2021 Admissions to MBA Programs

M.B.A. Applicants, Brace for ‘Most Competitive Year Ever’
https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-b-a-applicants-brace-for-most-competitive-year-ever-11606924882
Business schools are expected to be more selective, as applications surge after programs granted record deferrals earlier in pandemic 

Challenges Facing the Biden Economic Team

The Biggest Challenge Facing Joe Biden’s New Economic Team
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-biggest-challenge-facing-joe-bidens-new-economic-team 

Asia Leads the Global Economic Recovery

Asian manufacturing boom offers hope for swifter global recovery from Covid
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/dec/01/asian-manufacturing-boom-offers-hope-for-swifter-global-recovery-from-covid
 
South Korea’s Economic Recovery Hints at Global Trade Resilience
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-01/korea-s-exports-rise-in-november-despite-worsening-pandemic
 
‘The Zoom Boom’: Asia Leads the World in Covid-19 Economic Recovery
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-zoom-boom-asia-leads-the-world-in-covid-19-economic-recovery-11605445200
 
Why German industry is looking past China to the rest of Asia
https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Why-German-industry-is-looking-past-China-to-the-rest-of-Asia
 
Nippon Steel and ArcelorMittal plot Indian expansion blitz
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Materials/Nippon-Steel-and-ArcelorMittal-plot-Indian-expansion-blitz
 
Why the West failed to contain Covid-19
https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2020/11/why-west-failed-contain-covid-19 

US Stock Market - 2021 Outlook

The Stock Markets have a Steep Hill to Climb in 2021
https://www.forbes.com/sites/chuckjones/2020/11/30/the-stock-markets-have-a-steep-hill-to-climb-in-2021/ 

The Bull Market Rotates Away from Tech-Driven Mega-Companies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-02/stock-market-bulls-rotate-away-from-tech-to-cheap-small-stocks

Stock Market’s Rally Is Finally Widening
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-stock-markets-rally-is-finally-widening-11606732202 

A Bridge for Animals

India builds bridge to help reptiles cross road
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55099112 

The Pandemic Shock – Short and Long-Run Economic Effects

The Pandemic Recession Has Given Way to a K-Shaped U.S. Economic Recovery

https://www.ut.edu/uploadedFiles/Academics/Business/Economics/Tampabayeconomy_fall2020.pdf

Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales disappoint, another sign the economic recovery is stumbling
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/12/01/black-friday-cyber-monday-spending/ 

These ‘Little Land Mines’ Could Prevent a Summertime Boom
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/upshot/economic-boom-possible-covid.html
 
Reinventing Workers for the Post-Covid Economy
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/business/economy/workers-jobs-training.html
 
A New Setback for Big Cities as Return to the Office Fades
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-new-setback-for-big-cities-as-return-to-the-office-fades-11606818601  

Global Oil Market

Even Exxon Mobil Is Capitulating to Peak Oil Demand
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-01/exxon-mobil-capitulates-to-peak-oil-demand-with-huge-writedown
 
Related:
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-peak-oil-era-is-suddenly-upon-us/