Wednesday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Stocks Steady; Treasuries Dip: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Holds Near One-Month High on Signs U.S. Stockpiles Falling

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bitcoin Resumes Its Slide, Widening Crypto’s Monthly Losses

[Reuters] Asia shares slip as investors ready for end of 2021

[MSN/Bloomberg] U.S. Merchandise-Trade Gap Widens to Record as Imports Surge

[CNBC] More than half of U.S. states will raise their minimum wage in 2022, but employers are hiking pay faster

[Reuters] COVID-19 cases surge around world, raising testing and quarantine fears

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Coupon Payment Deadline Passes, Stocks Slide: Evergrande Update

[Reuters] China's Xian marks first week of lockdown as COVID cases persist

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] China’s Top Quant Hedge Fund High-Flyer Apologizes for Loss

[Reuters] China warns of "drastic measures" if Taiwan provokes on independence

[Bloomberg] Inflation Surge Puts U.K. on Track for the ‘Year of the Squeeze’

[Bloomberg] Global Cases Top 1 Million for Second Straight Day: Virus Update

[WSJ] IPOs Had a Record 2021. Now They Are Selling Off Like Crazy.

[WSJ] Cash Floods Municipal-Bond Market

[FT] The inside story of how ETFs weathered the March 2020 storm

[FT] US shows China its hand on strategic value of ‘unsinkable’ Taiwan

[FT] Iran-US: faltering nuclear talks enter dangerous phase