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Today At Utah Pulse
Local Headlines
- Pleasant Grove pool company develops safety device to prevent potentially fatal chemical leaks (Daily Herald)
- American Fork company looks to help retail stores avoid theft using virtual reality (Daily Herald)
- Food scene: Despite pandemic, several new restaurateurs going into business in Logan (Logan Herald Journal)
National Headlines
- Secretary Mnuchin takes heat in Senate hearing for winding down emergency lending program (NBC News)
- Shake Shack CEO says new store designs, digital upgrades are fueling expansion plans (CNBC)
- Black Friday, Cyber Monday sales disappoint, another sign the economic recovery is stumbling (Washington Post)
- Google, Facebook and Amazon Gain as Coronavirus Reshapes Ad Spending (Wall Street Journal)
- Coronavirus vaccine should go to health care workers, long term care facilities first, CDC panel recommends (FOX News)
- Nasdaq Takes Aim At All-White, Male Company Boards With Diversity Proposal (NPR)
- What went wrong at Debenhams? (BBC News)
- Deliver a safe, effective COVID-19 vaccine in less than a year? Impossible. Meet Moncef Slaoui. (USA Today)
- Questions swirl as Zappos founder Tony Hsieh's death investigation moves ahead (FOX News)
- S&P 500 and Nasdaq close at record highs as investors bet that a vaccine will drive an economic rebound (Business Insider)
- Salesforce acquires Slack for over $27 billion, marking cloud software vendor's largest deal ever (CNBC)