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Lawmakers Reach Deal on Aid Package P2JW356000-5-A00100-17FFFF5178F ADVERTISEMENT There’salwaysmoretodiscover about ETFs. Take acloserlook on page B9. ***** MONDAY,DECEMBER 21, 2020 ~VOL. CCLXXVI NO.146 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 Last week: DJIA 30179.05 À 132.68 0.4% NASDAQ 12755.64 À 3.1% STOXX 600 395.90 À 1.5% 10-YR. TREASURY g 17/32 , yield 0.947% OIL $49.10 À $2.53 EURO $1.2258 YEN 103.32 Moderna Vaccine Begins Shipping Across U.S. What’s Lawmakers News Reach Deal on Business&Finance Aid Package nt’sJack Ma offered to Ahand over parts of the fintech giant to the Chinese BY ANDREW DUEHREN weekend. SenateMajority government as the belea- AND KRISTINA PETERSON Leader Mitch McConnell (R., guered billionaire tried to Ky.) on Sundayafternoon said salvagehis relationship with WASHINGTON—Lawmakers all outstanding issues were Beijing in early November. 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B1 Douglas in London Viruses mutateconstantly and scientistsare on the alert World-Wide The British government on fornew mutations that may Changing practices appear to be improving outcomes for sickest Saturdaysaid the newstrain affect how the virus behaves. appeared to be spreading 70% Thenew strain hasn’t been Lawmakersreached afinal BY MELANIE EVANS Now hospital treatment for the most criti- faster than earlier variants identified in the U.S. agreement on the $900 billion cally ill looks more like it did before the pan- and is responsible for a surge TheBritish government im- coronavirus relief package, Doctors are treating a new flood of criti- demic. Doctors hold off longer before placing in cases in London and itssur- posed a new lockdown on the moving Congresscloser to ap- cally ill coronavirus patients with treatments patients on ventilators. 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A2 Beijing in early November,the His olive-branch offer at the 24% ductor companies faceagrow- beleaguered Chinese billionaire meeting failed at saving the ing competitivethreat: their EU and British negotia- offered to hand over partsof IPO and Beijing has since biggest customersmaking their tors remained unable to Sources: Small BusinessCredit Survey,Federal ReserveBanks his financial-technologygiant, stepped up effortstorein in ownchips tailored to the super- makeadecisivebreak- Ant Group,tothe Chinese gov- China’s Big Tech giants. chargedareas of cloud comput- through in trade talks as the ernment, people with knowl- “Ant Group cannot confirm ing and artificial intelligence. Brexit transition period edge of the mattersaid. the details of the meeting with Chip making has long been nearsits end on Dec.31. A14 “You cantakeany of the regulatorsheld on Nov.2,2020, Alacazoom! 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