Wednesday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Hover Around Record Ahead of Fed Minutes: Markets Wrap 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Slumps With U.S. Gasoline Supply Rising Most Since February

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Biden to Ramp Up Pressure on Lawmakers in New Spending Pitch

[Reuters] Yellen pushes minimum corporate taxes, no more fossil fuel breaks, to pay for infrastructure

[Reuters] Fed's Kaplan says he supports withdrawing monetary support once pandemic is over

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Global Minimum Tax Momentum Gains With G-20 Seeing Mid-Year Deal

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Treasury Bears Eye Tax Talks as Trigger for Yields to Rise Again

[CNBC] CDC says variant from the UK is now the most common strain circulating in the U.S.

[AP] US military cites rising risk of Chinese move against Taiwan

[AP] Leaders of Russia and China tighten their grips, grow closer

[Bloomberg] Erdogan Says He’s Resolved to Cut Rates, Build Istanbul Channel

[Bloomberg] Millions Are Tumbling Out of the Global Middle Class in Historic Setback