Tuesday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] Wall Street closes higher; focus on Georgia election outcome

[Reuters] Oil prices jump 4% on OPEC+ output talks, Iran tension

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Gold Rises to Eight-Week High as Dollar Falls; Platinum Surges

[Reuters] Georgians vote in tense runoff elections to decide U.S. Senate control

[AP] Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines

[CNN] Hospitals are already overwhelmed. Now some states are beginning to feel the impact of holiday gatherings

[AP] UK hospitals stagger under toll from the new virus variant

[Reuters] U.S. factory activity near 2-1/2-year high; COVID-19 disrupting supply chains

[Reuters] Saudi offers extra oil output cut as part of OPEC+ deal -sources

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Economic Outlook Dims on Virus’s Surge Ahead of Vaccines

[WSJ] How Much Debt Is Too Much? It Depends on Your View of Inflation