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The giant tech show is scheduled for the first week of January, with vaccine and mask requirements. Yet as Omicron surges, some participants are withdrawing.

The rapid spread of the variant is looming over holiday travel, but airports are getting busier as travelers try to stick to plans to see friends and family over the holidays.

The plan to mail out 500 million Covid-19 tests is likely to put increased pressure on strained testing supplies as the Omicron variant spreads and people gather for the holidays.

Workplace stress is rampant and resignations have risen. Employers are struggling to stop employees from leaving and to boost morale. Some are trying four-day workweeks, mandatory vacation days and other new ways of working.

China Mobile’s plans to list in Shanghai comes after it and domestic rivals China Telecom and China Unicom lost appeals against being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.

A drug’s nearly two-year journey from a university lab, sped by a partnership with drug giant Merck, is the latest example of the unlikely sources of pandemic antidotes.

The U.S. software company calls Cerner an “anchor asset” for its healthcare ambitions.

A booster dose of Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine showed signs of working well against the Omicron variant, with the latest lab results suggesting people who are boosted may have good protection against the strain.

Meanwhile, Phillips reports $1.2 billion in sales as major auction houses credit an influx of millennials and first-time buyers with propelling art sales.

The surge is challenging restaurants, manufacturers, hair salons, law firms and others, including some that hope existing precautions will be enough.