Wall Street firm Jefferies returns to remote work and cancels social events after dozens of Covid cases

Dozens of employees at Jefferies have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the Wall Street firm to ask staff to work from home, stop virtually all travel and cancel social events.

News: What you need to know about the markets     Wall Street firm Jefferies returns to remote work and cancels social events after dozens of Covid cases Dozens of employees at Jefferies have tested positive for Covid-19, forcing the Wall Street firm to ask staff to work from home, stop virtually all travel and cancel social events. Read more »   Starbucks workers at Buffalo store vote to unionize A union has won the right to represent US Starbucks workers for the first time. Read more »   Online inflation hits a record high ahead of the holidays Online shopping used to be the one part of the economy where prices would reliably fall. Covid has changed that. Read more »   Wall Street investor Cathie Wood is back with yet another new ETF Cathie Wood's Ark Invest just launched another new exchange-traded fund Wednesday. But it comes at a time when most other Ark ETFs have been languishing, which begs the following question: Is the Wood/Ark phenomenon a bubble that has already burst? Read more »   Jobless claims hit a new 52-year low Weekly claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a new multi-decade low last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Read more »   GameStop's losses are widening. It's still up more than 800% this year For once, investors are treating GameStop like a normal stock. Read more »

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Biggest Winners Hormel Foods Corp +4.70%   CVS Health Corp +4.52%   Humana Inc +2.79%   Arista Networks Inc +2.53% Biggest Losers Devon Energy Corp -5.54%   Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings -5.01%   Ceridian HCM Holding Inc -4.07%   MSCI Inc -4.05%

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Key Market Stats Latest Today's Change Oil $70.63 -1.73 / -2.39% Gold $1,775.30 -10.20 / -0.57% 10-yr 1.49% -0.02 Euro $1.13 -0.01 / -0.45%

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