Cruise Industry Spars With CDC as It Seeks to Restart by Summer 
 

Operators say the agency's latest instructions to gain clearance are impractical and don't offer a clear target date for resuming cruises from the U.S.

 
Big Tech Companies Prosper Despite Chip Shortage 
 

The global semiconductor shortage, snarling the availability of everything from cars to refrigerators, hasn't crimped big tech's profits. An early barometer came when Samsung Electronics forecast a 44% rise in quarterly operating profit.

 
Jamie Dimon Says JPMorgan Won't Go Remote After the Pandemic 
 

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said many of the bank's roughly 250,000 employees will come back to the office after the pandemic.

 
U.K. Limits AstraZeneca Vaccine to Over-30s Amid Blood-Clot Concerns 
 

The U.K.'s vaccines advisory body said AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine should preferably not be given to patients under 30 following concerns that it might cause potentially deadly blood clots in very rare instances.

 
Facebook's Data Breaches Don't Matter, Until They Do 
 

The fact that there is little privacy on Facebook's legacy app and Instagram is commonly understood, and in reality has helped power Facebook to be the advertising giant it is today.

 
Startup Behind AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Plans to File Publicly for U.S. IPO Within Days 
 

The biotech startup behind the Covid-19 vaccine jointly developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford plans as soon as this week to file publicly to sell shares in the U.S., according to people close to the company.

 
Tencent's Biggest Investor Cashes In on Pandemic Rally 
 

Tencent's largest shareholder is selling up to $14.7 billion worth of stock in the Chinese internet and videogaming giant, capitalizing on one of the most lucrative technology bets in history after the pandemic gave a huge boost to the sector.

 
Tesla Says Its Car Cameras Aren't Activated in China 
 

Company moves to reassure Chinese consumers worried about privacy after Beijing restricted use of the vehicles due national-security concerns.

 
Shell Warns Oil-Price Gains Partly Offset by Hit From Texas Freeze 
 

Royal Dutch Shell said gains it made from higher oil prices in the first quarter would be partly offset by disruption related to the winter storm in Texas, knocking the energy giant's recovery from the pandemic.

 
Supreme Court Decision Affirms Open-Source's Role in Modern Software Development 
 

A Supreme Court ruling that sided with Alphabet's Google in its 10-year legal battle with Oracle reaffirms the business model behind open-source software.

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