Some of Thursday’s top business news stories:
Associated Press
Some businesses thrived, many lagged during pandemic in 2020
Consumer spending drops 0.4%, first decline since April, by Martin Crutsinger
CNN
Nikola and Republic Services scrap their electric garbage truck, by Chauncey Alcorn
SEC sues Ripple and two executives for selling XRP crypto: A $1.3 billion securities fraud, by Anneken Tappe
The Wall Street Journal
Agriculture Industry Bets on Carbon as a New Cash Crop, by Jacob Bunge
Restaurants Brace for Tough Winter After Congress Spurns Cash Grants, by Heather Haddon, Richard Rubin, Amara Omeokwe
CNBC
The U.S. has vaccinated just 1 million people out of a goal of 20 million for December, by Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Space holding company Voyager to acquire Nanoracks, which added an airlock to the space station, by Michael Sheetz
Reuters
U.S. faces risk of government shutdown as Trump balks at COVID-19 relief deal, by Andy Sullivan, Steve Holland
Pfizer, U.S. strike 100 million COVID-19 vaccine deal with 70 million due by June, by Ankur Banerjee, Vishwadha Chandler
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