💉 The Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine showed a high ability to neutralize coronavirus strains first detected in Brazil, the U.K. and South Africa. https://bloom.bg/3qosvHW

📈 Bitcoin flirted with the $54,000 level and hit a two-week high Tuesday, aided by more signs of institutional interest in the largest cryptocurrency. https://bloom.bg/3qp5oNm

🏠 And in the U.S., flawed and unfair property tax assessments hit Black neighborhoods hardest, and keep families from gaining wealth. https://bloom.bg/30pTtEn

💸 Bitcoin broke through $55,000, stirring speculation it could test the record set last month. http://bloom.bg/30u1lFa

🎦 Hackers breached thousands of security cameras, accessing live footage from inside hospitals, prisons, schools and even a Tesla factory. http://bloom.bg/3ryBYhc

💪 Our equality coverage has a new home. Explore stories from how Black Lives Matter changed Australia to data showing how white and male some U.S. companies are: http://bloom.bg/3qyO88z

🇬🇧 The U.K. accused senior EU politicians of damaging its vaccination program by making "misleading" statements that cast doubt on the AstraZeneca shot. https://bloom.bg/3bvGEyQ

😷 Covid has amplified inequality. And the pandemic's cumulative future damage is likely to be even greater than the havoc of its first year. https://bloom.bg/3rAVYQb

👶 And Lego saw record sales and profit last year, as consumers turned to the Danish company's iconic toy bricks during the pandemic. https://bloom.bg/3vbiIbO

🗾 The ghost towns of Fukushima remain empty a decade after an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown devastated the region. Its future is clouded by the 30 to 40 years it may take to decommission the crippled plant. http://bloom.bg/3l6JKw9

🍍 Asian shoppers are snapping up Taiwan’s pineapples in a show of support after China banned imports of the fruit from the island. http://bloom.bg/3bzJxyA

🎓 In Singapore, hedge funds are training high schoolers as young as 16 to generate returns. https://bloom.bg/3rFlWly

💊 GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology said their Covid-19 antibody therapy showed an 85% reduction of hospitalization and death for at-risk patients versus a placebo. https://bloom.bg/38uqwLQ

🌴 For months now, A-listers from the world of high finance have been riding out the pandemic in Florida. But talk of the Sunshine State drawing Wall Streeters is already beginning to fizzle. https://bloom.bg/2OFMPY4

🇺🇸 Now that his Covid rescue plan has passed, President Biden is preparing a $4 trillion plan for infrastructure and strategic industries. This time economic forces, not the GOP, are the real obstacle. https://bloom.bg/38tczOz

🇨🇳🇭🇰 Beijing's increasing grip over Hong Kong has done more than snuff out democracy advocates: It's also changed the city's physical landscape. Evidence of China's heavy hand is all around, from shuttered storefronts and barricaded buildings in the wake of 2019's historic protests to a hotel converted into the headquarters of a new national security office. And even more changes are in store.

Explore how Hong Kong has changed in before-and-after photos: https://bloom.bg/3l71U17

🏝️ This is what Goldman CEO David Solomon’s pandemic year was like: island getaways on private jets, angst over empty offices and defections signaling internal strife. http://bloom.bg/3toGFuB

💉 A vaccine success story is unfolding in an unlikely corner of the U.S. Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine is helping push impoverished West Virginia, with its sprawling population, into the top five states for fully vaccinated residents. http://bloom.bg/3cqgSeA

👀 Cardano is the third-biggest cryptocurrency by market value after Bitcoin and Ethereum. Its meteoric surge — from $5.6 billion to $34 billion in 2021 — is drawing the attention of Reddit users and billionaires alike. http://bloom.bg/3bNxjm2

💉 The drumbeat of bad news continues for AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine. Governments are suspending its use after reports of serious blood clotting, even as regulators say there's no direct link. https://bloom.bg/2PWbc4k

🇺🇸 President Joe Biden is planning the first major federal tax hike since 1993 to help pay for his long-term economic program. He's expected to target corporate taxes and capital-gains levies. https://bloom.bg/3eGtyAS

💳 And online payments processing company Stripe is now the most valuable U.S. startup. Stripe's valuation almost tripled in less than a year to $95 billion. https://bloom.bg/2OXURvp

💸 Ray Dalio says bonds may be a bad bet — or any U.S. dollar-denominated asset for that matter. “Rather than get paid less than inflation why not instead buy stuff — any stuff — that will equal inflation or better?” he wrote on LinkedIn. http://bloom.bg/3qVpmiR

⚽ Once Asia’s richest man, a Chinese billionaire — whose empire spanned movie theaters to Spanish soccer club Atletico Madrid — is trying to salvage his fortune after losing $32 billion in less than six years. http://bloom.bg/30LojHE

💉 Better Covid vaccines may be coming soon. The World Health Organization’s top scientist says six to eight new immunizations, including ones that don’t require needles, may complete trials and undergo review by the end of the year. http://bloom.bg/30K1y7f

💉 European health ministers will discuss AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine after a growing number of countries suspended its use to examine side effects. https://bloom.bg/3lp4mQK

💸 Paying for the pandemic threatens to reshape the tax landscape for workers in the world’s financial hubs. Here are the places where take-home pay is the highest. https://bloom.bg/3eK73e8

🏭 The world's three biggest consumers of coal are getting ready to boost usage — so much that it’ll almost be as if the pandemic-induced drop in emissions never happened. https://bloom.bg/3cAWkjt

💑 A Japanese court backs the right to same-sex marriage in a historic ruling, saying preventing such unions is unconstitutional, Kyodo News reports. http://bloom.bg/3bYADep

🎮 Billionaire investor Bill Gross made about $10 million betting against GameStop shares. “I got in with options like a good Robinhood trader, I guess,” he said on Bloomberg TV. http://bloom.bg/2NqLzb9

🌐 Alibaba’s web browser vanished from China’s largest app stores after CCTV blasted it for failing consumers in its annual name-and-shame program. http://bloom.bg/3eV41Um

🇺🇸 At least eight people were killed in shootings at three Asian massage parlors in the Atlanta area, sparking questions about anti-Asian racism in the U.S. https://bloom.bg/3qUQkrc

💉 The EU prides itself on its habit of emerging stronger from crises. Its chaotic vaccine rollout and the controversy over the AstraZeneca vaccine may prove the exception. https://bloom.bg/3tAb21j

💵 Donald Trump became president after stepping away from the company that made him rich and famous. Today Trump’s net worth is down to $2.3 billion from $3 billion four years ago. https://bloom.bg/3qWwlIo

📈 Stocks in Asia followed their U.S. counterparts higher after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell projected interest rates to remain near zero through 2023. http://bloom.bg/3bWAub0

🍎 Apple is planning to refresh its iPad Pro line, adding a better processor and improved cameras. The announcement could come as early as April. http://bloom.bg/3vCgCBV

🛬 China’s combat drones could spark a global arms race. State-owned AVIC is producing cheaper aircraft — and unlike some manufacturers, doesn’t care how they’re used, an analyst says. http://bloom.bg/3cDzM1G

📉 With lender Greensill now in insolvency, industrialist Sanjeev Gupta faces a reckoning. Here's how the entrepreneur built his empire by shuffling cash from one part of his business to another. https://bloom.bg/2P4yLaK

💉 President Joe Biden is poised to meet his goal of delivering 100 million Covid-19 vaccine shots in his first 100 days in office as soon as Thursday, more than a month ahead of time. https://bloom.bg/2NuPDXV

🇺🇸 U.S. taxpayers have an extra month to file returns and pay outstanding levies. The Internal Revenue Service is delaying the April 15 tax-filing deadline to May 17. https://bloom.bg/2OKA0ft

🗣️ The first high-level talks between the U.S. and China since President Joe Biden took office descended immediately into bickering, with each side sharply criticizing the other over human rights, trade and international alliances. http://bloom.bg/38WWmBf

🐰 As China moves to strip media outlets from Jack Ma’s Alibaba, it’s also allowed patriotic influencers like “Chairman Rabbit” to flourish, helping reach people skeptical of Western narratives and state-run mouthpieces. http://bloom.bg/2NvgTp4

🔐 Anxiety is running high within Hong Kong’s finance community over the city’s strict quarantine measures. Many want more clarity on policies after an outbreak sent even young children into government centers. http://bloom.bg/2Q9vxTR

🇹🇷 The Turkish lira plunged as much as 15% following the president’s shock decision to fire the central-bank chief. http://bloom.bg/3vKUrJT

👉 Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers warned the U.S. is suffering from the “least responsible” macroeconomic policy in 40 years, pointing the finger at both Democrats and Republicans. http://bloom.bg/3cUYydJ

🦇 WHO scientists are set to release their report on the coronavirus’s origins this week. It’ll likely highlight China’s wildlife trade for food, furs and traditional medicine. http://bloom.bg/2PfKDa9

💉 The European Union is ready to start withholding Covid-19 shots from the U.K., blocking AstraZeneca from exporting the vaccines and ingredients. The move risks a sharp deterioration in relations with London. https://bloom.bg/2ONhR0L

🚌 The pandemic has now locked out children from classrooms for as much as a year in some countries, a loss of learning that will result in long-term economic damage. Here's where kids lost the most school days. https://bloom.bg/2OZlwbA

💰 And President Joe Biden's economic team is determined to make good on his pledge to raise taxes on the rich, emboldened by mounting data showing how well the wealthy did during the pandemic. https://bloom.bg/3c9rVdi

👃 A new generation of vaccines is coming, some with no needles at all. From nasal sprays to one-shot wonders, here’s everything you need to know: http://bloom.bg/3cWKUa1

💸 The richest 1% of Americans are hiding a fifth of their income from the IRS, according to a new study. That amounts to about $175 billion in unpaid taxes a year. http://bloom.bg/3cWjW2q

🏃‍♀️ Bosses are clueless that workers are miserable and looking to leave. A Microsoft study found widespread burnout, with 41% of employees thinking of quitting this year. http://bloom.bg/31lRQIB

💉 AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine encountered a fresh setback after health officials indicated that promising U.S. trial results may give an “incomplete” view of the shot’s efficacy. https://bloom.bg/3caUUgz

🎮 Microsoft is in talks to acquire the gamers’ chat community Discord for more than $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. https://bloom.bg/2QwYHwx

🇷🇺 And Vladimir Putin will finally get his first dose of a Russian Covid-19 vaccine later. No cameras are allowed — but authorities hope it will speed up the country’s inoculation rate. https://bloom.bg/3tH4my8

🚢 A giant container ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, blocking off traffic in both directions on one of the world’s busiest maritime trade routes. https://bloom.bg/3tPgCwN

💉 Hong Kong and Macau temporarily suspended BioNTech’s Covid vaccinations as the company investigates a packaging defect. https://bloom.bg/3vVqvuv

🚲 Wall Street firms are lining up to show their gentler side to young bankers. Citi just banned internal Zoom calls on Fridays, and Jefferies is rewarding junior workers with Peloton bikes. https://bloom.bg/3sl7iAy