Thursday Evening Links

[Reuters] Wall St rises as jobless claims fall; Cigna weighs on healthcare stocks 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Rises With Broader Market Rebound Offsetting Delta’s Spread

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Manchin Urges Powell to Start QE Tapering, Citing Inflation Risk

[CNBC] Joe Manchin ‘deeply concerned’ about Fed’s easy-money policy, urges Powell to taper

[Reuters] Fed's Waller says accommodative policy may be pulled back sooner than expected

[Reuters] California's largest wildfire leaves historic town in ashes

[Reuters] U.S. approves potential sale of howitzers to Taiwan - Pentagon

[Reuters] Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West

[Bloomberg] U.S. Housing Boom Rescues More Than 1 Million ‘Underwater’ Homes

[Bloomberg] Property Investors Pay Up for Apartment Deals as Rents Spike

[Bloomberg] Huarong Investors Brace for Long-Awaited Financial Results

[WSJ] China’s Corporate Crackdown Is Just Getting Started. Signs Point to More Tumult Ahead.

[FT] Tett: How the Fed’s digital currency could displace crypto