• The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has given a marketing authorization for Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine. This is the second Covid-19 vaccine recommended by the EMA after Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine.
  • President Donald Trump signed an executive order prohibiting U.S. companies from transacting with eight Chinese applications, including Ant Group's Alipay payment platform (Alibaba) and the applications, Tencent QQ and WeChat Pay, from Chinese technology giant Tencent Holdings.
  • Ahead of its acquisition by LVMH, Tiffany announced record sales for the holiday season. It benefited from an increase in online purchases and a jump in sales in mainland China.
  • Confusion around the NYSE's decision to withdraw from delisting China Telecom, China Mobile and China Telecom: the operator could still do a U-turn, according to rumors.
  • Koninklijke Philips is said to have drawn up a list of Asian contenders for its home appliance division, which could be valued at around €3 billion, according to Bloomberg.
  • AmerisourceBergen will acquire the majority of Walgreens' drug distribution business for approximately $6.5 billion.
  • Alibaba is going to place $5 billion in bonds, Reuters has learned.
  • Ahold Delhaize and Centerbridge are finalizing the takeover of the American distributor FreshDirect after receiving the green light from the antitrust authorities.
  • Apple adds social and environmental criteria to the bonuses of its executives.
  • Macy's will close 45 stores in 2021.