Friday Evening Links

[Reuters] Stocks, oil tumble on virus variant fears, safe havens gain

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Sink With Oil on Virus Woes; Havens Rally: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasuries in Biggest Rally Since Early Months of Covid Pandemic

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil’s Black Friday: Algos, Options Turn Tumble Into a Crash

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Airlines Sink Most Since 2020 on New Variant Fears, Travel Bans

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bitcoin Offers No Refuge From Covid Market Rout

[AP] World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant

[AP] Explainer: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa?

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Imposes Travel Bans on Southern Africa Over New Variant

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Bostic Plays Down Risk From New Variant, Is Open to Faster Taper

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fastest Inflation in Euro’s History Set to Raise Pressure on ECB

[WSJ] Ukraine President Says Russia Is Backing a Planned Coup

[FT] New coronavirus variant shakes investors out of pandemic slumber

[FT] Pandemic focus swings from Europe to southern Africa