- Forget Gamestop! This Highly Shorted Stock Is a Strong Buy Now (Motley Fool) – Ligand Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:LGND), might just be the next to rocket higher.
- Biden hosts CEOs at the White House to try to build support for COVID-19 relief bill (USA Today) – “The American people are hurting, a lot of people are in real, real trouble,” Biden said. The meeting comes as he tries to sell both Congress and the public on his American Rescue Plan,
- To claim your stimulus payment, look for Line 30 on your 1040 tax form (Washington Post) – This will be a frustrating tax season for a lot of reasons. But the overarching concern for millions of Americans will be how to claim their stimulus payments.
- Salesforce declares the 9-to-5 workday dead, will let some employees work remotely from now on (The Verge) – ‘It no longer makes sense to expect employees to work an eight-hour shift.’
- Aunt Jemima Has a New Name After 131 Years: The Pearl Milling Company (New York Times) – Quaker Oats announced it would drop the name Aunt Jemima last summer after the killing of George Floyd and the widespread protests over racial inequality.
- Lyft Curbs Losses During Pandemic With Aggressive Cost Cuts (Wall Street Journal) – Ride-hailing company’s president says $360 million in cost savings last year bodes well for the future