🇺🇸 The world leaders who have been the slowest to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden may become his greatest diplomatic challenges. https://bloom.bg/35cEssJ

📱 Apple suspended new business with one of its iPhone assemblers after discovering labor violations at its China-based production chain. https://bloom.bg/2ImqWtU

📈 The Turkish lira surged on speculation that higher interest rates are on the horizon after the departures of the country’s economy czar and central bank chief. https://bloom.bg/32r9afT

💉 Drugmaker Pfizer says preliminary results from it’s Covid-19 vaccine show over 90% effectiveness, potentially paving the way for a treatment by year-end: https://bloom.bg/38taNxI

🦠 Joe Biden warns of a “dark winter” in remarks made after meeting with his newly appointed coronavirus task force: https://bloom.bg/2GIHNq4

👕VF, the company owning Vans, North Face and Timberland, will bolster its portfolio by adding streetwear brand Supreme to the fold: https://bloom.bg/3lg6E3x

Here’s the latest on all the coronavirus vaccine news:

💉 Pfizer’s vaccine results fueled optimism, but also leave questions about safety and longevity. The trial started less than four months ago, and how long the vaccine will offer protection is almost completely unknown for now. https://bloom.bg/35dUWkh

🇨🇳 The trial of a Chinese vaccine, Coronavac, has been halted by Brazil, citing a serious adverse event. It’s the first time any of China’s rapidly developed shots have been met with a setback like this. https://bloom.bg/2JSeJOe

🏥 Eli Lilly’s antibody drug got emergency FDA clearance, widening access to a treatment that early data show can keep some patients out of the hospital. https://bloom.bg/3n6chBW

🇺🇸 President-elect Joe Biden is accelerating steps to transition into the White House even as senior Republicans back President Donald Trump’s legal fight to stay there. https://bloom.bg/2IkKhLN

💰 The key player in the $2 billion Wirecard mystery and the company’s stunning failure has gone missing. https://bloom.bg/32vpvAg

📈 The frenzy of vaccine optimism that lifted global stocks to a record has strategists wondering if the moves went too far. https://bloom.bg/3eI6jnQ

💉 Though a coronavirus vaccine may be on the horizon, stalled stimulus talks and expiring federal aid places the financial burden of distribution on state governments: https://bloom.bg/3n9ADe7

⚖️ The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing another case aimed at overturning Obamacare, but two key justices are showing hesitance in striking it down: https://bloom.bg/3ljImWn

🎤 With over a billion YouTube views and millions of Spotify streams, Blackpink is the biggest pop group in the world: https://bloom.bg/2JPICOZ

🇭🇰✈️🇸🇬 Hong Kong and Singapore will open a travel bubble on Nov. 22 that replaces quarantine with virus testing. It’s being billed as the first of its kind in the world, and may become a model for other countries. https://bloom.bg/36piphV

🇨🇳 U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the Trump administration is “not finished yet” when it comes to getting tough on China. He used some of his strongest rhetoric ever about the Chinese government. https://bloom.bg/32OYqZh

💻 And Apple revealed the first Mac computers with a main processor designed in-house, kicking off a switch away from Intel chips. https://bloom.bg/38xdn5S

🤷♂️ President-elect Joe Biden shrugs off Donald Trump’s efforts to challenge election results and forges ahead with transition planning. https://bloom.bg/2JN3AxZ

🏡 After Covid-19 jumpstarted the market, the global rich are rushing to buy U.K. country estates. https://bloom.bg/35p1LzX

✈️ Seeking to shore up finances, Dubai is putting airport air conditioning on sale in a rare government asset sale. https://bloom.bg/2Ukn5jm

😷 Many Americans were already experiencing pandemic fatigue from sustained restrictions. Now, a longer surge in Covid cases could make it harder to get people to wear masks and keep a physical distance: https://bloom.bg/32AONNy

🗽In an attempt to limit coronavirus spread and avoid a full lockdown, New York state will order bars, gyms and restaurants to close at 10 p.m.: https://bloom.bg/36qEDQK

🛒 The pandemic prompted the USDA to provide online grocery shopping services to the one million-plus households that use food stamps — and Amazon is gaining new customers because of it: https://bloom.bg/2Uf2I7s

Hello 👋 Here’s what we’re following right now:

🇭🇰 Trump’s national security adviser warned of new China sanctions after Beijing passed a resolution allowing the disqualification of Hong Kong lawmakers who are not deemed sufficiently loyal. https://bloom.bg/2UgtKey

🍜 Covid-19 is forcing Japan’s tiny noodle shops to either raise prices or shut down. Some owners would rather close up shop than force their regulars to swallow a more expensive bowl of ramen. https://bloom.bg/2IrzWOc

🇦🇺 And Australia is showing the rest of the world just how bad things can get when you stand up to China. https://bloom.bg/2Ijh8RH

😷 While Covid’s latest wave continues to swell, the number of new cases is easing in the U.K., Germany and France. https://bloom.bg/2IkVahe

🇺🇸 President-elect Joe Biden’s transition teams sideline the industry-friendly figures President Donald Trump put in charge. https://bloom.bg/35oshsX

💲 Billionaire Margarita Louis-Dryfus’s deal to sell 45% of her company to an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund is a costly way out of debt. https://bloom.bg/3ko8tdD

🦠 “The end is in sight,” Dr. Anthony Fauci says of the Covid pandemic, citing rapid progress in vaccine development: https://bloom.bg/32Gl5a1

💵 The White House is backing away from stimulus talks, leaving it to Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell to salvage negotiations for a deal: https://bloom.bg/3nnoT7J

👮 Calls to defund the police spooked many Democrats, but demonstrations against officer-led violence may have helped Joe Biden get elected: https://bloom.bg/3nvMfIL

🇬🇧 U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most powerful aide, Dominic Cummings, has resigned. It's a blow to the government at a critical time when it is navigating the closing stages of Brexit. https://bloom.bg/2JYsRoZ

🛫A third of the world’s nearly 50,000 flight routes have been wiped out due to the pandemic. That will likely mean more airport stopovers, longer journey times and perhaps an extra mode of transport in the future. https://bloom.bg/32EXxlM

🌐 What will the global economy look like in 2050? China will overtake the U.S. to become the world’s biggest economy in 15 years, and power is shifting away from democracies, according to Bloomberg Economics forecasts. Explore the data: https://bloom.bg/3eWlav4

🇺🇸 China congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on winning the U.S. presidential election, saying “we respect the American people’s choice.” https://bloom.bg/3pANZSO

💉 A pair of German twins have built a $22 billion fortune on hopes of a Covid-19 vaccine. https://bloom.bg/3eXLXHy

😷 Tesla’s Elon Musk tweets that he was tested for Covid-19 four times, and came back positive twice, claiming “something extremely bogus is going on.” https://bloom.bg/2Ul3pfw

🦠 The U.S. is experiencing a rise in Covid-related deaths as cases surge across the country: https://bloom.bg/3prFoBF

💵 Nancy Pelosi is again urging Senate Republicans to engage in stimulus talks, calling the recent spike in U.S. coronavirus cases a “red alert”: https://bloom.bg/35vHfxA

🇺🇸 News networks have called the final two states for the U.S. presidential election, projecting 306 electors for Joe Biden: https://bloom.bg/35uN5iy

🤝 China and 14 Asia-Pacific nations signed the world's biggest trade deal this weekend, putting pressure on Joe Biden to expand ties with the bloc's $26.2 trillion economy. https://bloom.bg/32OVtHT

🚀 Four astronauts are currently en route to the International Space Station in a SpaceX capsule. The milestone flight is expected to arrive at about 11 p.m. Eastern time on Monday. https://bloom.bg/2H3EMkk

🇺🇸 It’s been over a week since Biden won the election, but President Trump still pulled back from an implied concession on Sunday. He vowed to keep fighting what he called a “rigged” election. https://bloom.bg/3nEZC9B

🇪🇺 No matter the results of the U.S. elections, French President Emmanuel Macron wants the European Union to continue to develop a capacity to act independently. https://bloom.bg/38HkDfs

🦈 Why are there no great white sharks off of Cape Town? Killer whales are the likely culprits. https://bloom.bg/3f2FtHf

🇨🇳 Chinese President Xi Jinping is proving he can move extremely fast against perceived threats to the Communist Party. https://bloom.bg/3nslgxt

🦠 Moderna reported its experimental coronavirus vaccine prevented Covid-19 in 94.5% of study participants: https://bloom.bg/3lC82On

🏫 A record number of women are enrolling in some of America’s top-ranked business schools — but many of these institutions have a long way to go before achieving gender parity: https://bloom.bg/3kBa6EM

🏛️ Surging coronavirus cases threatens the economic rebound with new lockdowns around the U.S.: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/recovery-tracker/

🇺🇸🇨🇳 Henry Kissinger said that Joe Biden should move quickly to restore ties with China that frayed during the Trump years — or risk sliding into a catastrophe like World War I. https://bloom.bg/3pz9t2g

👀 He made the comments during Bloomberg’s New Economy Forum, which is ongoing throughout this week. You can find the livestream and agenda here, including upcoming panels with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ECB President Christine Lagarde: https://bit.ly/3nv3YQj

📱If you prefer the bite-sized recap version, sign up for our New Economy Forum newsletter. It’ll be daily this week, and then delivered each Saturday afterward. https://bloom.bg/38VlSI9

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 The U.K. and European Union could strike a deal on their future trading and security relationship as early as next week. https://bloom.bg/35EItGJ
🧊 Moderna one-ups Pfizer with a vaccine that doesn’t need ultra-cold storage temperatures. It’s a significant difference. https://bloom.bg/32QPiDj
💲 Where should you invest your money in world of near record low interest rates? Five money managers offer some ideas. https://bloom.bg/3ntXv8g

🇺🇸 Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to accelerate the drawdown of U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iran to 2,500 in each nation: https://bloom.bg/38SVe2q

🦠 The rapid surge in coronavirus cases nationwide is forcing states to place new restrictions on indoor business and gatherings: https://bloom.bg/2IM6Idb

💊 Amazon Pharmacy is the biggest push by the e-commerce giant into the healthcare industry, putting the company in more direct competition with CVS and Walgreens: https://bloom.bg/3nzf46V