Market Frenzy Restrictions, Open Enrollment 2.0 & GM's Electric Promise- Friday, January 29th, 2021
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 January 2021
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, January 29th, 2021!
What to know about:
- how popular platforms restricted an ongoing stock market frenzy and why some are facing overwhelming backlash
- concerns over a new COVID-19 strain in the U.S.
- another chance to sign up for health insurance
- a major automaker making a big promise
- why today's date is extra special
- how those Bernie Sanders mittens are turning into more than memes
Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!
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Sources:
Brokerages Block Certain Stock Purchases: WSJ, AP, The Verge, NPR
Congress Hearings on Market Frenzy: The Verge, Reuters, Axios, The Hill
Capitol Police Security Request: Reuters, NBC News, FOX News
GA Food Plant Accident: AJC, CBS News, NBC News,
Novavax Vaccine Data: NPR, NY Times, USA Today, Novavax
South African Strain Found SC: AP, CNBC, WSJ
Healthcare Marketplace Reopens: WaPo, Reuters, NY Times, White House
G.M. to Phase Out Gas Vehicles: NY Times, CBS News, WaPo, Statista, GM
Actress Cicely Tyson Dies: AP, WaPo, Hollywood Reporter
National Museum of African American Music Opens: NMAAM, Forbes, WSJ
String of Palindrome Dates: Houston Chronicle, Nashville Tennessean, Farmers Almanac
Feel Good Friday- Bernie Mittens Memes Help Charity: AP, CBS News, Campaign Website
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, January 29th. |
| 0:02.1 | What to know about a trading freeze, |
| 0:03.6 | how popular platforms restricted an ongoing stock market |
| 0:06.6 | frenzy, and why some of them are now facing overwhelming backlash. |
| 0:10.6 | Also concerns over a new COVID-19 strain here in the U.S. and another chance to sign up for health care. |
| 0:16.0 | Plus a major automaker making a big promise. |
| 0:19.0 | Why is today's date extra special? |
| 0:21.0 | And how those Bernie Sanders mittens are turning into more than just means. |
| 0:25.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy. |
| 0:30.1 | All the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:32.4 | Fast, fair, fun fun and on the go I'm Erica Mandy |
| 0:35.8 | Thanks so much for being here you're ready let's do this |
| 0:45.6 | The recent frenzy on Wall Street is starting to get ugly. Now some lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are demanding regulators step in. |
| 0:49.8 | Others are threatening action against online trading platforms who are seemingly trying to put |
| 0:54.7 | an end to it all with debated motivations. |
| 0:57.5 | We'll explain more about that leadest action in a moment, but first a quick recap about how we got to this point. |
| 1:03.2 | Individual investors have been coming together on forums like Reddit to rally behind GameStop |
| 1:07.6 | and other struggling companies that more seasoned professional investors had already |
| 1:12.1 | bet against. |
| 1:13.6 | Well, the efforts of those millions of smaller investors worked. |
| 1:17.5 | The stocks of GameStop and others blew up in a way that blindsided some of the most powerful |
| 1:22.0 | players on Wall Street. |
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