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5 Things You Need To Know, Today, on Thursday 2nd December 2021
5. Walt Disney has elected a woman to become its chairman for the first time in the entertainment giant's 98-year history.
Susan Arnold, who has been a Disney board member for 14 years, will succeed Bob Iger at the end of this year.
4. Executives of eight major cryptocurrency firms have been called to testify before a US congressional committee on 8 December.
It will be the first time companies representing the controversial sector have been questioned in this way as US politicians across the political spectrum have called for more scrutiny of crypto-currencies.
3. The US economy is in a strong position, President Joe Biden has said, thanks to action taken by the government to free up supply chain blockages and tackle the rising cost of living.
He predicted that prices, which have been rising sharply, would ease saying policies to tackle bottlenecks at ports and lower the price of fuel were working.
2. A number of big businesses are holding smaller Christmas parties within departments, rather than larger, company-wide events with uncertainty over the Omicron Covid variant adding to safety concerns over large gatherings.
About 52% of UK workplaces have decided not to hold a Christmas office party, according to a survey of 2,000 office workers commissioned by Covid testing company Prenetics.
1. The UK Government has agreed deals to buy 114 million more Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots, saying it had sped up signing the new contracts in light of the emergence of the new Omicron variant.
The deal involves an additional 60 million Moderna shots and 54 million Pfizer doses for next year and 2023, and will also include access to any modified vaccinations if they are needed to combat the Omicron strain or any other variant.
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