P2JW350000-6-A00100-17FFFF5178F ****** TUESDAY,DECEMBER 15,2020~VOL. CCLXXVI NO.141 WSJ.com HHHH $4.00 DJIA 29861.55 g 184.82 0.6% NASDAQ 12440.04 À 0.5% STOXX 600 391.85 À 0.4% 10-YR. TREAS. unch, yield 0.891% OIL $46.99 À $0.42 GOLD $1,828.70 g $11.10 EURO $1.2143 YEN 104.05 What’s Coronavirus News Vaccinations Business&Finance Begin in U.S. he JusticeDepartment Treached a civil settle- ment with the UAW, marking Health workers given dayand Sunday, completing a major turning point in a distribution of an initial 2.9 multiyear corruption probe the first of millions of million doses.The vaccines are that has sent several former given in two doses several S doses as virus’s death labor leaders to prison. A1 weeks apart. PRES toll passes 300,000 TheCovid-19 effort “will be Morethan adozeN Google TED logistically and socially and services,including Gmail and OCIA BY PETER lOFTUS medically the largest unfolding YouTube, were offline in SS /A AND MELANIE GRAYCE WEST of avaccination program ever swaths of the globe Monday, conducted,” said Dr.Howard interrupting access forindi- HONG The first U.S. Covid-19 vac- Markel, professor of medical viduals and businesses. B1 C. E cinations outside of clinical historyatthe University of JA Boeing expanded inspec- S; trials beganMonday, kicking Michigan. “We’venever had tions of newly produced 787 off the most urgent mass im- such amassivecampaign in PRES Dreamlinersafter finding a munization campaign since the middle of a pandemic.” previouslydisclosed defect TED polio shots were rolled out in Thelargest past immuniza- CIA in sections of the jet whereit SO the 1950s. tion campaigns in the U.S. hadn’t firstbeen detected. B1 AS Anurse in NewYork was were launched during smaller CH/ AT amongthe firsttoreceivethe outbreaks or as preventive TheNasdaq rose 0.5% as shot, and health workers measures over many years to tech stocks extended a2020 DISP throughout the U.S. were also trytoeradicateapersistent rally.The Dowand S&P 500 MBUS set to receivethe newly autho- pathogen. fell, closing down 0.6% LU rized vaccine developed by Public-health officials have and 0.4%, respectively. B10 CO Pfizer Inc.and BioNTech SE. been counting on avaccine’s Exxon pledged to re- /THE Pfizer shipped vaccine vials arrival to help bring an end to duce greenhouse-gas emis- out Sunday,and hospitals and the pandemic,asits death toll sions from its operations CAIRNS health departmentsacrossthe surpassed 300,000 people in over the next five years AM countryreceived them early the U.S. on Monday, according AD and eliminate routine flar- Monday. to Johns Hopkins University. OL; ing of methane by 2030. B1 PO Atotal of 55 sites nation- Theaverage number of daily Unileversaid it would be- S wide had received vaccine deathsoveraseven-day pe- come the firstmajor company shipmentsbyaround noon on riod hasgrown from 824oN to voluntarily givesharehold- Monday, said Gen. Gustave Nov.1toover2,400 as of Sun- ers a vote on its efforts to Perna, chief operation officer day, prompting newrestric- reducecarbon emissions. B6 LENNIHAN/PRES forOperation Warp Speed, the PleaseturntopageA6 U.S. government’scoronavi- Blackstone raised itsbet MARK P: rus-response program. He said Liability issues trip up Covid- on life-sciences real estate, TO at anewsconferencethat 19 relief talks............................. A3 agreeing to pay$3.45 billion OM plans remain on track forato- Variant of the virus identified for a portfolio of buildings FR Health-care workers on Monday began receiving Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine, including, from tal of 636 locations to receive in the U.K..................................... A7 primarily in the activeCam- top, Sandra Lindsay, a nurse in Queens, N.Y.; George Biddle, an emergency-room nurse in vaccines by Wednesdayand an An uncertain timeline for bridge, Mass., market. B6 Columbus, Ohio; and respiratory-care practitioner Raul Aguilar in Los Angeles. additional 581 between Thurs- shots for children.................. A13 Pinterest agreed to pay $22.5million to settle claims of gender discrimination and retaliation by itsformer Biden’s Victory AttorneyGeneral Barr to Depart chief operating officer. B2 Reddit said it bought video-sharing app Dubsmash Is Affirmed by AfterTrump Clash Over Probes to expand its presence in user-created video. B3 BY SADIE GURMAN letter, Mr. Barr said he would “Our relationship has been a Electoral College depart Dec.23and praised Mr. very good one,hehas done an World-Wide WASHINGTON—Attorney Trump for what he described outstanding job!” the president General William Barr will re- as his historic accomplish- tweeted, saying the attorney BY JOHN MCCORMICK filed unsuccessfullegal chal- sign just beforeChristmas, ments“in the faceofrelent- general wasleaving to “spend The Electoral College for- AND ALEXA CORSE lenges to the election results, President Trump said, ending less, implacable resistance,” the holidays with his family.” malized JoeBiden’svictory attempting in manycases to atenureduring which Mr. and a “partisan onslaught…in Theresignation comes after in the presidential election, The Electoral College formal- overturn the will of the voters Barr long marshaled the Jus- which no tactic,nomatter the disclosureofthe extensive affirming that the Democrat ized JoeBiden’svictoryinlast in states whereMr. Biden woN tice Department to the presi- howabusiveand deceitful, effortsthe nation’stop law- had amassed morethan the month’spresidential election, by sizable margins. dent’s personal and political was out of bounds.” enforcement official made for 270 votes needed for him as meetings in statecapitals Monday’s voting prompted agenda before falling afoul of Mr.Trump said on Twitter months to shield federal inves- to take officeinJanuary. A1 acrossthe nation affirmed that some congressional Republi- him in recent months. that he met with Mr.Barr on tigations intoHunter Biden, TheWisconsin Supreme the Democrat had amassed cans,manyofwhom had for In his two-pageresignation Mondayatthe WhiteHouse. PleaseturntopageA6 Court rejected aTrump cam- morethan the 270votes weeks resisted recognizing Mr. paign lawsuit seeking to needed forhim to take officeiN Biden’swin, to acknowledge reverse Biden’s victory. A4 alittle morethan amonth. that the Democrat would be the Netinterestmargin, quarterly Assetgrowthrate* Small Theoutcome came as Presi- The first U.S. Covid-19 next president. dent Trump—with the backing Mr.Biden, speaking Monday 3.75% Community Community All vaccinations outside of banks banks commercial Banks’ of manyRepublicans—has con- clinical trials began, kicking eveninginWilmington, Del., banks tinued to protest resultsshow- PleaseturntopageA4 off an urgent massimmuni- 3.50 10.0% Assets zation campaign as the U.S. ing him losing to his challenger, 306 electoral votesto232 Gerald F. Seib: Hard numbers Grow death toll from the disease 3.25 7.5 votes. Mr.Trump’sallies have tell story behind election.... A4 exceeded 300,000. A1, A6,A7 Stimulus checks Barr will resign just before 3.00 5.0 for account Christmas,Trump said, end- All commercial holders gave a banks ing atenureduring which the Auto Workers Settle 2.75 2.5 boost to small attorney general marshaled lenders, helping the JusticeDepartment to the them survive the president’spersonal and polit- Corruption Inquiry 2.50 0 pandemic better ical agenda beforefalling afoul 2010 ’15 ’20 2015 ’20 2015 ’20 than they had of him in recent months. A1 BY BEN FOLDY federal prosecutorsdescribed *Ratesare for12months ending Sept. 30. Source:Federal Deposit InsuranceCorp. expected. B1 AND NORA NAUGHTON as acultureofcorruption Abipartisan group failed amongits leadership built to reach a compromise on Covid-19 liability protections, TheJusticeDepartment around kickback schemes,em- increasing the chances Con- reached acivil settlement with bezzlement and other illicit ac- gresswill need to narrow the the United AutoWorkers tivities.Ithas led to 15 convic- A Hands-Off union, marking amajor turning tions and some union members scope of talks to reach adeal point in amultiyear corruption saythe chargesand indict- on an aid bill this week. A3 investigation that has sent sev- mentshavedented trust in the Approach— A suspected Russian eral former labor leadersto UAW’sleadership. hack of U.S. agencies and prison. Theproposed settlement in- To Your Face private businesses around Thesprawling probe,led by cludes asix-year period of inde- the world went largely un- the U.S. attorney’s officeinDe- pendent oversight by acourt- iii detected for months. A3 troit, has penetrated the UAW’s appointed monitor and requires PleaseturntopageA2 The U.S. imposed sanc- topranks and exposed what People turn to tions against a Turkish de- fense-industry agency and perfume, wrist one of itsexecutives over An- kara’sinstallation of aRus- Deadliest Outbreaks buzzers, hypnosis sian air-defense system. A8 BY ELLEN BYRON Aboatloaded with ex- Hit Ve terans Homes plosives attacked an oil Nine months intoapan- tanker docked at the Saudi demic and you’restill touching port city of Jeddah in what your face? Wearable devices, the authorities therecalled Statefacilities struggled to combatCovid-19 meditations,athletic gear and an act of terrorism. A8 tchotchkes want to help you kick the habit. CONTENTS Opinion.............. A17-19 WE STOP BY ELIZABETH KOH communication and neglect. Nose itching,coughing,nail Arts in Review... A15 Personal Journal A13-14 Business News.. B3,6 Sports........................ 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