadline. 

For years, Target has sold itself as America’s most upbeat retailer. But all the while, Bloomberg Businessweek reports, the company has been turning its Black neighbors into suspects. Target was cozy with police departments, funding surveillance, providing corporate donations and even getting prosecutors to ban petty criminals from an entire business district.  

Wall Street pros are stepping in to fuel the latest bout of meme-stock volatility amid signs of individual investor fatigue. Here’s your markets wrap.

Cassava Sciences plummeted 31% on Wednesday after an attorney sought to stop studies of the biotech company’s experimental treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. A citizen petition by a former SEC enforcement lawyer questioned the quality and integrity of the company’s results. 

For Big Insurance to fulfill its professed commitment to fighting climate change, it must arguably exit the oil and gas industry. The problem is that some insurers—despite making relatively little money from Big Oil and probably losing cash in the long run—just won’t stop writing policies for the key perpetrators of global warming.

• Moderna is moving for formal U.S. approval of its Covid vaccine.
• Union drives could be the next return-to-office power struggle.
• This video game turns the Covid-unemployed into crypto traders.
• Takata’s air bag time bombs are still on the road—and still ticking.
• Bloomberg Opinion: Wall Street isn’t worried about Lina Khan’s FTC.
• Bloomberg CityLab: Desperate U.S. cities offer banker-style bonuses.
• OnlyFans backs down from its plan to ban sexually explicit content.

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Automakers and energy giants are rethinking the environmental impact of motorsports, so much so that next year’s edition of the world’s oldest endurance race will be won in a car powered by wine dregs. Oil major  TotalEnergies said it’s developing its own 100% renewable fuel which will be introduced next year, including at the 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France, where the car that covers the greatest distance in a full day wins.

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