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• Pricey whiskies and cognacs are outshining cheaper booze as Americans drink at home. Here's why distillers and analysts predict the category's sales will continue to grow after the pandemic ends. Summary List PlacementThe coronavirus pandemic and an ensuing recession has pushed Americans to buy more booze at their corner liquor shop. But ironically, many are reaching for top-quality spirits instead of trading down amid a tough economic climate. Sales of ultra-premium spirits, generally those that sell for $25 a bottle or more, rose more than 40% at retailers over a 52-week period ending on December 26, according to data from Nielsen. That's compared to the roughly 11% growth in sales those spirits produced for retailers over a similar period in 2019. Of the lower-priced spirit categories that Nielsen tracks, none…
• A potential Trump memoir is being opposed by hundreds of editors, writers, and agents – who have signed an open letter against it Summary List PlacementHundreds of authors, editors, and agents signed an open letter asking the world's publishers to skip a post-presidency memoir from Donald Trump.  The letter, "No Book Deals for Traitors," was created by novelist Barry Lyga, as The Los Angeles Times and Publisher's Weekly reported. Lyga's letter opposed any book from members of Trump's administration.  In part, it read: "As members of the writing and publishing community of the United States, we affirm that participation in the administration of Donald Trump must be considered a uniquely mitigating criterion for publishing houses when considering book deals." Among the growing list…
• Italian PM Conte seeks to save his government from falling Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte on Monday acknowledged errors in fighting the unprecedented pandemic, but in a speech aimed at preserving his second mandate, he told lawmakers his government can “hold its head high.” Conte was fighting for his political life after he lost his coalition majority with the defection of Cabinet ministers belonging to former Premier Matteo Renzi’s tiny but key Italia Viva (Italy Alive) party. Renzi has faced harsh criticism for the power play during a pandemic. But with billions of European Union pandemic funds expected to flow into the country, he has defended the move as necessary to…
• Fauci says 2 new vaccines could be ready for US approval within weeks, not months Summary List PlacementThe US could have two more COVID-19 vaccines "within weeks, not months," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC News on Sunday.  Fauci predicted that drugmakers AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson would submit their data to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "within a period of a week or so," provided the Data and Safety Monitoring Board, an independent board of experts, give the go-ahead. Moncef Slaoui, the outgoing chief advisor to President Donald Trump's vaccine initiative Operation Warp Speed, said in December that the vaccine developers could seek FDA…
• Asia Today: Philippine cases hit 500K amid vaccine struggles Coronavirus infections in the Philippines have surged past 500,000 in a new bleak milestone with the government facing criticism for failing to immediately launch a vaccination program amid a global scramble for COVID-19 vaccines. The Department of Health reported 1,895 new infections Sunday, bringing confirmed coronavirus cases in the country to 500,577, the second highest in Southeast Asia. There have been at least 9,895 deaths. The Philippines has been negotiating with seven Western and Chinese companies to secure 148 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine but the effort has been fraught with uncertainties and confusion. About 50,000 doses from China-based Sinovac…